Twice Oscar nominated actor Bruce Dern (Coming Home, Nebraska) has signed on to star in the upcoming action/thriller Asphalt Jungle. The film will be directed by Minh Collins (Hit List) and features a cast that includes Gianni Capaldi (The Shadow Within), Laura Wiggins (Shameless) and Alicia Agneson (Vikings). It is produced by Al Bravo Studios. […]
Movie Review – Anti Matter (2016)
Anti Matter, 2016. Written and Directed by Keir Burrows. Starring Yaiza Figueroa, Philippa Carson, Tom Barber-Duffy, and Noah Maxwell Clarke. SYNOPSIS: Ana, an Oxford PhD student finds herself unable to build new memories following an experiment to generate and travel through a wormhole. The story follows her increasingly desperate efforts to understand what happened, and to find […]
20 Years Back: Celebrating the Cinematic Delights of 1997
Tom Jolliffe celebrates the cinematic delights of 1997… 1997. It doesn’t feel that distant but we’re now talking 20 years. This was the year I left school. That officially makes me old as fuck I believe. Lady Di passed, Tony Blair became PM, Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule, Mike Tyson had a Holyfield Ear […]
The Cinematic Universe Fascination: A Bigger Picture Obsession
Tom Jolliffe on Hollywood’s fascination with the shared cinematic universe… Marketing, labelling, packaging. It’s everywhere. In cinematic terms it’s more important than ever. Everything is governed by men with clipboards. Or the modern equivalent. I suppose it’s all tablets now. I’m a cave dwelling Cro-Magnon man, so I wouldn’t know but there’s an inherent need […]
Why David Mackenzie is the perfect choice to direct Bond 25
Tom Jolliffe wants to see David Mackenzie directing Bond 25… The latest James Bond instalment has had a degree of uncertainty around it since Spectre hit cinemas two years ago. The target seems to be 2019, and only until recently it seems that momentum is building. In part it seems that Daniel Craig will be […]
Movie Review – The Domicile (2017)
The Domicile, 2017. Written and directed by Jared Cohn. Starring Steve Richard Harris, Demetrius Stear, Katherine Flannery, Sara Malakul Lane, and Amanda Ruth Ritchie. SYNOPSIS: When Russell’s wife accidentally dies in their home, his mental state goes from bad to one of utter despair. As the ghost of his dead wife awakens, her spirit becomes […]
Movie Review – Savage Dog (2017)
Savage Dog, 2017. Written and directed Jesse V. Johnson. Starring Scott Adkins, Marko Zaror, Cung Le, Juju Chan, Vladimir Kulich, and Keith David. SYNOPSIS: A story set in Indochina in 1959, a land beyond rule and a time without mercy and the birth of a legend. Scott Adkins is busy these days. He seems to […]
Movie Review – Boyka: Undisputed (2016)
Boyka: Undisputed, 2016. Directed by Todor Chapkanov. Starring Scott Adkins, Teodora Duhovnikova, Martyn Ford, Brahim Achabbakhe, Emilien De Falco, Alon Aboutboul, Julian Vergov, and Valentin Ganev. SYNOPSIS: In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands […]
Movie Review – Final Recall (2017)
Final Recall, 2017. Directed by Mauro Borrelli. Starring Wesley Snipes, R.J. Mitte, Jedidiah Goodacre, Laura Bilgeri, Niko Pepaj, and Hannah Rose Nay. SYNOPSIS: A group of friends are spending the weekend at a cabin while, unbeknownst to them, aliens have begun to attack planet Earth. A number of them are abducted by the alien spaceship […]
The Female Action Hero
Tom Jolliffe on female action heroes… With the impending UK release of Atomic Blonde, it now seems a good time to consider the female action hero. You may think this ‘phenomena’ only stretches back to around the time Sigourney Weaver donned a mecha-suit, but it goes back further. There has certainly been a significant rise […]
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