No good sci-fi movie is complete without an awe-inspiring musical score to elevate the on-screen visuals; here are fourteen of the best… A great music score can take the visual landscape of a film and add a whole other dimension to help transport the viewer. For genre movies, an effective score is essential in embellishing […]
Sirens from Space: Species and Under The Skin
Tom Jolliffe double bills Species and Under The Skin… The sexy siren, luring men to their inevitable doom by taking on the form of a gorgeous woman. Like cats to catnip, the men salivate their way to demise. In one corner we have Species, the tale of a scientific splicing of human and alien DNA […]
Ten Underrated Movies From 2013 That Deserve More Love
Shock horror! 2013 was a decade ago now and we’re going to dive back and look at some underrated films that deserve more love… 2013 still feels like last week to me. Actually, 1993 still feels a bit like that. Time flies pretty fast but let’s consider what the year 2013 offered cinematically. It was […]
20 Great Performances from the Past Decade
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 […]
Scarlett Johansson: Lost In Blockbusters!
Tom Jolliffe on Scarlett Johansson… I’m a fan of Scarlett Johansson. As an actress I think she’s interesting. She’s almost always engaging. She has a sultry old fashioned quality. Frankly she’s gorgeous, which whilst that shouldn’t be as important as it is in Hollywood (and it still is) that means she is a leading lady. […]
Ten Essential Films of the 2010s
Tom Jolliffe offers 10 essential films from the past decade… As a miserablist of impending middle age, I’ve often joked with friends my age (and perhaps with a demi-truth belief) that music died in 1994. On the subject of cinema, I’ve increasingly found in opining (the increasingly difficult task of selecting personal favourites, or creating […]
Ten Essential Film4 Films
Tom Jolliffe with ten essential films from Film4… Film4, under the Channel 4 banner, has championed great cinema for nearly 40 years. Whether producing independently or co-producing (often with indie studios or European production houses), there’s a stamp of quality that comes associated with the mark of Film4 (or Channel 4 films). For the most […]
Marvelous Alternate Dimension Horror Movies
Marvelous Videos presents horrific encounters from another dimension… The idea of alternate dimensions is both exciting and horrifying. That there are parallel Earths or phases of the universe that exist alongside ours is cool, but what changes could they have? And would their inhabitants be hostile, friendly, ambivalent, or even human? Science fiction has taken […]
Scarlett Johansson in Rough Night: The Most Awkward Performance Ever?
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at what might be the most awkward performance ever, Scarlett Johansson in Rough Night… Cinema is full of great performances. Some actors become synonymous with certain characters, or genres and that synergy between part and person is perfect. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a perfect cyborg. Jack Nicholson is so perfectly Jack […]
Movie Review – Under the Skin (2013)
Under the Skin, 2013. Directed by Jonathan Glazer. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Jessica Mance, Krystof Hádek, Scott Dymond, and Michael Moreland. SYNOPSIS: An alien seductress preys upon hitchhikers in Scotland. You pay your money and you take your seat. You wait impatiently for the adverts to finish and for the other patrons to shut […]
