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Ian Holm: A Master of the Craft

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at the work of Ian Holm, who sadly passed away this week… There are some actors who elevate everything they do. Even if they become a specialist in supporting roles, popping up in roles, which in lesser hands would be forgotten quickly. Not so with Holm. In a career which began […]

Nightmarish Cinema: When Filmmakers Tap Into Our Nightmares

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Tom Jolliffe on turning nightmares into cinema, and the most nightmarish film ever made… Nightmares are a powerful thing. Whether it’s teeth falling out, falling, drowning or being chased by a persistent foe, there are some specific nightmares common among many of us. Most of us have probably had that dream of trying to run […]

Silent Trigger: Straight-to-Video Arthouse Action

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Tom Jolliffe looks at an interesting entry into mid-90’s, straight to video action as Dolph Lundgren plays a haunted assassin in Silent Trigger… By the time action titan, Dolph Lundgren had reached the middle of the 90’s, he’d become pretty much established as a video specialist. Though he’d make an appearance in the Keanu Reeves […]

Netflix vs Disney+ vs HBO Max: The State of the Streaming War | Flickering Myth TV

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With Disney+ and HBO Max entering the arena in recent months and NBCUniversal’s Peacock about to launch its own challenge to the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime, it seems safe to assume that the battle to become the best streaming service will not be ending any time soon. In this episode of Flickering Myth […]

Handmade Films: A Legacy of British Cult Cinema

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at George Harrison’s production company, Handmade Films… Often dubbed the quiet one of the Beatles, George Harrison is well known for the huge cultural impact he had on music in his time with the fab four. As far as musical phenomenons go, there’s a select pantheon for the most […]

The DC TV Shows We’d Like to See | Flickering Myth TV

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We’re in somewhat of a Golden Age for DC TV at present, with the likes of The CW, DC Universe and soon HBO Max serving up a host of shows over the past few years including the likes of Arrow, Gotham, The Flash, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, Titans, Doom Patrol, Pennyworth, Batwoman, […]

Excellent Adventures with Bill & Ted

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With the third set to arrive this year, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the first two Bill & Ted films… I remember when Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure came out and took the world by storm. I first saw it on video and in the early 90’s it would be a film I’d watching at […]

The Five Best Video Game Movies Ever!

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EJ Moreno on the best video game to movie adaptations… Crafting a good video game to movie adaptation is no easy task. Countless films have tried, and many have failed to live up to hype or expectations. Even if the film is solid, this movie sub-genre rarely gets the love of its peers like comic […]