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Tom Hardy confirms Lethal Protector as Venom’s plot

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During a video message played out to the crowds at the Brazil Comic-Con, Tom Hardy revealed that the plot for the in-production Venom movie will be the Lethal Protector and Planet of the Symbiotes series of comics. Also confirmed by the Sony panel announcement was that the film will be set in San Francisco, and that […]

Listen to The Greatest Showman soundtrack online

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Here at Flickering Myth HQ we’ve been lucky enough to see The Greatest Showman, and whilst you’ll have to wait until December 20th for our review to drop, Atlantic Records have released the entire soundtrack for your streaming pleasure. It’s recommended that you save the playlist for until you’ve actually seen the film, as it’s […]

As The Last Jedi looms, Coco wins the box office and The Disaster Artist excels

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Joining an illustrious list of movies that have topped the US box-office for three straight weekends in 2017 (Split, The Fate of the Furious, and The Hitman’s Bodyguard), Disney-Pixar’s Coco managed one final week at the summit, before a certain little independent movie about disgruntled family members waving around glowsticks attempts to break records. That movie […]

Movie Review – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, 2017. Directed by Jake Kasdan. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillen, Bobby Cannavale, Nick Jonas, Rhys Darby, Alex Wolff, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, and Ser’Darius Blain. SYNOPSIS When four very different school kids are given a detention, they happen upon an old video game console with the […]

Second Opinion – Ferdinand (2017)

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Ferdinand, 2017. Directed by Carlos Saldanha. Featuring the voice talents of John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Cannavale, David Tennant, Sally Phillips, Peyton Manning, and Daveed Diggs. SYNOPSIS: Raised as a fighting bull, destined for the stadiums of Spain, Ferdinand (John Cena) is a pacifistic beast that wants to do anything but square up to the […]

Justice League performance leads to huge DC restructure at Warner Bros.

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Justice League might be edging towards $600m at the global box-office, but with Wonder Woman making much more than that on her own, the largely derided Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice nearing $900 million for its entire run, and Marvel’s equivalent superhero mashup, The Avengers topping out at $1.5 billion, there is no other way […]

Jeff Goldblum returns in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom featurette

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Ahead of tomorrow’s first trailer for J.A. Bayona’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Universal have released a behind-the-scenes video which features something altogether more exciting than dinosaurs and Chris Pratt running away from an erupting volcano; the return of Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm, he of “oooh, ahh, that’s how it always starts, but then […]

Deadpool 2 teaser sees Wade Wilson offering free tattoos to attendees at Brazil Comic-Con

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Deadpool has a message for the “beautiful sun-kissed home of Pele, hairless genitalia, and the world’s largest Jared Leto statue” in this teaser trailer for the Merc with a Mouth’s upcoming sequel, Deadpool 2. If you hadn’t worked it out from the obscure clues, Ryan Reynold’s was talking about Brazil, where Deadpool has recorded a […]

Is this the first look at Tom Hardy’s Venom costume?

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Anyone following Tom Hardy’s Instagram account will be well aware of the actor’s penchant for sharing behind-the-scenes production pictures for his forthcoming superhero outing as Venom. His latest photo might be the clearest indication yet of the kind of Venom storyline we’re going to get, with many speculating that the military style garb that Hardy’s […]

Movie Review – Brigsby Bear (2017)

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Brigsby Bear, 2017. Directed by Dave McCary. Starring Kyle Mooney, Mark Hamill, Jane Adams, Beck Bennett, Claire Danes, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Greg Kinnear, Kate Lyn Sheil, Ryan Simpkins, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins, and Andy Samberg. SYNOPSIS: James (Kyle Mooney) adores the TV show Brigsby Bear, a ramshackle slice of 80s children’s entertainment about which he has created […]