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Star Wars Rebels: Why you should look forward to Season Two

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Ricky Church on why you should look forward to Star Wars Rebels season two… It goes without saying the Star Wars franchise has been undergoing a renaissance with the upcoming release of The Force Awakens. Excitement has just been mounting more and more with each trailer, press release and interview that has surfaced. Lately the […]

Christmas films are a bit rubbish – but that’s okay

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Tom Beasley examines the naff world of Christmas cinema, and how little that all matters at the most wonderful time of the year… This is a difficult statement for me to make, but I’m just going to come out with it right up top. A lot of Christmas movies are rubbish. It hurts me to […]

This is the Year for More Horror at the Oscars

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EJ Moreno on seeing more horror films at the Oscars… To say the Academy Awards and horror movies have a complicated relationship would be an understatement. Throughout the storied history of the award show, the horror genre has rarely got proper recognition. That’s not saying it never happens, and I do believe some people forget […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer… This week saw the release of the first trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the fourth movie in the Ghostbusters franchise, and a Terminator: Dark Fate-style return to the continuity of the original two movies following the female-fronted 2016 reboot. The new film – […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Wonder Woman 1984 trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the first trailer for Wonder Woman 1984… During its big panel at Brazil’s Comic Con Experience this past Sunday, Warner Bros. unveiled the first trailer for Wonder Woman 1984, DC Films’ follow-up to its acclaimed 2017 superhero blockbuster, which reunites director Patty Jenkins with stars Gal […]

2020 Critics’ Choice Awards Movie Nominations & Predictions

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EJ Moreno on the 2020 Critics Choice Nominations… The nominations for the 25th annual Critics Choice Awards are here, and it’s quite the impressive selection of films. Let’s break down each of the categories, the nominations, and who I think will win. Be sure to leave your predictions down in the comments below as well. […]

Gremlins at 35: The timely return of Joe Dante’s controversial creatures

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With Gremlins returning to UK cinemas this week, George Nash takes a look at how its satire remains timely, over three decades on…  Thirty-five years on from its initial release, few films have come to epitomise the notion of not judging a book by its cover quite like Joe Dante’s iconic ’80s cult creature comedy, […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the No Time To Die trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the first trailer for James Bond’s next outing, No Time To Die… Between director changes, delays, accidents, on-set rewrites and rumours of crew discontent, Daniel Craig’s fifth and final outing as 007 certainly hasn’t had the smoothest of rides (you might even say its production has […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Black Widow trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the trailer for Marvel’s Black Widow… Yesterday, Marvel Studios gave us our first peek at Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – albeit a movie set slap bang in the middle of Phase Three – with the release of a trailer for Black Widow, the […]