• Pop Culture
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Comic Books
    • Video Games
    • Toys & Collectibles
  • Features
    • News
    • Reviews
    • Articles and Opinions
    • Interviews
    • Exclusives
    • FMTV on YouTube
  • About
    • About Flickering Myth
    • Write for Flickering Myth
    • Advertise on Flickering Myth
  • Socials
    • Facebook
    • X
    • Instagram
    • Flipboard
    • Bluesky
    • Linktree
  • Terms
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy

Flickering Myth

Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games

  • News
  • Reviews
  • Articles & Opinions
  • The Baby in the Basket
  • Death Among the Pines

Tom Jolliffe

The Essential Gene Hackman Movies

March 10, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

We celebrate one of the all-time greats, the late Gene Hackman, with ten essential movies… One of the best to ever step in front of the camera sadly left us recently. Gene Hackman’s long and illustrious career, in many ways, felt like an anomaly. He was intense and enthralling whenever he was on screen. An […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Another Woman, Gene Hackman, Hoosiers, Mississippi Burning, night moves, Scarecrow, Superman, Superman: The Movie, The Conversation, The French Connection, The Royal Tenenbaums, Unforgiven

What Will Amazon Do with James Bond?

February 23, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Will James Bond deliver next-day parcels? What can we expect from Amazon’s 007? It didn’t come with a huge amount of surprise that Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, after decades of overseeing the cinematic adventures of James Bond, would finally call it a day. Nor was it a surprise that following Amazon’s purchase of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Amazon, Daniel Craig, Henry Cavill, James Bond, MGM, Pierce Brosnan, Theo James

Indie Horror Filmmaking: Releasing The Baby in the Basket into a challenging landscape

February 9, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Flickering Myth’s first foray into filmmaking is rolling out into the world but the realities of the indie filmmaking landscape are tough… In case, dear readers, you haven’t been bombarded enough with news of Flickering Myth’s first dive into making a movie, our film The Baby in the Basket has been unleashed upon the world, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Amber Doig-Thorne, Andy Crane, Elle O'Hara, gary collinson, Lisa Riesner, Maryam d'Abo, Michaela Longden, Nathan Shepka, Paul Barber, The Baby in the Basket, Tom Jolliffe

10 Essential Action Movies from 2005

February 2, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Grab a weapon and a ride, and get on down to 2005 for these 10 essential action movies… The noughties were an odd time in cinema. There seemed to be a dearth in standout blockbusters and a number of lacklustre sequels. Maybe not so different from today, but we also had an array of stylistic […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: A Bittersweet Life, batman begins, Lady Vengeance, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Serenity, The Mechanik, The Protector, Transporter 2, Unleashed, V for Vendetta

Movie Review – Freelance (2025)

February 1, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Freelance, 2025. Directed by John Balazs. Starring Nicole Pastor, Jordan Fraser-Trumble, Stephen Degenaro, Jasper Bagg and Hannah Brooke.  SYNOPSIS When a down-on-her-luck video editor takes on a mysterious, well-paying job cutting snuff films, she is haunted by visions of the people in her videos. With mainstream indie distributors like A24 and Neon pushing the boundaries with […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: freelance, Hannah Brooke, Jasper Bagg, John Balazs, Jordan Fraser-Trumble, Mike Gerbino, Nicole Pastor, Stephen Degenaro

Essential Demonic Horror Movies To Send Shivers Down Your Spine

January 31, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Grab your Holy Bible and rosary beads as we look at ten essential demonic horror movies that will send shivers down your spine… As Flickering Myth takes a leap into independent film with The Baby in the Basket, our own little slice of demonic horror (releasing on DVD and Digital this February!), maybe now is […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Demons, Evil Dead 2, Hellraiser, Hereditary, Rosemary's Baby, The Baby in the Basket, The Entity, The Exorcist, the omen, The Wailing, the witch

