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In Praise of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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Robb Sheppard on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas… From Alan Moore’s Watchmen, to William S. Burrows’ Naked Lunch and Patrick Süskind’s Perfume, the term ‘unfilmable’ is used relatively reservedly regarding film adaptations. Wherever the source material is deemed excessively avant-garde, narratively non-linear or aesthetically challenging, the unfilmable label is a badge of honour for […]

Is it time to move away from Legacy Characters?

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George Chrysostomou on legacy characters… Franchises have a lot of bankable qualities, but one thing that will forever boost the box office of a much loved film saga is the continuation of a well known individual’s story, or the return of a legendary character, one that people would actually pay money to see return to […]

10 Best Villain Actors Working in Hollywood Today

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Tom Beasley on the 10 best villain actors working in Hollywood today… Ask most actors what kind of role they like playing the most and they’ll tell you that they love having the opportunity to play a full-throttle, moustache-twirling villain. The old adage that bad guys have more fun is definitely true on the big […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the It: Chapter Two trailer

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The Flickeirng Myth writing team share their thoughts on the It: Chapter Two trailer… Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema gave us our first look at this year’s hotly-anticipated It: Chapter Two this week with the release of a trailer for the follow-up to the hugely-successful 2017 Stephen King adaptation. Here’s what our writing team […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the new Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the latest Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer and the post-Endgame MCU possibilities… Marvel Studios and Sony gave us our first glimpse at the post-Avengers: Endgame Marvel Cinematic Universe with the release of a new trailer for July’s Spider-Man: Far From Home, and here’s what our writing […]

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and the Art of Career Transformation

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Tom Jolliffe on films stars who re-invent themselves after career decline… Hollywood is unforgiving. You find a degree of success and get to the top. Maybe a string of flops send you crashing back to anonymity. You may still work solidly. Mickey Rourke for example, perceived to have disappeared around the beginning of the 90’s […]

Game of Thrones Season 8: What’s in Store for Episode 4?

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Eammon Jacobs looks at what the fourth episode might hold after ‘The Long Night’…  The third episode of season 8 finally brought the war against the Night King and the White Walkers to Winterfell’s door – it has literally all been leading up to this. Although it’s tied up rather nicely after the feature length […]

The Top 10 Star Wars Rebels Scenes

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Ricky Church with the top ten Star Wars Rebels scenes… It has been over a year since the conclusion of Star Wars Rebels, but the void left by the series finale is still being felt. Over the course of its run, Rebels delivered some of the best Star Wars media ever made with some great […]

Saying Goodbye to Star Wars

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Anghus Houvouras says goodbye to Star Wars… There are moments in life where you achieve a sense of clarity; brief glimpses of the world from a different perspective where you can see the folly of repetitive behavior and a potential solution presents itself. For me it was the complete abandonment of social media. After deleting […]