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Essential Cult 80s Movies You May Have Missed

November 10, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe with ten great cult 80s films you may have missed… The cult film. From the obscure gems with an undying loyalty from their small following, to the mass cults who followed Star Wars back in the 80s (it’s now probably too huge, mainstream and widely spread across mediums to be considered cult). Sometimes […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, News, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: After Hours, Lifeforce, Miracle Mile, Repo Man, Streets of Fire, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The Hidden, The Paperhouse, The Quiet Earth, To Live and Die in L.A.

20 Epic Car Chases That Will Drive You Wild

October 14, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Hit the pedal to the metal and practice your handbrake turns, it’s time for twenty epic car chases that will drive you wild… You can rely on the action genre to set your pulse racing with shootouts, fight scenes, foot chases and aerial duels. There’s another enjoyable kind of action sequence that genre fans love […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, News, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Bullitt, Drive, Duel, Executive Target, Last Man Standing, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Peacekeeper, Police Story, rage, Recoil, Ronin, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the bourne supremacy, The Dark Knight, The Driver, The Hitcher, The Raid 2, To Live and Die in L.A., Universal Soldier: Regeneration

William Friedkin: The Cinematic Sorcerer

August 9, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We look at the stellar career of the late William Friedkin and in particular his underappreciated masterpiece, Sorcerer… William Friedkin has sadly passed away but left behind a resume filled with masterful cinema including several films which redefined genres. When it comes to cinema, there are some filmmakers who have never quite had the level […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: bug, Cruising, Good Times, Killer Joe, Sorcerer, The Boys in the Band, The Exorcist, The French Connection, To Live and Die in L.A., William Friedkin

Blu-ray Review – To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

July 24, 2023 by Brad Cook

To Live and Die in L.A., 1985. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro, Darlanne Fluegel, and Dean Stockwell. SYNOPSIS: To Live and Die in L.A. has been issued on Blu-ray a few times, but this new edition accompanies its debut on 4K Ultra HD, and both […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Physical Media, Reviews Tagged With: Darlanne Fluegel, Dean Stockwell, Debra Feuer, John Pankow, John Turturro, To Live and Die in L.A., Willem Dafoe, William Friedkin, William Petersen

Willem Dafoe: An Underrated Great of his Generation

April 3, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: American Psycho, Antichrist, Aquaman, At Eternity's Gate, Nymphomaniac, Platoon, Shadow of The Vampire, Spiderman, The Boondock Saints, The Florida Project, the french dispatch, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Lighthouse, The Loveless, The Northman, To Live and Die in L.A., Willem Dafoe

Movie Marathon: From Friedkin to Mann, via William Petersen and Tangerine Dream

January 7, 2018 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at four must see cult classics… Whilst perusing a few episodes of Mark Kermode Uncut I stumbled upon an episode focused on a film I’d been meaning to see for a fair while. Firstly, it was directed by William Friedkin, a cinematic great. Secondly the film is scored by Tangerine Dream. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: manhunter, Michael Mann, Sorcerer, Tangerine Dream, thief, To Live and Die in L.A., William Friedkin, William Petersen

Blu-ray Review – To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

November 21, 2016 by Amie Cranswick

To Live and Die in L.A., 1985. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, Dean Stockwell, John Turturro, Robert Downey Sr., Dwier Brown, Michael Greene, Darlanne Fluegel, Steve James. SYNOPSIS: A secret service agent goes out for revenge when his partner is killed but has to resort to criminal […]

Filed Under: Chris Ward, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Darlanne Fluegel, Dean Stockwell, Debra Feuer, Dwier Brown, John Pankow, John Turturro, Michael Greene, Robert Downey Sr., Steve James, To Live and Die in L.A., Willem Dafoe, William Friedkin, William Petersen

William Friedkin bringing To Live and Die in L.A. to the small screen

June 29, 2015 by Gary Collinson

It looks like William Friedkin’s cult crime thriller To Live and Die in L.A. is heading to the small screen, with WGN America snapping up the rights to a TV adaptation, which Friedkin will direct and executive produce along with Oscar-winning scriptwriter Bobby Moresco (Crash). The MGM Television project is expected to go straight-to-series once […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: To Live and Die in L.A., William Friedkin

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