EJ Moreno and Flickering Myth honor the year in horror… Welcome to the third Flickering Myth Horror Awards, the place to spotlight the best in our beloved spooky genre. From fan-favorite horror outings to prestige heavyweights, this year saw horror go more mainstream than ever, while still keeping its indie roots. With another solid year, […]
Suburbicon: When Even the Coen Brothers Can’t Save Your Movie
Matthew Shepherd on where it went wrong for Suburbicon… Hollywood disasters feel almost common these days. A production that loses its director, a star who drops out, a release date colliding with an unmovable franchise behemoth. These are all normal. Suburbicon though, the George Clooney 2017 dark comedy, is not normal. It is much stranger […]
Howard the Duck at 40: The Legacy of a Cinematic Disasterpiece
Dan Carville revisits Howard the Duck on its 40th anniversary… If you asked anyone to name some of the biggest critical and commercial flops in Hollywood history, chances are Howard the Duck will pop up. You’ll find it in lists of the worst Marvel films, the worst cape flicks, even the worst movies of all […]
7 Bizarre 80s Horror Movies You Need to See
Casey Chong presents a selection of bizarre 80s horror movies you might have missed… The 1980s marked a tremendous decade for the horror genre, thanks in no small part to practical effects, which allowed filmmakers to incorporate extensive use of gore, latex makeup, and animatronics, regardless of budget levels, not to mention the rise of […]
What 2026’s Box Office Triumphs Tell Us
The 2026 box office is on fire and up on 2025’s takings from this time last year. So what have the successes (and failures) told us? A few years ago, there seemed like a very real possibility that cinema and the big screen experience were irreparably damaged. There’s no two ways about it, the industry […]
10 Essential Odyssey Movies to Journey Into
In the wake of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, why not take a journey into these ten other cinematic odysseys… It’s the season of The Odyssey with Christopher Nolan’s epic adaptation out in the world. The project has been contentious to say the least, with internet folk voicing their opinions on everything from the armor to […]
The Counselor: When an All-Star Cast Couldn’t Deliver a Hit
Matthew Shepherd looks back at Ridley Scott’s forgotten star-studded crime thriller The Counselor… Ridley Scott does not often admit when he thinks he has been wronged. The man who made Alien, Blade Runner, and Gladiator has a strong confidence in his own judgement that borders on geological. So when he told the Toronto Sun, years […]
Aliens at 40: The Story Behind One of the Finest Hardcore Sci-Fi Actioners Ever Conceived
As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, Hasitha Fernando explores the story behind Aliens… The follow up to Ridley Scott’s classic sci-fi horror Alien, James Cameron’s Aliens is considered one of the greatest sequels ever made. The film is often bunched alongside the likes of Terminator 2: Judgment Day and The Godfather Part II as an […]
Will Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Be The Last Ever Old School Epic?
Christopher Nolan has delivered a dazzling, mostly practical, old-school epic with The Odyssey. Will we ever see another of its kind? The Odyssey has been years in the making with feverish anticipation from Nolan-fans who have waited in bated breath for his Oppenheimer follow-up. 2026, during the buildup to his much vaunted summer release, has […]
The Superhero Genre is Changing, Not Disappearing
In 2019, superhero movies reached a height that once seemed impossible. Avengers: Endgame was not simply another blockbuster release; it was a genuine cultural event. Earning nearly $3 billion worldwide, it represented the peak of a decade-long experiment that transformed superhero films from occasional crowd-pleasers into the centre of Hollywood’s blockbuster strategy. For years, superhero […]
