Tom Jolliffe looks back at Blade Runner in the month and year it was set… Remember when 2014 was coming to an end? There was a clamour of snorting giggles as people bemoaned the impending 2015’s lack of self drying clothes, flying cars, hydropizza and hover-boards. Granted, Back to the Future Part II did get […]
A Tribute to Rutger Hauer
Tom Jolliffe pays tribute to Rutger Hauer after the news of his passing… I’ve been a huge fan of Rutger Hauer from the very first time I watched Blade Runner. The film shouldn’t have connected so instantly with me, for someone so young, but it did. Though it was Harrison Ford a.k.a. Solo, a.k.a. Indiana […]
R.I.P. Rutger Hauer (1944 – 2019)
It has been announced that prolific Dutch actor Rutger Hauer, perhaps best known for his roles in Blade Runner and The Hitcher, passed away aged 75 on Friday, July 19th, after a short illness. Hauer rose to fame in his home country when he was cast as the lead in the Paul Verhoeven medieval action […]
Movie Review – The Sisters Brothers (2018)
The Sisters Brothers, 2018. Directed by Jacques Audiard. Starring John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Riz Ahmed, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rutger Hauer, Rebecca Root and Carol Kane. SYNOPSIS: In 1850s Oregon, the infamous duo of assassins, Eli and Charlie Sisters, chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally. Ah, the western, a once hyper-popular genre reduced to […]
Movie Review – The Sisters Brothers (2018)
The Sisters Brothers, 2018. Directed by Jacques Audiard. Starring John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Riz Ahmed, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rutger Hauer, Rebecca Root and Carol Kane. SYNOPSIS: A pair of sibling hitmen embark on a lengthy journey across the American West on the tale of a gold prospector who stole from their boss. The year is […]
The Importance of Film Archives and Curated Selections
Tom Jolliffe looks at the importance of archiving seminal films, and giving new life to forgotten classics and cult titles…. Cinema history is etched with key figures. Mould breakers, revolutionaries, and visionaries. Fritz Lang, leading the German expressionist era. Orson Welles breaking tradition and Hollywood protocols. Maybe Brando thundering an arrow through the conventions of […]
Movie Review – The Sisters Brothers (2018)
The Sisters Brothers, 2018. Directed by Jacques Audiard. Starring John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Rebecca Root, Allison Tolman, Carol Kane, and Rutger Hauer. SYNOPSIS: In 1850s Oregon, a gold prospector is chased by the infamous duo of assassins, the Sisters brothers. Opening up with a scene of the infamous assassins known […]
Vampire thriller Corbin Nash gets a trailer and poster
Ahead of its US release next month, a poster and trailer have debuted for the upcoming vampire thriller Corbin Nash. Directed by Ben Jagger, the film stars Dean S. Jagger, Fernanda Romero, Malcolm McDowell, Corey Feldman, Rutger Hauer, and Bruce Davison; check them out here… Set in a bloodthirsty Los Angeles, one rogue detective’s (Dean S. […]
Rutger Hauer isn’t a fan of Blade Runner 2049
Despite receiving a great deal of critical acclaim, Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 certainly has its detractors – not least its own producer (and director of the 1982 original) Ridley Scott, who stated back in December that the sci-fi sequel was “fucking way too long”. Now it seems we can add another Blade Runner alum […]
New trailer for biblical action drama Samson
Following yesterday’s poster, a new trailer has arrived online for the upcoming biblical action drama Samson. Directed by Bruce Macdonald and Gabriel Sabloff, the film stars Taylor James in the titular role alongside Jackson Rathbone, Rutger Hauer, Billy Zane, Lindsay Wagner, and Caitlin Leahy; watch it here… SAMSON, empowered by God with supernatural strength, endangers his destiny with […]