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Why Venom Should Get a Sequel

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George Chrysostomou wants to see a sequel to Venom…Critics and fans are once again divided around a film in 2018. We’ve already witnessed the high and lows of this new phase of apparent out of touch reviewers, with The Last Jedi receiving fan backlash whilst The Greatest Showman is poured over by the general public. Venom seems to be reaching […]

Will The Mandalorian be the start of great things to come for Disney’s Star Wars?

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Samuel Brace on The Mandalorian and what it might signify for the future of Star Wars…Star Wars in 2018 has found itself existing in a strange old state of affairs. Of course, the die-hards, those enamoured with this world, with these characters, and the entire saga until this point, most of these people have been […]

5 Obscure Doctor Who Villains Who Should Return in Series 11

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George Chrysostomou with five obscure Doctor Who villains who should return in series 11…Doctor Who series 11 is quickly approaching, with Jodie Whittaker’s take on the Time Lord set to launch on October 7th. With all the buzz surrounding the new series, there’s a lot of talk around some of the villains that will be […]

Why Creed II appears to be ticking the right boxes

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Tom Jolliffe on why Creed II looks like it could match, or even surpass the previous film…The new Creed II trailer dropped just a matter of days ago. The first trailer looked good. The second looks great. We’re not seeing anything ground breaking here, but there are a number of things the trailer suggests, will […]

Why Joker could be the best DC movie since The Dark Knight Rises

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Samuel Brace on why he think Joker could be the best DC movie since The Dark Knight Rises…There’s little room to deny the dearth of quality found in recent DC movie offerings. For the most part it’s been lifeless, corny, directionless, and haphazard. The last six years have been a sorry state of affairs, to […]

An Intervention: Superheroes, Snobbery and Liking What You Like

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Henry Bevan on superhero movies, snobbery, and liking what you like…When Marvel released the Captain Marvel trailer, the predictable happened. Most of the internet loved it (we at Flickering Myth were lukewarm)  and the rest of the internet questioned why people are excited about a new movie churned out by the blockbuster machine.The Guardian wrote […]

The faulty logic of “You’re not the intended audience”

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Anghus Houvouras on the faulty logic of “you’re not the intended audience”…In nearly two decades of writing about movies, the motivating factor has always been the joy of discussing film with others. Whether that cinematic discussion was happening at a bar after the movie, a chat room or the toxic bowels of social media, the […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the X-Men: Dark Phoenix trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the first teaser trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix…Having pushed back the release of the movie from its original November 2018 date to accommodate reshoots – allegedly off the back of a rather negative reaction to a test screening – 20th Century Fox gave us our first […]

Ranking the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Worst to Best

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Chris Cooper shares his ranking of the Marvel Cinematic Universe after twenty films…The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is now at twenty films. I’ve not spoken to one person who fully agrees on the order these films should be ranked in, and my wife is still giving me crap about where I’ve put Iron Man 3.So […]

WWE Raw Rankings 09/24/18 – Is a Shield split on the horizon?

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Liam Hoofe returns with his weekly power rankings from this week’s Raw…With Hell in a Cell now in the rear-view mirror, the WWE is currently busy building towards not one, not two, but three upcoming PPV events. This leaves the company with a lot of storylines and feuds to juggle on their weekly shows. Let’s […]