Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

Fast & Furious 9: Cinema’s Jump Leads?

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the upcoming Fast & Furious 9, which has the potential to re-ignite the ailing cinema industry… Two emotionally blank powerhouses stare at each other, speaking in monosyllabic growls. It’s beef vs beef, Vin Diesel vs John Cena, with an insane car movie thrown in around them. Fast & Furious […]

10 Essential Jack Nicholson Films

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Tom Jolliffe offers up ten essential films from one of Hollywood’s greatest icons, Jack Nicholson… The unpredictable spark. The unconventional delivery. The eyebrows. A permanent sense of being on the verge of exploding. It’s Jack Nicholson, an actor of unique, almost unmatched intensity. He’s got an ability to dial his emotions right up, and to […]

Guilty Pleasure Comedy Favourites

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Tom Jolliffe on the joys of a guilty pleasure comedy… There comes a time in adulthood when you must stop to ponder the question, ‘am I mature yet?’ Then you’re sat watching Dumb and Dumber. Jeff Daniels shits his guts out after being spiked with laxatives and you almost defecate yourself laughing. The answer is […]

Cruise Control: The Mission Impossible Franchise at 25

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Coming up to 25 years after the release of Mission: Impossible, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the franchise that is still going strong… In the mid 9’s, modern adaptations of old TV shows tended to be a mixed bag. More often than not, the update didn’t match the popularity of the source. Whether it was […]

Mad for Mads: Why Mads Mikkelsen is one of the best in the business

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Tom Jolliffe runs through the career of Mads Mikkelsen, jammed full of mesmerising performances… Denmark is famous for many things. Two of which are personal favourites of mine…Bacon, and Mads Mikkelsen. Before we start a Bacon war with Canadian readers here, or indeed my fellow Brits, I do jest. Well, not entirely. Mads Mikkelsen really […]

Macbeth on Film: The Many Cinematic Adaptations of the Shakespeare Tragedy

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Tom Jolliffe on the many film adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth… Shakespeare may have been the scourge of G.C.S.E students for many years, but it seems that the long standing fascination with his work is in no danger of passing. Whether its Hamlet, Othello, one of the Henrys, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear or many […]

Confusing The Audience And Getting Away With It

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Tom Jolliffe on the art of confusing an audience and getting praised for it…. Cinema and TV is full of fine margins. There’s a real artistry in how a film (or show) can manipulate the viewer. As a viewer you are taken on a journey. Sometimes said journey is simple. A to B to C. […]

What film will get you back to the cinema?

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Tom Jolliffe ponders what will get you back to cinemas, and what he will be triumphantly returning for… Cinema has taken a hell of a beating in the last year. Early signs of recovery have been promising in the US, as studios cope with readjusted expectations, and attempt to build a new model that may […]

Henry Cavill and Chad Stahelski Do Highlander? I’m There!

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the prospect of a Highlander remake directed by Chad Stahelski and starring Henry Cavill… Right off the bat, I will state this…I love Highlander. The original film was very much a product of its time. Creative, wild, a little overblown, little regard for logic, but somewhat groundbreaking too. As a stylistic […]

Flagrant Misuse of a Bazooka, the Cannon Films Way

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at two action films from Cannon which perfectly encapsulated the company… Those with a working knowledge of Cannon Films, the independent studio cranking out low budget genre fare through the 80’s, before over-extending themselves, will have a pretty good idea of their raison d’etre. After getting footing in the early part […]