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Fairytale and Folk Horror Movies That Are Superb!

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Marvelous Videos presents fairy tale and folk horror nightmares… Human imagination knows no bounds. Authors and storytellers from many generations have been able to conjure up some of the most visceral and creative images of all time. Locations are brought to vivid life thanks to attention to detail, fictional beings feel distinctly alive thanks to […]

Ranking the Films of Paul Verhoeven

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George Nash assesses the cinematic output of the subversive Dutch provocateur Paul Verhoeven… On the Rotten Tomatoes page of Showgirls, the critical consensus reads as follows: “Vile, contemptible, garish, and misogynistic — and that might just be exactly Showgirls‘ point”. It’s about as perfect as any summation could hope to be in capturing the journey taken […]

Before They Were Famous… They Were in The X-Files

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Gary Collinson with a selection of star names who made an early ‘before they were famous’ appearance in The X-Files… Over the past few months I’ve been revisiting Chris Carter’s classic science fiction TV series The X-Files and besides jogging my memory as to just how good of a pairing David Duchovny’s Fox Mulder and […]

Exclusive Interview – The Climb filmmakers on that unforgettable opening scene, praise from Tom Hanks, one-takes and more

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Flickering Myth spoke to Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin, the filmmakers and stars behind one of 2020’s most critically acclaimed independent films, The Climb. The Climb is out on Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD on January 19th courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment… From its impetus as a short film in 2018, to Cannes in […]

Exclusive Interview – Writer-director Gerard Johnson on the influences behind Muscle

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British writer-director Gerard Johnson earned rave reviews for his first feature films, serial killer drama Tony and crime thriller Hyena, begging the question of what would be next for one of the industry’s most daring, yet unpredictable voices? The answer came in the form of Muscle, an acclaimed psychological thriller that largely takes place in […]

Exclusive Interview – Yellow Rose star Eva Noblezada on Broadway vs. film, country music and Lea Salonga

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Flickering Myth sat down with Grammy-winning and Tony-nominated actress Eva Noblezada about her feature film debut Yellow Rose, which is now available to own on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD… Diane Paragas’s Yellow Rose is something of a rarity in Hollywood — a movie about, starring, and directed by Filipino-Americans; and that significance is in no way […]

The Essential Movies of David Fincher

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Dan Sareen presents David Fincher’s best movies… Few would have predicted David Fincher rising to the top of a greatest filmmakers of all time list. After all, this was the guy who started off doing commercials and (through heavy studio interference) botched his blockbuster debut with Alien 3. And yet, things turned around for the […]

Forgotten B-Movie Creature Features That You Must Watch!

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Marvelous Videos presents B-movie creature features… What can be said about movie monsters that has not already been said? Humans have had to fight and fear beasts going back to the Neolithic era, and that evolutionary conflict has been stabbed into our genetic core. We have this instinctual phobia of monsters and behemoths, which makes […]

Exclusive Interview – Natalé Olsen and Sabina Friedman-Seitz on Fingers

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In an exclusive interview, Flickering Myth sat down with LA-film producer Natalé Olsen and actress Sabina Friedman-Seitz to talk about working on comedy-horror film Fingers out now on Shudder TV and their upcoming projects. C0n you tell us how you guys met and what pushed you to partner on future projects together? Natalé Olsen: We […]

Totally Bonkers Space Operas That Deserve More Love

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Ben Robins looks at four totally bonkers space operas that deserve more love… It’s easy to jump straight to the tried-and-tested regulars as far as space operas are concerned. Between the countless alien species, planets and barely pronounceable intergalactic languages, too many seem to end up on the wrong side of dense, and sticking with […]