Calling All Earthlings, 2018.Directed by Jonathan Berman. Featuring Daniel Boone, JJ Hurtak, Desiree Hurtak, Eric Burdon, and Ted Markland.SYNPOSIS:A 1950’s Howard Hughes employee-confidante, George Van Tassel, uses alien guidance and Nikola Tesla’s ideas to build a time machine — The Integratron. Is he deluded, or could it actually work? As waves of devotees join him in […]
Movie Review – Revenge (2015)
Revenge, 2015.Directed by Kjersti Heinsbo Starring Siren Jorgensen, Frode Winther, Maria Bock, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, and Rakel Hemre.SYNOPSIS:In Western Norway, Rebekka is looking for retribution. Under false identity, she seeks out her deceased sister’s violator and embeds herself into his idyllic family to now destroy his life.Not to be confused with the upcoming French thriller from […]
The Oscar for Most Baffling New Category goes to… The Oscars!
Tom Jolliffe looks at the recent decision to introduce a new Academy Award category…The Oscars are always contentious. It’s the ‘big’ award ceremony. It’s the one. No one really pays much attention to the Golden Globes, or anything else. The Oscar is the one statue everyone in Hollywood strives for. So now, in their infinite […]
Is Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 irretrievably damaged?
Tom Jolliffe looks at the fallout of James Gunn’s sacking, and whether the next Guardians of The Galaxy is damaged beyond repair….In case it’s all bypassed you, recent weeks have seen a furore surrounding the director, James Gunn. He’s the man that brought, very successfully I might add, the Guardians of the Galaxy to life. He […]
When You Need To Watch A Film Twice
Tom Jolliffe looks at when you need to watch a film a second time to fully appreciate it…A couple of days ago one of my Flickering Myth brethren Neil Calloway wrote a piece about watching classic films for the first time and finding them boring. The piece certainly got a reaction, from no less than […]
Unnecessary Reboots, Remakes and Sequels
Tom Jolliffe looks at Hollywood’s preoccupation with reboots, remakes and sequels…I sit here in the year 2018. Suddenly I find myself compelled to moan about the unimaginative approach to greenlighting Hollywood studio pictures. This is not a new phenomenon, it’s old hat. As of now the vast majority of greenlit, large studio films are adaptations, […]
Can We Stop Saying The Last Jedi is ‘too different’ from Star Wars canon?
Tom Jolliffe looks at the continuing impact of The Last Jedi and the false notion that it’s too different from Star Wars canon… So here we are. 7 months on and I still see, on a daily basis, and with my phone, social media profiles all recommending I click on articles about how divisive The […]
My Issue with Shane Black’s The Predator
Tom Jolliffe on the problem with Shane Black’s latest career choice…I have a problem with Shane Black as a writer at the moment. I have a problem with him doing a Predator film. I should first state that I’m a big fan of Black. From Lethal Weapon, through to his mismatched P.I and partner trilogy […]
Critic Firing Back: We’re not to blame for mediocre reviews
Tom Jolliffe looks at when filmmakers hit back at critics for mediocre reviews…Not for the first time and not for the last, a Hollywood star, in this case Mindy Kaling, has accused specifically male reviewers (and even more specifically white male reviewers) of being unfairly biased against her film (in this case, Ocean’s 8). There […]
A Modern Horror Renaissance and the Hereditary Legacy Question
Tom Jolliffe looks at modern horror films on the up, and whether Hereditary will leave a lasting legacy…Minor Hereditary related spoilers may follow:Horror films have always been divisive. They’re certainly popular and in comparison to other genres, they’re normally cost-effective. You only need look at the cost against return on The Blair Witch Project as […]
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