Released on this day in 1981, John Landis’ iconic and groundbreaking An American Werewolf in London is no less impressive in the modern era… When you think of iconic horror there may be a number of images which spring to mind. It might be Leatherface doing his tribal chainsaw dance at the end of The […]
Risky Business at 40: Tom Cruise’s Breakout Hit Revisited
We take a look back at Tom Cruise’s breakout hit Risky Business, which turned 40 this month… Tom Cruise is probably the last great movie star and still pulling in the big bucks with the latest in his Mission: Impossible franchise, which despite the naysayers, will still likely tip close to two-thirds of a cool […]
The Cinematic Crossovers We Need To See
20 years on from the release of Freddy vs Jason, here are more cinematic crossovers we really need to see… It doesn’t happen too often in cinema but when it does, the crossover special definitely tickles the viewers’ curiosity. Whether it was Freddy vs Jason bringing two horror universes crashing together or the first bout […]
William Friedkin: The Cinematic Sorcerer
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 […]
Cannon Films and the Masters of the Universe
Tom Jolliffe looks back at one of Cannon Films’ most iconic movies, Masters of the Universe… 36 years ago, Cannon Films unleashed upon the world a movie adaptation of a long-running kids cartoon and toy line with the release of Masters of the Universe. In the modern era, such a weighty IP and pop culture […]
It Happened One Night: The Essential Single Night Movies
There’s misadventures from dusk ’til dawn as Tom Jolliffe presents ten essential one night movies… The humble night odyssey. A protagonist finds them self on a dusk ’til dawn journey or quest. There have been plenty of films over the years which have taken place in a very contained period of time. We’ve seen a […]
Why is CGI Getting Worse?
We look at the strange case of CGI, which for an array of reasons, appears to be getting worse. Why is shoddy CGI deemed acceptable in massive-budget movies? It’s been 30 years since Jurassic Park really kickstarted a major fascination with computer-generated imagery. We’d seen some revolutionary CGI prior to that with films like Terminator […]
Ten Essential Korean Cinema Gems
Tom Jolliffe offers up some essential Korean cinema gems… While Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite garnered global attention on its way to becoming the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture back in 2020, Korean cinema has been crafting trend setting, ahead of the curve cinema for years and always comfortable to […]
Five films to watch in preparation for Nicolas Cage’s Sympathy for the Devil
We offer up five films that will warm you up perfectly for the upcoming (and bound to be a cult hit) Nicolas Cage film Sympathy for the Devil… Nicolas Cage is a gift from the cinema Gods. His Cagenaissance in recent years has seen him in an array of colourful films like Color Out of […]
The gold nuggets in Danny Dyer’s film career
Tom Jolliffe looks at Danny Dyer’s film career and some of the standout gems lurking within… A right sort. A British character from the East End with a way with words and charms you might call divisive. Perhaps to some, a little to gauche, to others a caricature milking his background stereotype and maybe not […]
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