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Disney’s Ongoing Fight To Be Feminist

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Kate Harrold on Disney’s ongoing fight to be feminist…The Disney Princess is an iconic film archetype and one that has been around since Snow White and the Seven Dwarves premiered in 1938 and it doesn’t seem to be a figure fading from our cultural canon anytime soon. With reinvention being a continuous process, the Disney […]

The Most Disappointing: Stranger Things Season 3

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Anghus Houvouras shares his disappointment with Stranger Things season 3…Sometimes it’s difficult to find the words to describe what particular elements of a creative endeavor felt disappointing. Other times it’s incredibly easy.The third season of Stranger Things was a depressing mess which exposes the flimsy foundation the series is built upon which includes 80’s era […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to Robert Pattinson’s casting as The Batman

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on Robert Pattinson’s casting as the Dark Knight in The Batman…This past weekend it was confirmed that Warner Bros. and director Matt Reeves have selected Robert Pattinson as the man to succeed Ben Affleck and don the cape and cowl for 2021’s The Batman. And, much previous […]

Why are people getting so crazy about Joker?

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Anghus Houvouras on Joker…There’s one film right now that is generating a catastrophic level of buzz online. A movie that has some people ridiculously excited while others are working themselves up into a foaming frenzy on what the film could potentially represent. Based on early expectations, the movie looks to be a massive financial hit […]

The Most Disappointing: Fandom in the Social Media Age

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Anghus Houvouras on fandom in the age of social media…The internet has ruined everything. It has given us a window into the soul of humanity and the view is pretty damn depressing. Like all great technical innovations, people have found out how to exploit this potentially amazing resource into a method of control. Elections are […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the final Joker trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the new Joker trailer…This week, Warner Bros. and DC Films released the final trailer for Joker, director Todd Phillips’ upcoming standalone origin story for the Clown Prince of Crime and starring Joaquin Phoenix as the iconic comic book villain. The movie has been generating a lot […]

What We Hope to See in the Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars series

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Ricky Church on his hopes for the Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars TV series…When it comes to characters in the Star Wars saga, there are several who stand out as fan-favourites. Luke, Han, Leia, Lando, Boba Fett, Darth Maul, R2-D2, Rey, etc. There are too many to name, but they’re all beloved for various reasons. One character that […]

Ranking every big screen version of The Joker from worst to best

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Liam Hoofe ranks all of the big screen takes on the iconic DC villain The Joker from worst to best…The Joker is one of the most iconic villains of all time, and the character has undergone several major changes on screen during his history. From Cesar Romero’s iconic turn as the character in the 1960’s […]

What Do The Pub Names in The World’s End Mean?

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Luke Owen looks at the pubs in The World’s End and what their names might mean….If there is one thing that Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg do very well when writing scripts, it’s foreshadowing. They always drop in little nuggets that will either give you a clue of how the film will progress or make […]