Tom Jolliffe takes us into Noirvember with a selection of straight to video noir films… Dark tales of murder, intrigue, adultery, crime, punishment, femme fatales and lots of ominous dark shadow. Film noir and in more recent cinema history, neo-noir, have offered up an array of moody gems. Noir has infused so much of the […]
Willem Dafoe: An Underrated Great of his Generation
Tom Jolliffe looks at the career of Willem Dafoe, and why he should be held in even higher regard… There are some actors who magnetise the limelight. Historically we’ve had the movie stars, those great headliners who would surf acclaim and awards as long as they were in good standing in a big studio. Further […]
Blu-ray Review – The Boondock Saints (1999)
The Boondock Saints, 1999. Directed by Troy Duffy. Starring Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco, Billy Connolly, and Dot-Marie Jones. SYNOPSIS: A pair of Catholic brothers turn vigilante and go on the rampage in Boston’s criminal underworld. With a production history as troubled as some of the characters in the movie, […]
The Boondock Saints: Origins TV series launches “fan-focused pre-order campaign”
Back in the summer of 2015, Troy Duffy revealed that having failed to get a third Boondock Saints movie off the ground, he was now turning his attention to the small screen, developing a prequel TV series based upon the cult 1999 vigilante film. Well, we now have an update on the project courtesy of IGN, […]
Interview: Brian Mahoney talks The Boondock Saints and Fast & Furious 7
Zachary Leeman chats with actor Brian Mahoney about The Boondock Saints and Fast & Furious 7… Brian Mahoney. Chances are you don’t recognize that name. Should you? Probably. The man is a military veteran who has gone on to star in the cult films The Boondock Saints I and II as fan favorite character Detective […]