The Hitcher, 1986. Directed by Robert Harmon. Starring C. Thomas Howell, Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, and Armin Shimerman. A young man picks up a hitchhiker whilst crossing the desert, only to be unable to escape from the murderous traveller. It has been a long time coming but finally Robert Harmon’s 1986 thriller […]
The Essential Cannon Films Scores
Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the best musical scores from Cannon Films’ oeuvre… A good film score can elevate the picture and manipulate the viewer. It can illicit excitement, fear, intrigue, melancholy and more. It’s not uncommon for a film score to become just as legendary an aspect of a particular film as anything […]
20 Epic Car Chases That Will Drive You Wild
Hit the pedal to the metal and practice your handbrake turns, it’s time for twenty epic car chases that will drive you wild… You can rely on the action genre to set your pulse racing with shootouts, fight scenes, foot chases and aerial duels. There’s another enjoyable kind of action sequence that genre fans love […]
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 […]
Terrible Remake Ideas: Past, Present, Future
Tom Jolliffe looks at ten unnecessary remakes from the past and coming soon that no one asked for… Hollywood is full of interesting and original ideas. Studios are actively looking to pursue new concepts and move away from simply repackaging or updating existing IPs. Okay, I’m fibbing. Hollywood is desperately scraping any old idea they […]
Ten Essential Serial Killer Films
Tom Jolliffe offers up ten essential serial killer films… Cinema has long had a fascination with the macabre. The serial killer film has been a staple since the silent period with films tending to cross between an array of genre, most notably drama, thriller and horror (and in more recent cinematic history, black comedy). There […]
The Film and TV Reboot Explosion
Tom Jolliffe looks at a current explosion of reboots in film and TV, with many from properties no one remembers anyway… The idea of a reboot isn’t exactly unfamiliar. Hollywood is on a very well worn trail that is littered with remakes, reboots, sequels, whatever you want to call them. Some might say Hollywood has […]
Great Action Horror Movies Let Down By Bad Promotion!
Marvelous Videos with a selection of great action horror movies which were let down by bad promotion… Marketing can make or break a film. Sometimes independent pictures get lucky when they’re picked up by a bigger distributor, others happen to go viral by virtue of sheer opportunity. But most of the time, you often see […]
From Duel to Joy Ride: The DNA of John Hyams’ Alone
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at John Hyams’ latest film Alone, and delves into its DNA… In 2012, director John Hyams delivered a hell of a surprise package. It was his second film in a franchise that he took into wild (and occasionally divisive) avenues. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning was near visionary in scraping […]
Infinitely Repeatable: The Movies We Can Watch Over and Over Again
Tom Jolliffe on the films he could watch over and over again and never tire of… We all have our favourite films. There are some that have a deeply profound effect. There are some that get deep within our bones and leave us in awe, or take a heavy emotional investment. You could watch Requiem For […]
