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Why John Wick and Ethan Hunt rule the action genre

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the John Wick and Mission: Impossible franchises, the current best in action cinema… Some Spoilers follow: So Mr. Wick has just come out for his third adventure. Some suggestion beforehand had hinted it could potentially be his last. Three can often be a good number to close with. Of course that […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Terminator: Dark Fate trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the Terminator: Dark Fate trailer… After failing to reignite the franchise with 2015’s soft reboot Terminator Genisys, Paramount Pictures is going back to the Terminator well once more this year with the sixth entry in the series, Terminator: Dark Fate. With Linda Hamilton and James Cameron […]

5 bold predictions for the debut AEW show Double Or Nothing

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EJ Moreno with five bold predictions for the debut AEW show Double Or Nothing… A shift in the world of wrestling is upon us. With the debut of AEW, the first significant mainstream competition to WWE is here. All of that aside, All Elite Wrestling is heading into new territory this Saturday with their first […]

A Beginner’s Guide to Cannes for Independent Filmmakers

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Daniel J. Harris with a beginner’s guide to Cannes for independent filmmakers… Festival de Cannes. Film stars from across the globe descend on a small French town to showcase their latest work. Boat parties, red carpets, glitz and glamour. But, what if you’re not a movie star? What if you’re an indie producer from Wales […]

Why Netflix should green light Guillermo del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness

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Thomas Roach wants to see Netflix reviving Guillermo del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness… Just last week it was announced that Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio project has received the green lit from Netflix. Del Toro had been working on the stop motion adaptation for some time, before stating back in 2017 that it was no longer […]

Why Attack of the Clones is the worst Star Wars movie

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Luke Owen looks back at Attack of the Clones… The year is 1999. The excitement and buzz surrounding the release of the first Star Wars movie since 1983 is at an all-time high. We’d recently just relived our love of the original trilogy via the 1997 Special Edition re-releases, and now here we are with […]

Game of Thrones Season 8: How Is It Going to End?

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Eammon Jacobs recaps Game of Thrones Season Eight’s fifth episode and looks ahead to the finale… *Spoiler Warning* We’re in the endgame now. After the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones season 8 delivered a devastating blow to Cersei’s hold on Westeros, it’s become very clear that this has all been an origin story for […]

4 Great Action Movies to Check Out (That Aren’t John Wick)

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Graeme Robertson with four great action movies to check out (that aren’t John Wick)… Given that it has dominated cinemas for the last few weeks, you’d think that Avengers: Endgame was the only film worth seeing at the moment. However, this week that all changes with the release of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, […]