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BAFTAS 2015: J.K. Simmons talks topping his performance in Whiplash and “his tempo”

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Congratulations to the wonderful J.K. Simmons on picking up the Best Supporting Actor award at last night’s 68th British Academy Film Awards for his role in Whiplash! Before he went in to collect his award, Flickering Myth caught up with him on the red carpet to discuss the movie, topping that performance and what exactly […]

DVD Review – The Rewrite (2014)

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The Rewrite, 2014 Written and directed by Marc Lawrence Starring Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei, J.K. Simmons, Allison Janney, Chris Elliot SYNOPSIS: An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there. Hugh Grant is an actor who seemingly […]

Jupiter Ascending falters at the box office while The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water makes a huge splash

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As many predicted (including ourselves in our own review), Jupiter Ascending has faltered at the global box office on its debut weekend, taking just $51 million worldwide. The film, written and directed by The Wachowskis, opened in around 65 territories and cost a whopping $175 million to make, but only managed to take a pitiful $19 […]

And the 68th British Academy Film Awards winners are…

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The stars were out for the 68th British Academy Film Awards in Central London here in the UK. Check out the winners below! SEE ALSO – BAFTAS 2015: Flickering Myth attends the 2015 EE British Academy Film Awards OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM: ’71 The Imitation Game Paddington Pride The Theory of Everything Under the Skin ORIGINAL MUSIC: […]

Comic Book Review – Star Wars #2

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Luke Owen reviews Star Wars #2… THE GREATEST SPACE ADVENTURE OF ALL TIME CONTINUES! The Rebel assault on Cymoon 1 continues! Luke Skywalker – cornered by Darth Vader! Han, Leia, and the others – trapped! Last month’s debut edition of Star Wars at Marvel was quite a decent little affair. It wasn’t spectacular in any […]

Domhnall Gleeson’s role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens ties him to major character?

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Warning – there could be spoilers below… It seems amazing in this day and age of the Internet that a film can keep so much secrecy, but J.J. Abrams has managed to do it with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. That is, apart from a few bits that have slipped through here and there. Today’s […]

J.J. Abrams talks Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer “controversy ” and Simon Pegg writing Star Trek 3

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We are now just 10 months away from J.J. Abrams taking us to a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: The Force Awakens and when the trailer was released late last year, there was quite a stir with Star Wars fans particularly around the lightsaber hilt. “It’s been the funniest thing to see the arguments that have […]

Sony looking to return to negotiations with Marvel over Spider-Man?

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Several big stories broke during December’s “Sony Hack” scandal, but the biggest of which was the negotiations between Sony and Marvel over using Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, specifically Captain America: Civil War. The plan from there would be to use this as a platform to reboot the Spidey franchise after the disappointment of […]