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Lisa Kudrow cast in Taika Waititi’s adaptation of Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits

September 29, 2022 by EJ Moreno

Lisa Kudrow is making yet another comeback to TV, and this one will be her strangest yet as the Friends and Comeback actress will lead the cast of Taika Waititi’s Time Bandits for Apple TV+. Per Deadline, joining Kudrow as series regulars on the series adaptation of the 1981 Terry Gilliam movie. are Kal-El Tuck […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, News, Television Tagged With: Charlyne Yi, Kal-El Tuck, Lisa Kudrow, Taika Waititi, Terry Gilliam, time bandits

Revisiting 80s Fantasy Films: The sublime, the ridiculous and the underrated

October 1, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe takes a jaunt back to the 80s to see how some of the decade’s biggest fantasy films have aged… Growing up as a young sprog in the 80’s I was treated to all manner of eye-catching fantasy films. A lot of these ‘kids’ films were completely savaged by critics at the time. I […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Krull, Labyrinth, Legend, Masters of the Universe, The NeverEnding Story, time bandits

Essential Time Travel Movies Part II

February 20, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up a second round of essential time travel movies… Having already established that cinema has a longstanding fascination with time travel with my previous ten essentials, it’s high time to add another ten to the mix. As a starting point for so many films it goes without saying that there have been […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 12 Monkeys, Arrival, Back to the Future, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Deja Vu, Donnie Darko, Flight of the Navigator, Idiocracy, Safety Not Guaranteed, time bandits

The Magnetic Brilliance of Sean Connery

November 1, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at the career and lasting legacy of the late Sean Connery, one of the most charismatic screen presences in cinema history… Cinema mourns the passing of another icon. For many this one will pack a weighty punch. Sean Connery was the man who became the first major face of a franchise we’re […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Entrapment, Highlander, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, James Bond, Outland, Rising Sun, Sean Connery, The Man Who Would Be King, The Rock, The Untouchables, time bandits, Zardoz

Ian Holm: A Master of the Craft

June 20, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at the work of Ian Holm, who sadly passed away this week… There are some actors who elevate everything they do. Even if they become a specialist in supporting roles, popping up in roles, which in lesser hands would be forgotten quickly. Not so with Holm. In a career which began […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alien, Brazil, Chariots of Fire, Ian Holm, The Fifth Element, The Lord of the Rings, time bandits

Handmade Films: A Legacy of British Cult Cinema

June 14, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at George Harrison’s production company, Handmade Films… Often dubbed the quiet one of the Beatles, George Harrison is well known for the huge cultural impact he had on music in his time with the fab four. As far as musical phenomenons go, there’s a select pantheon for the most […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Handmade, How To Get Ahead In Advertising, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, mona lisa, Monty Python's Life of Brian, the long good friday, time bandits, Withnail and I

Taika Waititi to write and direct Time Bandits TV pilot

March 16, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Last year it was announced that Apple has snapped up the TV rights to Terry Gilliam’s cult 80s fantasy Time Bandits for a small screen adaptation, and now comes word that the project has found a pilot director in Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok). Waititi – whose other credits include What We Do In the Shadows […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Taika Waititi, Terry Gilliam, time bandits

Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits is heading to the small screen courtesy of Apple

July 29, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Terry Gilliam’s cult favourite fantasy film Time Bandits is heading to the small screen, with Apple closing a deal for a TV series adaptation from Anonymous Content, Paramount Television and Media Rights Capital. Released in 1981, Time Bandits follows an eleven-year-old boy called Kevin who finds himself whisked away from his bedroom by a band […]

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