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Why does it always have to be Marvel vs. DC?

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Anghus Houvouras asks, ‘why does it always have to be Marvel vs. DC?’… Binary theory. I’ve written about this before at great length. The constantly evolving concept that everything has been reduced to a “1” or a “0”. Famously expressed in thoughts like “You are either for me or against me”. Either something has value […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #22 – Chase H.Q.

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After making the break for freedom in The Great Escape, leaving the bally Hun looking confused at little piles of dirt all around the exercise yard, we take to loading our next game in the Your Sinclair Top 100.  It couldn’t get any more different as No.#22 puts us straight into a high-octane car chase […]

People Don’t Like Suicide Squad. Fine, But Let’s Not Perpetuate the Myth of Marvel’s Greatness

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Samuel Brace on DC, Marvel, and the state of the superhero genre… A bad film doesn’t make a better film great. This is the sentiment we must remember going forward as we discuss and analyse the state of superhero movies in 2016, especially as it pertains to DC and their latest outing, Suicide Squad. Critics […]

Exclusive interview with All-Star Batman’s Scott Snyder & John Romita Jr.

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Ricky Church chats with Scott Snyder & John Romita Jr about All-Star Batman… One of the most anticipated titles among DC Rebirth is All-Star Batman, written by Scott Snyder with art by John Romita Jr. The opening arc, ‘My Own Worst Enemy’, will see Batman and Two-Face going on a ‘road trip’ as Batman attempts […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #18 – Underwurlde

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As Eric completes is task of mischief, depositing his report back in the safe and leaving half the school drunk as skunks, we eject Back to Skool and head towards our next helping in the Your Sinclair Top 100.  At No.#18 is another release from the software house Ultimate Play the Game – on first glance […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #10 – T.L.L.

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When people question whether there is any validity in war, maybe in the form of a song, you could respond with, “Gaming on the ZX Spectrum!”, for just the other day – at No.12 – we had Carrier Command and though yesterday’s Sim City may not have been war like it did end in tears.  Today […]

James Bond 24 titled Spectre – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth team react… Announced earlier this morning, Sony and MGM have revealed the new title for Sam Mendes’ Bond 24 – Spectre. We also have new cast members including Dave Bautista, Lea Seydoux, Monica Bellucci and Christoph Waltz. But what did our writing staff make of the title, cast and new car? Martin […]

60th BFI London Film Festival – A United Kingdom Press Conference Report

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A look at the trailer for A United Kingdom, the opener at this year’s London Film Festival, might give the impression that its star, David Oyelowo, is in serious danger of being typecast.  After his star-making turn as Martin Luther King in Selma, he’s delivering more inspiring speeches as future ruler of Botswana, Seretse Khama. […]

Event Report – 2000 AD Prog 2000 signing at the Travelling Man, Manchester

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Last Wednesday – 28th September – marked a rather momentous day in British Comic Industry as 2000 AD celebrated a mammoth landmark with Prog 2000 – that’s correct 2000 issues of Earth’s mightiest comic! Not only was there a rather excellent celebratory comic released for this day [read Mark Allen’s review here], which saw the excellent […]