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Exclusive Interview with Mr. X, the VFX Company behind The Shape of Water

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Mr. X is the visual effects company responsible for the visual storytelling of many films and television series including Vikings, Godless, mother!, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tells No Tale, Crimson Peak, and Molly’s Game. Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water won big at this year’s Academy Awards, including Best Picture. MR. X […]

Interviews: Black Lightning Showrunner and Writers at WonderCon 2018

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Black Lightning from The CW had a very strong presence at WonderCon this year with a panel and roundtable interviews with the press.  Flickering Myth’s own Tai Freligh attended and had the chance to sit down and chat with showrunner Salim Akil and writers Lamont Magee, Adam Giaudrone, and Pat Charles. Watch the full interview […]

Star Trek Discovery WonderCon Interviews – Mary Chieffo, Tamara Deverell, Alan Van Sprang, Emily Coutts and Jeff Russo

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The cast and crew of the television show, Star Trek: Discovery, were on hand at WonderCon to present a panel on the making of the show.  Afterwards, they did roundtable interviews with the press, including Flickering Myth’s Tai Freligh.  He spoke to several of the cast and crew and even got a little mini-scoop from […]

Interview – Marvel’s Black Panther costume designer Ruth E. Carter at WonderCon

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Ruth E. Carter has worked in the film industry for over three decades as a costume designer, with more than forty films on her resume.  She has garnered two Oscar nominations for Best Costume Design for Spike Lee’s Malcolm X and Steven Spielberg’s Amistad as well as an Emmy nomination for the reboot of Roots. […]

Marvel’s Jeph Loeb comments on Avengers: Infinity War references in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5

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Flickering Myth’s Tai Freligh was at WonderCon 2018 and spoke to Jeph Loeb, Executive Vice-President and Head of Television for Marvel.  We asked him a question about whether or not there would be any references to Avengers: Infinity War in season 5 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Loeb wouldn’t confirm to us, but he also didn’t […]

First Impressions: Jessica Jones Season 2 is an Intriguing Slow Burn

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Tai Freligh reviews the first five episodes of Jessica Jones Season 2… When Netflix offered up the first five episodes of Jessica Jones Season 2 for media review, I jumped on the chance.  I’m a sucker for all the Marvel shows on Netflix and have watched every single one (and yes, that includes the much […]

Review – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Blu-ray Bonus Features

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Tai Freligh reviews the bonus features on the Blu-ray release of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle… I thoroughly enjoyed Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, so when the opportunity came up to review the home video bonus features ahead of the film’s release, I jumped at the chance.  I was curious as to how they would […]

Exclusive Interview – Patrick Meaney, director of Chris Claremont’s X-Men

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Tai Freligh chats with Patrick Meaney about Chris Claremont’s X-Men… Chris Claremont came to Marvel as a young man, and was assigned a book that no one else wanted, a book on the brink of cancellation: X-Men. Over the next 17 years, his work on the title turned it into the biggest franchise in comic […]

Exclusive Interview – Lisa Linke on This Is Us and Successful People

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Tai Freligh interviews Lisa Linke from This Is Us…. Lisa Linke is known for her series regular role on Successful People, a comedic web series about a songwriting duo struggling to make it big surrounded by a world full of successful people. The show is streaming now on Amazon Prime. She has also lent her talent to a variety […]

Comic Book Review – Penny Dreadful: The Awaking

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Tai Freligh reviews Penny Dreadful: The Awaking… Penny Dreadful: The Ongoing Series Volume 1 – The Awakening’ continues the story directly after the shocking events of the season three TV finale!  Six months after Vanessa’s death, Ethan and Sir Malcolm still struggle to move on. As an ill wind blows over London, it soon seems that […]