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Star Wars on the Small Screen – The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)

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With The Mandalorian set to premiere this coming week, we take a look at Lucasfilm’s early attempts to bring Star Wars to the small screen, beginning with the Star Wars Holiday Special from 1978… “If I had the time and a hammer, I would track down every copy of that programme and smash it”, Star […]

Interview: A conversation with TV and comic scriptwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns

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Kat Kourbeti interviews Krysty Wilson-Cairns, writer of Penny Dreadful #1… BEWARE: There is a spoiler for the ending of Penny Dreadful #1 towards the end of the interview! Kat Kourbeti: How did this comic adaptation come to be? Krysty Wilson-Cairns: I believed Titan had approached Showtime about a Penny Dreadful comic, and when we in the Penny […]

Avengers: Infinity War – An accumulation, or continuation?

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Pim Razenberg on whether Avengers: Infinity War will be an accumulation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or a continuation… We’re well into 2015 and Avengers: Age of Ultron is firmly knocking on our doors. The superhero ensemble movie will pick up the threads from Marvel Studios’ previous Phase Two instalments, and, looking at the studio’s […]

Interview – Philip Muwanga, Project Lead on Beyond Flesh and Blood

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Villordsutch interviews Philip Muwanga, Project Lead on Beyond Flesh and Blood… The Beyond Flesh and Blood stand at PLAY Expo is extremely well supported and is teaming with people trying to get a seat or interested parties trying to grab a minute with any of the Orange-Shirted, Pixelbomb Games people around the monitors, lucky for me […]

Will Disney+ reset the Netflix model of all-at-once streaming?

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Martin Izzard on whether Disney+ will reset the Netflix distribution model… Thanks to streaming, TV budgets and investment into original content is absolutely booming. But more than ever, the ‘whenever,wherever’ nature of streaming means TV shows don’t have as much staying power or invite the conversation they used to. Because we can all consume entire […]

The Completely SFW Interview (Not Really) with Everly Writer and Director Joe Lynch

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Manny Camacho chats with writer-director Joe Lynch… Flickering Myth received an opportunity to sit with Joe Lynch, the Writer and Producer of Everly, which releases August 10th on DVD and Blu-ray. I had seen this film when it had just released on VOD, earlier this year, as it only had a very limited theatrical release and […]

Hannibal: Who Could Pick It Up?

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Ricky Church on the future of Hannibal… On Monday NBC broke many hearts as they announced they were cancelling Hannibal once its current season wraps up. While it is very disappointing, it’s certainly not surprising given the fact Hannibal has always struggled for ratings due to its late time slot and often changing place in […]

Memorable Star Wars Moments – Luke vs Darth Vader on the Second Death Star

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Flickering Myth’s writing team are counting down to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by discussing their most memorable Star Wars moments. Next up is Chris Cooper with Luke vs Vader from Return of the Jedi… My name is Chris Cooper and Return of the Jedi is my favourite Star Wars film. Sometimes you’d […]

Interview: Brian Mahoney talks The Boondock Saints and Fast & Furious 7

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Zachary Leeman chats with actor Brian Mahoney about The Boondock Saints and Fast & Furious 7… Brian Mahoney. Chances are you don’t recognize that name. Should you? Probably. The man is a military veteran who has gone on to star in the cult films The Boondock Saints I and II as fan favorite character Detective […]