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Ten Great Comeback Performances

December 30, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

A career slump is often impossible to escape from but sometimes, just sometimes, a performer gets a shot and delivers a comeback performance that puts them back in the spotlight… Hollywood is a fickle place. One minute you can be hot and the next not. Whether it’s a run-of-flops or the wrong kind of infamy, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Adam Sandler, Al Pacino, Autumn Sonata, Brendan Fraser, Demi Moore, Ellen Burstyn, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Ingrid Bergman, Iron Man, Jackie Brown, JCVD, Jean-Claude Van Damme, John Travolta, Ke Huy Quan, Mandy, Matthew McConaughey, Mickey Rourke, Mud, Nicolas Cage, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Pam Grier, Pamela Anderson, Pauly Shore, Pulp Fiction, Requiem for a Dream, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Forster, Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone, The Court Jester, The Last Showgirl, the substance, the whale, The Wrestler, Uncut Gems

20 Great Performances from the Past Decade

November 1, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at 20 great performances from the past decade… There have been plenty of legendary performances through the years. Some gain the greatest of acclaim from the off, culminating in Oscar glory. Others hit below the radar, or don’t get the marketing push required for an Oscar run. Award season is in […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 12 Years a Slave, Adam Sandler, Anthony Hopkins, Avengement, Burning, Chadwick Boseman, Elle, Frances McDormand, Hereditary, isabelle huppert, jake gyllenhaal, jk simmons, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Locke, Lupita Nyong'o, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, mads mikkelsen, Nightcrawler, olivia colman, Parasite, Scarlett Johannson, Scott Adkins, Song Kang-ho, Steven Yeun, The Father, The Favourite, The Hunt, The Lighthouse, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Tom Hardy, Toni Collette, Uncut Gems, Under the Skin, Viola Davis, Whiplash, Willem Dafoe

Perfect Non-Horror Movies for Halloween Viewing

October 31, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We take a look at some non-horror films that will still creep you out, disturb you or deliver a nightmarish scenario… It’s almost Halloween and so the perfect time to dive into some horror. The genre sees a perfect boost during Halloween season but a film doesn’t need to belong to the horror genre to […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Adam Sandler, Alfonso Cuaron, Anthony Edwards, Anthony Hickox, Anthony Perkins, Apocalypse Now, Contaminated Man, Dolph Lundgren, Donald Pleasence, Francis Ford Coppola, george clooney, Gravity, Javier Bardem, Jeff Burr, Jill Rips, Josh Brolin, martin sheen, Miracle Mile, Natasha McElhone, No Country for Old Men, Old Boy, Orson Welles, Park Chan-Wook, Peter Weller, Safdie Brothers, Sandra Bullock, Spoiler, The Coen Brothers, The Trial, Uncut Gems, Wake In Fright, william hurt

The Sandler Paradox: Seriously… Adam Sandler Could (and Should) Win an Oscar!

December 31, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

We look at The Adam Sandler Paradox and why Little Nicky himself could (and should) win an Oscar soon… Adam Sandler is a fans favourite. A purveyor of ‘low brow’ comedy where he has perfected the role of the laid-back underdog who is slightly shlubby. Among an array of legitimate comedy gems (which you might […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Adam Sandler, Billy Maddison, Funny People, Grown Ups, Happy Gilmore, Hubie Halloween, hustle, Little Nicky, Punch Drunk Love, The Meyerowitz Stories, The Ridiculous 6, The Waterboy, The Wedding Singer, Uncut Gems

Adam Sandler set to team up with the Safdie Brothers on new project

April 13, 2022 by Matt Rodgers

Following the critical and commercial success of the Safdie Brothers Adam Sandler led thriller Uncut Gems, fans will be excited to hear they are set to collaborate once again. Details are as sketchy as Sandler’s Uncut Gems character Howard Ratner, but IndieWire’s Eric Kohn revealed in an article about collaborations between upcoming talent and major […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Adam Sandler, Safdie Brothers, Uncut Gems

When the Big Screen Experience is Unforgettable

August 28, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back on his treasured big screen memories, and why seeing unforgettable films in a cinema will always be the ultimate experience… There was a horrible feeling for cinema fans last year, which was perpetual until a few months ago. Cinema chains were struggling to stay open, and not just because of forced […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Black Widow, Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Fast 9, Let The Right One In, No Country for Old Men, Nomadland, Taxi Driver, The Lord of the Rings, Uncut Gems, Withnail and I

Ten Essential Gambling Films

August 4, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe puts his chips on ten essential gambling films… The money goes down. You’ve placed your bets. Now it’s time for the nitty gritty. Win or lose. If you win, do you quit while you’re ahead or go again? Cinema has long held a fascination with gambling across its many forms, but the predominant […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bad Lieutenant, Croupier, Hard Eight, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Mississippi Grind, The Gambler, The Hustler, Uncut Gems, Wake In Fright, White Men Can't Jump

Now Is The Time for Indie Films To Strike

December 6, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at a pre-Covid rise in popularity for independent films, and a big upcoming push for content going forward… Slowly but surely, changes were afoot this time last year. It had been a progressive rise for a few years. Cinema was still monopolised by the mega budget blockbusters. In particular, Disney and every […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: A24, Blumhouse, Disney, Indie, Joker, Mandy, Marvel, Mulan, Parasite, Streaming, The Farewell, Uncut Gems

The 2019 Movies Unfairly Overlooked During Awards Season

August 8, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at several of last year’s films overlooked by the major award ceremonies…. As we find ourselves almost half way between the last Oscars and the next, with some uncertainty about just what we’ll see at the 2021 Academy Awards (after months of delayed films and closed cinemas), seems like […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Knives Out, The Farewell, The Lighthouse, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Uncut Gems

Films That Leave You Speechless

August 1, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on films that leave you speechless… Spoilers ahead. Cinema can enthral, entertain, amuse, and terrify. You finish a film and you ordinarily have an idea of your feelings on it, or said film will help you wind down with a denouement before the credits roll. Sometimes though, a film finishes and you’re left […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: American History X, Only God Forgives, Saving Private Ryan, The Neon Demon, This Is England, Uncut Gems

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