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The true stories behind Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie

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We look at the true stories behind Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie… Part way through the filming of the first season of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, producers Haim Saban and Shuki Levy found themselves in a quandary. The show was pulling in huge ratings and the merchandise was flying off the shelves to the […]

Why A Nightmare on Elm Street is the best horror franchise

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Tom Jolliffe on what makes the A Nightmare On Elm Street series the best horror franchise… Sequels had a significant boom throughout the 80’s. From then on, what had been an irregular practice prior, was increasingly common. Nowadays of course, everything is about franchise potential. Two genres in particular were most prolific as far as […]

Why Margot Robbie is better than Pirates of the Caribbean

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Margot Robbie’s decision to set sail with a Pirates of the Caribbean spinoff and why it could lead her down a disappointing path… In the wake of a pandemic shut down throughout the world, the film industry took a major hit. Big theatrical releases pushed back, and film productions delayed. Even […]

10 Great Animated TV Series and Movies Based on Video Games | Marvelous Videos

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Red Stewart presents 10 of the greatest animated video game adaptations…. Video game adaptations have acquired a reputation for being, how do we put it, bad. From Silent Hill and Max Payne to Ratchet & Clank and Assassin’s Creed, we are aware of the gap in quality. Now, we all know about releases like Tomb Raider and Sonic the Hedgehog that are […]

Michael Keaton’s Batman Returns for Flashpoint | Flickering Myth TV

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EJ and Allen on the shocking return of Michael Keaton as Batman… The news that Michael Keaton might return to the role of Batman sent shockwaves through the Internet. Keaton will reportedly return as the role he originated in Batman 1989 and Batman Returns for the Warner Bros. and DC Films’ The Flash movie starring […]

In Over Your Head, Coen Style

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Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the Coen Brothers finest films, often seeing protagonists in a situation that gets increasingly out of their control… The plan seems simple. The quest, on paper, should be easy. Nothing could go wrong. In film terms, a lack of complication is a drama killer of course. In film terms, […]

More Than Batnipples: The Cinematic Legacy of Joel Schumacher

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the career of the late Joel Schumacher, whose great work has been disappointingly overshadowed by Batman… For many film fans, Joel Schumacher has had an impact. For better or worse, his work in the world of Gotham has become iconic for reasons of irony or antipathy. The trouble is, we now […]

Six Things You Might Not Know About Tim Burton’s Batman

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Today marks the 31st anniversary of Tim Burton’s Batman (or Batman ’89 as it’s known nowadays). It was a movie that changed the landscape of comic book movies, broke the mould that came before it and wrote the blueprint for how to market a summer blockbuster. To celebrate this occasion (and the news that Michael […]

A Tale of Dungeons & Dragons

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Calum Petrie with a tale of Dungeons & Dragons… In this day and age, we are filled with so many different types of entertainment (this site alone covers a massive amount of pop/geek culture) that we have allowed our imaginations to dwindle and let comics, film, TV and video games to fill in the gaps […]