The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the first Morbius trailer… Yesterday, Sony Pictures gave us our first look at Morbius, the second instalment in the studio’s shared ‘Universe of Marvel Characters’ after last year’s Venom, which sees Jared Leto taking on the role of Dr. Michael Morbius, a scientist who finds himself […]
Star Trek – The Essential Picard: The Measure of a Man
Ricky Church revisits the essential Jean-Luc Picard episodes as we count down to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard… Though Star Trek: The Next Generation helped reintroduce the public to the franchise and cultivated new fans, common perception and many reviews at the time of the series’ beginnings felt it wasn’t as good as the original Star […]
The Snyder Cut. The Abrams Cut. How about cut the sh*t?
Tom Jolliffe looks at the recent demands for director’s cuts with Justice League and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker… A film comes out. The director hits the press circuit prior and things seem to be rosy. The film comes out and is greeted with derision. Suddenly there are growing calls for a directors cut. […]
The Top Ten Film Scores of 2019
Hasitha Fernando on the top ten film scores of 2019… In terms of films both original and otherwise, 2019 proved to be quite a strong one. Although the box-office landscape was largely dominated by a plethora of comic-book films there were a great many creatively inspiring films like Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, Rian Johnson’s Knives […]
Star Trek – The Essential Picard: The Battle
Ricky Church revisits the essential Jean-Luc Picard episodes as we count down to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard… As we inch closer to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard, the next installment in The Essential Picard is another early episode from the series. ‘The Battle’, episode nine of the first season, delves into Picard’s past […]
Could dumbing down cinema threaten the legacy of timeless classics?
Tom Jolliffe looks at the current monopolisation of cinemas from Hollywood tentpoles, and whether timeless classics are at risk of being forgotten… The debate has raged throughout the last half year. Martin Scorsese was at the forefront. Cinemas are being overrun with Theme park rides. The cultural, dramatic and thematic impact with some of these are […]
BBC’s Dracula: The Life-Draining Effect of a Modern Twist
Kate Harrold on the BBC’s Dracula and the life-draining effect of its modern twist… When it was first announced that Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffatt would be taking on the latest adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, expectations were set high. The duo had already demonstrated their affinity for literary adaptations with the hugely successful Sherlock, […]
The year Heat was criminally overlooked by the Oscars
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Oscars in 1996, when Heat was criminally overlooked by the Academy… The year was 1996, which looked back over the films of the previous year. It was a fairly strong year, and like a lot of the nomination lists throughout that decade there are some oddities. There are also […]
Long Live The New Flesh: Why Videodrome has never been more relevant
Tom Jolliffe on the 1983 cult classic Videodrome and its relevance today… Director David Cronenberg has always been a specialist in dark Sci-Fi horror. In 1983 he made a cult film called Videodrome. A lot of film buffs around my age have seen it. It’s a big favourite among those who like something a bit […]
Garish Colour, Prog Rock, Masked Killers and a Glass Fetish: Dario Argento’s Glory Years
Tom Jolliffe on the years, and films, which defined Dario Argento… Looking back over his peak years, whilst Dario Argento may not have been the first pioneer of Giallo horror, he followed in the footsteps of the great Mario Bava and popularised Italian horror around the world in a way even Bava could only dream […]