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Orange Is the New Black: Ranking Every Season from Worst to Best

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Liam Hoofe ranks each season of Orange Is the New Black from worst to best… If you’re anything like me, you will find it difficult to see Netflix’s opening title card without singing ‘the animals, the animals’ to yourself. Orange Is the New Black has become one of the streaming service’s flagship shows since making […]

The Academy’s ‘Achievement in Popular Film’ is a demeaning category

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Ricky Church on the new Oscar category ‘Achievement in Popular Film… The Academy Awards is the film industry’s most prestigious event of the year, celebrating outstanding achievements in a wide array of behind the scenes filmmaking from direction, acting to sound design and more. That’s how the ceremony is presented to audiences at least and […]

Why You Should Watch Mindhunter

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Martin Carr on why you should watch Netflix’s Mindhunter… Released in 2017 to a muted fanfare Mindhunter represents another singularly personal project from David Fincher. This article was originally conceived as a series overview but has since morphed into something else entirely. My contention is that Fincher never set out to make a show with […]

Is Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 irretrievably damaged?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the fallout of James Gunn’s sacking, and whether the next Guardians of The Galaxy is damaged beyond repair…. In case it’s all bypassed you, recent weeks have seen a furore surrounding the director, James Gunn. He’s the man that brought, very successfully I might add, the Guardians of the Galaxy to life. […]

What on Earth (or in space) is going to happen in Star Wars: Episode IX?

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As Star Wars: Episode IX starts filming, Tom Beasley takes a look at what the conclusion of the Skywalker Saga has in store… It wasn’t that long ago really that Star Wars: The Last Jedi took the mostly fairly united fandom surrounding the galaxy far, far away and shook it up, creating a deep schism […]

When You Need To Watch A Film Twice

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Tom Jolliffe looks at when you need to watch a film a second time to fully appreciate it… A couple of days ago one of my Flickering Myth brethren Neil Calloway wrote a piece about watching classic films for the first time and finding them boring. The piece certainly got a reaction, from no less […]

Are we on the verge of make or break for the DC Universe?

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George Chrysostomou on whether the DC universe is on the verge of make or break… Recent months have shown a gradual shift in DC and Warner Bros.’ business plan. Across the board, there are new creative teams being implemented, new platforms being created and new stories being launched. This extends to comics, movies, TV shows […]