Tom Jolliffe continues our series of director beginner’s guides with Andrei Tarkovsky… Some directors have an important impact on cinema. It doesn’t always tie in with box office results, or widespread audience appeal. If you’re in the States or the UK, chances are your predominant cinematic experience revolves around American or British films. As far […]
The 30th Anniversary of the Ultimate Christmas Film: Die Hard
Tom Jolliffe celebrates Die Hard on its 30th anniversary…When a film hits a significant anniversary, say 30 years old, there are two things that happen. In one, for those who were but wee blighters when they first saw the film, it will make you feel old. I first saw Die Hard on video, a couple […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Nicolas Roeg
Tom Jolliffe pays tribute to Nicolas Roeg… After the recent sad news about the passing of Nicolas Roeg, now seems like a good moment to focus our latest director beginner’s guide on the visionary filmmaker’s work. By the time Roeg took the step to directing with his 1970 debut, Performance (he co-directed with Donald Cammell, […]
Why Maniac Cop is the remake you didn’t know you needed
Tom Jolliffe looks at the long rumoured remake of Maniac Cop…Hands up who’s seen Maniac Cop… Okay, a fair few cult movie enthusiasts of a certain age. Bruce Campbell and Tom Atkins facing off against a vengeful, presumed dead ex-cop, played by the late, most granite jawed actor in history, Robert Z’Dar. It’s pure exploitation […]
The Season of Dolph Lundgren
Tom Jolliffe looks at Dolph Lundgren’s current comeback with roles in two of the winter season’s biggest releases….The Thanksgiving and Christmas movie seasons are a lucrative time of year. It comes after the atypical autumn lull, boosting the coffers after the summer blockbuster blitz. I recall one Christmas season (very vaguely), 31 years ago. Dolph […]
A dose of Venom for the worldwide box office and an end to blaming critics for failure?
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the surprising worldwide commercial success of Venom…Earlier in the year the first trailer for Venom dropped. It looked pretty awful, not least about 15 years out of date (particularly the initial trailer’s CGI polish). A few more trailers followed and fanfare seemed fairly low. Then came the reviews.The critics […]
A Beginner’s Guide To Paul Verhoeven
Tom Jolliffe continues our series of beginner’s guides to iconic directors with controversial Dutch director, Paul Verhoeven…A man who never does anything by halves, Paul Verhoeven is a director who has courted controversy throughout his career. With a long and varied resume, spanning beginnings in Dutch TV and film, then in and out of Hollywood, […]
Movie Review – Josie (2017)
Josie, 2017.Directed by Eric England. Starring Sophie Turner, Dylan McDermott, Kurt Fuller, Jack Kilmer and Robin Bartlett.SYNOPSIS:Hank, a solitary man living a dull existence in the sleepy, Southern town raises eyebrows when he develops a questionable relationship with Josie, a recently transplanted high school student.Occasionally a film opens in a way that could make for an […]
A Beginner’s Guide To John Carpenter
Tom Jolliffe continues his series of beginner’s guides to legendary directors with a look at the work of John Carpenter…What with the recent Halloween reboot in the cinemas, a 40 year anniversary for his original classic, and a series of gorgeous new 4K transfer releases for some of his other cult classics, now would seem […]
Filmmaking With No Money and Big Ideas
Tom Jolliffe offers an insight into no budget film-making, and why you should aim as high as those means can reach… I won’t claim to be Steven Spielberg (or even Steven Spielbergo) but aspiring film-makers can learn a lot from not just the industry masters of past and present, but from each other. I’ve spoken […]
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