Tom Jolliffe offers up 15 great cinematic journeys… When it comes to cinema, the very best films will grab the audience and keep us gripped throughout the runtime. Every character goes on a particular journey that can be literal and/or metaphorical. Those literal epic journeys which might see hobbits on a quest to take a […]
Great Movie Scenes That Left An Indelible Mark
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at 15 great movie scenes that left an indelible mark… Great movies require many things to achieve that unshakable stamp of quality. As well as great writing, directing and acting, you need memorable scenes. Some can be more memorable than others. Some may end up defining a film more than […]
Films That Leave You Speechless
Tom Jolliffe on films that leave you speechless… Spoilers ahead. Cinema can enthral, entertain, amuse, and terrify. You finish a film and you ordinarily have an idea of your feelings on it, or said film will help you wind down with a denouement before the credits roll. Sometimes though, a film finishes and you’re left […]
Does the world need Diesel power any more?
Tom Jolliffe looks at the once promising acting career of Vin Diesel… Before you recheck the site address to make sure you’ve not wandered into a piece about renewable energy, no you are not in the wrong place. No, I’m talking Vin Diesel. Upon bursting onto the scene in the enjoyable sci-fi horror, Pitch Black, […]
When Will the Oscars Get It Right?
Olly Krizan on the Oscars… While we’re warming our winter woes with the glitz and glamour of awards season, The Academy are having yet another nightmare of a year. This time around they’ve decided to get ahead of the game by airing these issues before the ceremony has even taken place. From what I can […]
Steven Spielberg Is More Than His Brand
Henry Bevan on Steven Spielberg… Is this the face of the most underrated director of the twenty-first century? It’s odd to use the word “underrated” in regards to Hollywood’s most successful director. He is the man who did change the face of popular culture with a shark, an archeologist and a dinosaur. His latest film, […]
Dunkirk becomes the highest grossing WWII film of all time
Dunkirk has become the highest grossing WWII movie in history. Christopher Nolan’s war drama about the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk beach has been much applauded and casually doing its thing at the box office – outperforming expectations in many markets. Nolan’s film may have, however, just grabbed its biggest claim to fame yet, in […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – Saving Private Ryan for Best Picture over Shakespeare in Love
Graeme Robertson on why Saving Private Ryan should have won Best Picture at the 71st Academy Awards… The Oscar ceremony celebrating the best that 1998 had to offer is something an embarrassment looking back. While many were deserving of the awards they received, such as the legendary James Coburn (one of my favourite actors) finally winning a […]
Tom Hanks – A Retrospective
A Hologram For The King, directed by Tom Tykwer, is due for release on both Blu-ray and DVD come the 19th September 2016 from Icon Film Distribution. Based on the novel by Dave Eggers, Tom Hanks plays Alan Clay, a man who has lost everything now finding himself desperate and directionless within a strange and foreign land, searching for […]
Forget The BFG, Spielberg ain’t past it yet…
Tony Black on what the future holds for Steven Spielberg following the box office disappointment of The BFG… This week, The BFG joined this year’s list of ‘illustrious’ flops, at least in the US where it tanked hard as it released off the back of Indepedence Day: Resurgence and the much more successful Finding Dory. […]
