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10 Essential Films From 2004

March 17, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to venture back in time some twenty years as we feast on ten essential films from 2004… We’ve looked back at 1974, 1984 and 1994 to pick out some essentials from those years, as well as shock ourselves at just how long ago those years were. 2004 might seem like only yesterday, but […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Collateral, Dead Man's Shoes, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Eterinal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Layer Cake, Shaun of the Dead, sideways, The Aviator, The Machinist

10 Stunning Performances Outrageously Snubbed by the Oscars

March 10, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s the Oscars, so it’s time to look at ten stunning performances the Academy outrageously snubbed… Oscar season is an exciting time of the year. It’s fair to say that every year, for one reason or another, contentious decisions are made as well as glaring omissions. The desperation from some actors to snag an Oscar […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Blade Runner, David Thewlis, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Gene Hackman, Hereditary, In the Heat of the Night, Isabelle Adjani, Jim Carrey, Naked, Parasite, Paul Giamatti, Possession, Rutger Hauer, sideways, Sidney Poitier, Song Kang-ho, The Conversation, Toni Collette

Why Writers are Such Popular Protagonists

March 20, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on what makes writers a popular choice for a protagonist… There are many popular archetypes for a cinema protagonist. How often do you see a cop as the lead character in a film? It’s a regular character choice, particularly in action and thriller films. Almost every protagonist needs some kind of vocation I […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: As Good As It Gets, Barton Fink, Manhattan, Mank, Misery, sideways, Stranger Than Fiction, Swimming Pool, The Shining

Preview of DC’s Sideways Annual #1 guest-starring Superman

November 5, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

Superman guest stars in Sideways Annual #1 this Wednesday and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here courtesy of DC Comics… Sideways unleashes his “super” secret weapon against Perrus in an effort to free the oppressed people and escape to his home dimension. He’ll get some additional help from the newly […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Comic Book Previews, Comic Books Tagged With: DC, sideways, Superman

DC’s New Age of Heroes continues with Sideways #1, check out a preview here

February 14, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

DC’s New Age of Heroes continues today with the launch of the new series Sideways, spinning out of the Dark Nights: Metal event, and we have a preview of the first issue for you here… During the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL, high school junior Derek James accidentally fell through a rift into the dark […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Comic Book Previews, Comic Books Tagged With: DC, sideways

Three more join Alexander Payne’s Downsizing

January 9, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

After delivering another knockout film last year with the sincere Nebraska, director Alexander Payne is busy at work gearing up to shoot his latest film, Downsizing, a science-fiction dramedy about a man  and his wife who try to reinvigorate their lives and voluntarily have themselves shrunk down. Unfortunately for the man, his wife backs out at […]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: Alec Baldwin, alexander payne, downsizing, Jason Sudeikis, jim taylor, Matt Damon, nebraska, Neil Patrick Harris, reese witherspoon, sideways, the descendants

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