Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

Star Wars: The Acolyte – Episodes 1 & 2 Review

by

Chris Connor reviews the first two episodes of Star Wars: The Acolyte…While we have had four years of Disney+ series within the Star Wars universe, they have until now taken place within familiar timeframes bridging the gap largely between Episodes III & IV and VI & VII,  of course introducing us to new characters and […]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban at 20: Something Wicked This Way Comes

by

Chris Connor revisits Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as it turns 20…The Harry Potter film series proved one of the most successful literary adaptations beginning with The Philosopher’s Stone in 2001. While Chris Columbus proved a strong pair of hands for the first two instalments, the third entry The Prisoner of Azkaban took […]

Sugar Episode 8 Review – ‘Farewell’

by

Chris Connor reviews the season finale of Apple TV+’s Sugar…Sugar has been an intriguing if up and down blend of sci-fi and noir, carried by its lead performance from Colin Farrell and sense of mystery. The final episode wraps up the dangling threads surrounding Olivia Siegel’s disappearance while hinting at further mysteries for our otherworldly […]

Movie Review – Kingdom of The Planet of the Apes (2024)

by

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, 2024.Directed by Wes Ball. Starring Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, William H. Macy, Eka Darville, Travis Jeffery, Neil Sandilands, Sara Wiseman, Ras-Samuel, Lydia Peckham, and Dichen Lachman.SYNOPSIS:Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to […]

Sugar Episode 7 Review – ‘The Friends You Keep’

by

Chris Connor reviews the seventh episode of Sugar…Sugar’s twist in episode 6 threatened to upend just about everything we thought we knew about the show, revealing that Sugar and his associates are aliens sent to observe humanity. The penultimate episode returns to the noir tone of the majority of the show with the sci-fi kept more […]

Movie Review – La Chimera (2023)

by

La Chimera, 2023.Directed by Alice Rohrwacher. Starring Josh O’Connor, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato, and Isabella Rossellini.SYNOPSIS:Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For the band of tombaroli, thieves of ancient grave goods and archaeological wonders, the Chimera means redemption from work and the dream of easy wealth. […]

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace at 25 – Still a franchise low-point?

by

Chris Connor revisits Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace as it turns 25…It might seem a stretch for some but there was a point where George Lucas’s sci-fi juggernaut Star Wars had a 16-year big screen hiatus from 1983’s Return of the Jedi to 1999’s Phantom Menace. While we have now become accustomed […]

Movie Review – The Fall Guy (2024)

by

The Fall Guy, 2024.Directed by David Leitch. Starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Winston Duke, and Stephanie Hsu.SYNOPSIS:A down-and-out stuntman must find the missing star of his ex-girlfriend’s blockbuster film.Barbie and Oppenheimer collectively dominated the 2023 movie landscape both in terms of box office and awards, coincidentally two of the stars […]

Sugar Episode 5 Review – ‘Boy In the Corner’

by

Chris Connor reviews the fifth episode of Apple TV+’s Sugar…Sugar’s fifth episode continues his investigation into Olivia’s disappearance, finding involvement from unexpected places. Initially, Sugar confronts David Siegel following his arrest at the end of the previous episode, David is clearly fixated on fame and its hard to discern fact from fiction. The episode cleverly […]