Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the essential vampire films… Nosferatu (1922) This iconic piece of cinema remains timeless and its visual influence can still be seen today. If you’ve seen anything from Tim Burton, you’ve seen run off from films like Nosferatu. German director F.W Murnau, blazed a stylistic trail like a lot of […]
Let’s Get Weird! Cinematic Oddities
Tom Jolliffe looks at the weird wonders of cinema… There are pretty standard films when it comes to cinema. It could be straight horror (masked killer stalks teens) or Die Hard formula (terrorists take over something, everyman hero stops them). Sometimes a film lowdown tells you everything you need to know about what you’re about […]
Why Cinema Needs Nicolas Cage Cranked Up to 11
Tom Jolliffe on why Nicolas Cage at his wildest is a gift to cinema… To say Nic Cage is a divisive character would be quite the understatement. Likewise, as an actor. You could say, with great understatement, that he’s an oddball. As an actor, you could also say he tends to be most known for […]