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The Top 10 Stephen King Movies

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Tom Jolliffe with his top ten Stephen King movies… With the impending release of the new It film, now seems a good time to run through a top 10 list of Stephen King movies. These are all feature films. I’ve not included TV miniseries. As a writer it’s fair to say that King has been […]

The Genesis of the Excessively Long Action Scene

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Tom Jolliffe on the genesis of the excessively long action scene… It has become almost the norm now. The majority of large-scale action blockbusters will have a hugely elaborate, and extremely long set piece in them. In fact some may have several. It used to be that maybe 5-10 minutes at the end of a […]

Making the Simple Great: The Power of a Top Director

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Tom Jolliffe on the power of a top director… We’ve all seen great directors deliver complex films, perhaps sprawling with ideas and scope. Perhaps an engrossing retelling of an event in history. A director like Christopher Nolan has spent almost his entire career on weaving complex and intricately stranded high concept films. It takes a […]

Horror Channel FrightFest Review – Eat Locals (2017)

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Eat Locals, 2017. Directed by Jason Flemyng. Starring Charlie Cox, Freema Agyeman, Mackenzie Crook, Tony Curran, Eve Myles, Ruth Jones, Annette Crosbie, Vincent Regan, Nick Moran, and Dexter Fletcher. SYNOPSIS: Facing difficult times and with their glory days long gone, the eight undisputed British vampire overlords gather up for their semi-centennial meeting. However, before the […]

How Creed 2 can work, and the pitfalls it must avoid

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Tom Jolliffe on Creed 2… When Ryan Coogler delivered Creed to the world, it took most people completely by surprise. A spinoff to a franchise that was nearing 40 years old, which had been adequately closed in 2006’s, Rocky Balboa. There wasn’t really much demand for the film, but he had a vision. It was […]

Second Opinion – Bushwick (2017)

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Bushwick, 2017. Directed by Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott. Starring Dave Bautista, Brittany Snow, Christian Navarro, Arturo Castro, Jeremie Harris, and Angelic Zambrana. SYNOPSIS: When a Texas military force invades their Brooklyn neighborhood, 20-year-old Lucy and war veteran Stupe must depend on each other to survive. Dave Bautista’s career is going solidly right now. He’s […]

Musician to Movie Star: In the Footsteps of Elvis

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With the recent 40th anniversary of the death of Elvis, here is a look at those music stars who made a transition to film. Some were more successful than others. Some made a fleeting crossover and some are best forgotten as far as their film careers went… In terms of the King, Elvis has an […]

Teaser trailer for dark fantasy horror The School

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Bronte Pictures along with Lunar Pictures have released the first teaser for their upcoming dark fantasy, The School. Starring Nicholas Hope and Megan Drury and written and directed by Storm Ashwood, the film will be edited by Marcus D’arcy (I Frankenstein, Babe) and features sound design by David White (Mad Max: Fury Road). Check out […]

Dumbing Down Cinema: Meme Moviemaking

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Tom Jolliffe on the dumbing down of cinema… The accusation of dumbing down seems to come up a lot in recent years. It runs through everything. Society in general, culture, media, music and film. So lets focus on film. It would be wrong to suggest that rudimentary plotting (for easy spoon feeding) hasn’t been around […]