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The Top Ten Film Scores of 2019

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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 […]

Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2019

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The Flickering Myth writing team present our top ten movies of 2019… 2019. A year that has seen Disney dominating the multiplexes, the Mouse House setting records left, right and centre (not least Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, which dethroned 2009’s Avatar to become the highest-grossing film of all-time). It’s seen legendary filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the first Morbius trailer

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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 […]

BBC’s Dracula: The Life-Draining Effect of a Modern Twist

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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, […]

Celebrating Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Its Continuing Legacy

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Ricky Church celebrates Star Wars: The Clone Wars… This month marks the 10th anniversary of the premiere of Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. Though a feature film of the same name was released a couple months prior to the premiere and introduced some interesting new elements to the Star Wars canon, it did not really capture […]

Ranking 2019’s 26 Biggest Horror Movies

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EJ Moreno ranks 2019’s big horror releases… On the surface, it would seem that A24 and Blumhouse dominated horror this year with significant releases. But on closer inspection, 2019 has a wide variety of horror movies coming from all over the place. The genre is in such a great spot in 2019 with a little […]

The Ten Best Animated Films of the 2010s

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Kate Harrold shares her picks of the best animated films of the 2010s… The past decade has been a breakthrough for animated film. Toy Story (1995) may have been the first feature-length computer animated film, but animation studios of the 2010s have gone on to break even more unimaginable feats. The genre seems to have […]

Celebrating the Most Memorable On-Screen Friendships in 2019 Movies

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As we each begin to take stock of 2019 and count our blessings over the festive period, George Nash takes time to celebrate the great movie friendships that have graced our cinema screens over the past twelve months… With the festivities sweeping us up on a wave of shameless consumer indulgence, seasonal knitwear and figuring […]

The Green Mile: 20 years on, Frank Darabont’s haunting tale of reflection still hits hard

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With it celebrating a landmark anniversary this month, George Nash takes a look at how The Green Mile’s tale of reflection and guilt still packs a punch, two decades on… The year 1999 marked the end of the world. At least, that’s what people would have you believe as the clocks ticked ominously down towards […]