Shaun Munro reviews Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth… Beyond signalling the change of the series’ naming convention, 2020’s Yakuza: Like a Dragon marked a controversial if ultimately wildly successful transition from real-time brawler to turn-based RPG, all while subbing out longtime franchise hero Kazuma Kiryu for a new protagonist – the charmingly dorky Ichiban Kasuga. […]
Video Game Review – Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Shaun Munro reviews Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown… I approached the release of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown with a mixture of excitement and unease – relieved that the beloved platformer franchise was finally getting a new entry, yet crushingly aware of my own patent disinterest in its backtracking-heavy Metroidvania gameplay loop. But Ubisoft […]
Movie Review – Speak No Evil (2022)
Speak No Evil, 2022. Co-written and directed by Christian Tafdrup. Starring Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Fedja van Huêt, Karina Smulders, Liva Forsberg, and Marius Damslev. SYNOPSIS: A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to […]
Teaser trailer for new horror short film Breakfast
Since my teenage years – long before I became a film critic or regular contributor to Flickering Myth – I’ve had a fascination with the filmmaking process, and a deep desire to create my own projects. But between the financial and logistical hurdles of production and, honestly, being a serial procrastinator who loathes anything resembling […]
Movie Review – Plan C (2023)
Plan C, 2023. Directed by Tracy Droz Tragos. SYNOPSIS: A secret grassroots organisation persistently fights to expand access to abortion pills across the USA keeping hope alive during a global pandemic and the fall of Roe v. Wade. Almost a full decade after her debut documentary Rich Hill won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize at […]
Movie Review – Bitch Ass (2022)
Bitch Ass, 2022. Co-written and directed by Bill Posley. Starring Sheaun McKinney, Tunde Laleye, Me’Lisa Sellers, Teon Kelly, and Tony Todd. SYNOPSIS: A gang initiation goes wrong when a group of four recruits break into a house of horror, as they’re all forced to play deadly games for their lives. Win and you live – […]
To Boldly Go: Ranking Every Star Trek Movie From Worst To Best
Shaun Munro reviews the entire Star Trek movie franchise from worst to best… The cinematic future of the Star Trek franchise remains very much in flux at present; since the disappointing box office performance of 2016’s Star Trek Beyond, Paramount has continually stalled production of a direct follow-up, with the latest incarnation of the next movie pulled […]
Movie Review – Rotting in the Sun (2023)
Rotting in the Sun, 2023. Co-written and directed by Sebastián Silva. Starring Sebastián Silva, Jordan Firstman, and Catalina Saavedra. SYNOPSIS: Follows social media celebrity Jordan Firstman as he starts a search for filmmaker Sebastian Silva who went missing in Mexico City. He suspects that the cleaning lady in Sebastian’s building may be involved in his […]
Movie Review – Sisu (2023)
Sisu, 2023. Written and directed by Jalmari Helander. Starring Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Onni Tommila, and Mimosa Willamo. SYNOPSIS: When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, Nazi soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him. Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports, […]
Movie Review – Pleasure (2021)
Pleasure, 2021. Written and directed by Ninja Thyberg. Starring Sofia Kappel, Revika Anne Reustle, Evelyn Claire, Chris Cock, Dana DeArmond, and Kendra Spade. SYNOPSIS: 19-year-old Linnéa leaves her small-town life in Sweden for Los Angeles with the aim to become the world’s next big porn star, but the road to her goal turns out to be […]
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