Tom Jolliffe looks back at the career of John Cazale… On the 12th of August, John Cazale would have been 85. Who is John Cazale? Well here’s the thing…A late bloomer in Hollywood, Cazale broke into cinema at the same time as a good friend of his: Al Pacino. Pacino, five years Cazale’s junior, was […]
The 1970s – The Best Era In Cinema History?
Tom Jolliffe on the 1970s and why it is the best era in cinema history… There will always be a great deal of debate about the best era for cinema. For my two cents I’ll say with a great deal of assurance that the best period in cinema history was the 1970’s. There was most […]
Techno-Thrillers in Film: From The Satan Bug to The Invisible Man
Hasitha Fernando on techno-thrillers in film… If you’ve read enough books and watched your fair share of films, chances are you’ve heard the term ‘techno-thriller’ being tossed around from time to time. For the uninitiated this particular genre is a hybridization of many others, drawing inspiration from awe inspiring sci-fi dramas to white-knuckling espionage thrillers. […]
The 4 Spider-Man Storylines We Need In the MCU
Ben Robins on the 4 Spider-Man storylines we need in the MCU… With this month’s Spider-Man: Homecoming marking the third big screen incarnation of the famous wall-crawler in the 21st century alone, you’d think we’d be hard-pressed by this stage to find storylines that hadn’t already been adapted at least somewhere down the line. We’ve […]
