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Blu-ray Review – Rock ‘N’ Roll High School (1979)

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Rock ‘N’ Roll High School, 1979. Directed by Allan Arkush. Starring P.J. Soles, Clint Howard, Dick Miller, Vincent Van Patten, Paul Bartel, Don Steele, and The Ramones. SYNOPSIS: A strict regime in a high school forces some of the pupils to rebel, with a little help from punk band The Ramones. You know you are […]

Blu-ray Review – Edge of Sanity (1989)

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Edge of Sanity, 1989. Directed by Gérard Kikoïne. Starring Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, David Lodge, Sarah Maur Thorp, Ben Cole, and Harry Landis. SYNOPSIS: When Dr. Henry Jekyll’s experiments with using cocaine as an anaesthetic get out of control, he changes into the grotesque Mr. Hyde, who has taken a liking to killing sex workers […]

Exclusive Interview – Falk Hentschel on new movie Swap Me, Baby

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In an exclusive interview Flickering Myth sat down with actor-producer Falk Hentschel to talk about his latest movie Swap Me, Baby… Welcome to Flickering Myth Falk! As a German-native now in the throes of Hollywood, can you tell us about your early life? Thanks for having me. My early life, huh, what a different world […]

Movie Review – Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires (2018)

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Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires, 2018. Directed by Michael Mort. Featuring the voice talents of Paul Whitehouse, Samantha Coughlan, Lauren Harris, Michael Mort, and Sam Roe. SYNOPSIS: It’s not 1985 anymore… it’s 1986! And Chuck Steel is the maverick, lone wolf cop on the edge, who doesn’t play by the rules and must prevent […]

Blu-ray Review – Midnight (2021)

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Midnight, 2021. Directed by Oh-Seung Kwon. Starring Wi Ha-Joon, Park Hoon, Ki-joo Jin, Kim Hye-Yoon, and Hae-yeon Kil. SYNOPSIS: A deaf mother and daughter try and escape a psychopathic killer in the dark backstreets of the city. Korean genre cinema has been a thing of beauty to watch over the past few years – and […]

Blu-ray Review – Extreme Prejudice (1987)

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Extreme Prejudice, 1987. Directed by Walter Hill. Starring Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Maria Conchita Alonso, Michael Ironside, Rip Torn, William Forsythe, Clancy Brown, Marco Rodriguez. SYNOPSIS: A Texas Ranger ranger and a drug kingpin who used to be friends find themselves going up against one another. In Extreme Prejudice, Texas Ranger John Benteen (Nick Nolte) […]

Blu-ray Review – High Crime (1973)

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High Crime, 1973. Directed by Enzo G. Castellari. Starring Franco Nero, James Whitmore, Delia Boccardo, Fernando Rey, and Silvano Tranquilli. SYNOPSIS: An Italian cop takes on a European drug ring but the deeper he goes the more those around him start to get bumped off. Released as part of StudioCanal’s new Cult Classics line of […]

Movie Review – The Northman (2022)

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The Northman, 2022. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Claes Bang, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Gustav Lindh, and Björk. SYNOPSIS: A young Viking prince embarks on an epic quest to avenge his father’s death. Robert Eggers broke into the Hollywood scene in 2015 with his period horror flick The Witch. […]

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End – 15 Years Later

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Hasitha Fernando looks back at Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End at 15… Somewhere in the early 2000s Walt Disney Studios had an ambitious plan of developing a feature length film based on one of their most popular theme park rides – Pirates of the Caribbean. To achieve their goal, they had producer turned […]