Essential Gothic Horror Movies To Scare You Senseless

January 12, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

As we prepare for the release of The Baby in the Basket, Tom Jolliffe presents essential selection of gothic horror films guaranteed to scare you senseless… Dark, macabre psychological stories set in isolated locations with the uncanny or supernatural. Gothic horror movies are often dripping in atmosphere, enveloping the audience in a deeply unsettling story. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Black Narcissus, Black Sunday, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Dracula, Eyes Without a Face, Sleepy Hollow, Suspiria, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, The Lighthouse, The Pit and the Pendulum

The Essential Cannon Films Scores

January 11, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the best musical scores from Cannon Films’ oeuvre… A good film score can elevate the picture and manipulate the viewer. It can illicit excitement, fear, intrigue, melancholy and more. It’s not uncommon for a film score to become just as legendary an aspect of a particular film as anything […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bloodsport, Hercules, Highlander, Invasion USA, King Solomons Mines, Lifeforce, Masters of the Universe, Runaway Train, Sahara, The Hitcher

Ten Essential British Horror Movies You Need To See

January 5, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at ten essential British horror movies… We love a good horror film at Flickering Myth (so much so that we’re releasing our very own, The Baby in the Basket, next month!). British cinema has produced many great horror films that are definitely inspiring and we’ve put together a list of essentials for […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: 28 Days Later, Don't Look Now, Hellraiser, Images, Kill List, Lifeforce, Repulsion, The Baby in the Basket, The Blood on Satan's Claw, The Descent, The Witches

Ranking The Police Academy Franchise From Worst to Best

January 3, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

No One: the world needs a Police Academy franchise ranking. Assume the position, because Flickering Myth has it covered… From a golden era of goofy screwball comedies, a franchise following the misadventures of a group of police academy recruits (turned fully fledged upholders of the law) struck box office gold. Yes, there was a time […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Bubba Smith, G.W. Bailey, leslie easterbrook, Michael Winslow, Paul Maslansky, Police Academy, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignmen, Police Academy 3: Back in Training, Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol, Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach, Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, Police Academy: Mission to Moscow, Steve Guttenberg

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • …
  • 78
  • Next Page »

Top Stories:

Taxi Driver at 50: The Story Behind Martin Scorsese’s Classic Psychological Drama

7 Bizarre 1980s Horror Movies You Might Have Missed

Retro Games That Put Their Heroes Through Hell For Love

Movie Review – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025)

Deadpool at 10: The Story Behind the Irreverent Superhero Blockbuster

7 John Hughes Movies You Might Have Missed

Movie Review – Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (2026)

4K Ultra HD Review – Stolen Face (1952)

Movie Review – Cold Storage (2026)

Movie Review – Wuthering Heights (2026)

FLICKERING MYTH FILMS

 

FEATURED POSTS:

10 Great Movies About Making Movies

8 Must-See 90s Neo-Noir Movies You Might Have Missed

Coming of Rage: Eight Great Horror Movies About Adolescence

10 Psychological Horror Gems You Need To See

  • Pop Culture
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Comic Books
    • Video Games
    • Toys & Collectibles
  • Features
    • News
    • Reviews
    • Articles and Opinions
    • Interviews
    • Exclusives
    • FMTV on YouTube
  • About
    • About Flickering Myth
    • Write for Flickering Myth
    • Advertise on Flickering Myth
  • Socials
    • Facebook
    • X
    • Instagram
    • Flipboard
    • Bluesky
    • Linktree
  • Terms
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy

© Flickering Myth Limited. All rights reserved. The reproduction, modification, distribution, or republication of the content without permission is strictly prohibited. Movie titles, images, etc. are registered trademarks / copyright their respective rights holders. Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If you can read this, you don't need glasses.


 

Flickering MythLogo Header Menu
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Articles and Opinions
  • The Baby in the Basket
  • Death Among the Pines
  • About Flickering Myth
  • Write for Flickering Myth