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Do Kaiju movies need human characters?

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Anghus Houvouras on kaiju movies and whether they need human characters…I love a good monster movie. They can, on occasion, still produce some of the childhood joy of watching massive creatures stomping on skyscrapers and battling one another to determine hierarchical dominance. All Kaiju movies deal with the same problem: the movie has to be […]

Same-er Things: Yesterday, Stranger Things and the painful lack of originality in Hollywood

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Anghus Houvouras on Hollywood’s lack of originality…I’m not sure if I can convey the cringe-inducing feeling I get while watching any of the marketing for the new film Yesterday. As soon as the voice over establishing the basic premise of the movie is spoken, my brain begins to boil.“In a world where only one person […]

The B-Movie With The Oscar Powered Pedigree – Best of the Best

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Tom Jolliffe revisits Best of the Best… We’ve all seen those trailers before. You may see them predominantly around the time that Oscar baited films begin popping up, in readiness for an Autumn and winter push for Academy recognition. A principal cast loaded with calibre. They get announced on screen. Starring Academy Award winner…, Academy […]

Avengers: Endgame – Are Earth’s Mightiest Heroes now the MCU’s primary antagonists?

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Pim Razenberg on the unconsidered consequences of Avengers: Endgame…Warning: If you have not seen Avengers: Endgame and want to avoid spoilers, do not read the following article.Did the Russo Brothers turn Earth’s Mightiest Heroes into Earth’s Greatest Foes with Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame? After casting the Avengers in the role of Thanos’ primary […]

Is it time to move away from Legacy Characters?

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George Chrysostomou on legacy characters…Franchises have a lot of bankable qualities, but one thing that will forever boost the box office of a much loved film saga is the continuation of a well known individual’s story, or the return of a legendary character, one that people would actually pay money to see return to the […]

In Praise of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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Robb Sheppard on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas…From Alan Moore’s Watchmen, to William S. Burrows’ Naked Lunch and Patrick Süskind’s Perfume, the term ‘unfilmable’ is used relatively reservedly regarding film adaptations.Wherever the source material is deemed excessively avant-garde, narratively non-linear or aesthetically challenging, the unfilmable label is a badge of honour for the ‘out […]

Underwater Film Scenes: Would You Sink or Swim?

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Long before 4DX had cinema goers vibrating in their seats, faces sprayed with water and something tickling the back of the ankles, the children of the 80s and 90s made their own cinema experiences that little bit more immersive all on their own. Or perhaps it was just this small, odd, habitual collection of people.Either […]

5 Marvel Video Games You Need to Play

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With Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe drawing to a close in just a few short weeks with the release of Spider-Man: Far From Home, we at Flickering Myth have decided to look back at Marvel Comics’ history with video games.The result was a mix of amazing and not so spectacular games, but there […]