Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

Friday Night Lights is Great, But Let’s Not Have a New Movie

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Neil Calloway isn’t convinced by plans for a new film about High School football…The news that there is going to be a new Friday Night Lights film should be greeted with trepidation. It’s not the big screen spin-off of the TV series that many hoped for (more on this later, but they’re wrong to want […]

A World Without Cinema: How Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War are paving the way to Box Office success in Saudi Arabia

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Pim Razenberg on the changes in Saudi Arabia’s cinematic landscape…What was the first movie you ever watched in theatres? Was it a family friendly animated film, or the action-packed blockbuster your father really wanted to see? For me, it was most probably Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1991. At the cuddleable […]

Why Avengers: Infinity War is Everything Star Wars: The Last Jedi Wanted to Be

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James Turner looks at the similarities and differences between the two biggest blockbusters of the last twelve months…This piece makes references to the plot of Avengers: Infinity War, but there are no substantial spoilers.For those who didn’t read my review of The Last Jedi, let’s just say I was less than impressed by it. If you […]

Questioning the Snap: How Thanos caused an extinction-level event and ruined yogurt

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Pim Razenberg on the unconsidered consequences of Thanos’ finger snap…Warning: If you have not seen Avengers: Infinity War and want to avoid spoilers, do not read the following article.Intelligent, calculated and truly righteous in his own beliefs, Thanos snapped his fingers at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, disintegrating half of all life across the […]

3 Reasons Why I Was Surprisingly Impressed by Avengers: Infinity War

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Samuel Brace with three reasons why he was surprisingly impressed by Avengers: Infinity War…For someone who has fallen out of love with superhero films in the last few years, for someone who has grown tired of the genre, the formula, the interconnected nature of shared universes, I am more than a little surprised by how […]

In A Battle Of Kevin Smith vs James Cameron, Let’s Sit On The Sidelines

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Neil Calloway looks at the seemingly endless debate over comic book movies…You’ll often here talk of a culture war; countries that are divided into red states and blue states, leave or remain. It’s good journalistic shorthand, but in reality people are complex, with a range of tastes and opinions moulded by their unique experiences.Still, it’s […]

Exclusive Interview – Michael James Shaw on Avengers: Infinity War, his character Corvus Glaive, and more

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Alex Moreland chats to Michael James Shaw about Corvus Glaive, his Constantine character Papa Midnite, and more…Hi Michael!Hi Alex, how are you doing?I’m very well thank you, how are you?Pretty good, yeah. It’s a beautiful day here in New York, finally the sun has come out.Excellent! So, how did you first get involved with the […]

Venom looks goofy as hell, so why am I now more interested in seeing it?

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Anghus Houvouras on Sony’s Venom movie… If I’ve learned anything from nearly 20 years of writing about movies online, it’s that I appreciate movies that defy expectations. This explains my Marvel movie malaise with everything from Age of Ultron through Captain America: Civil War. I was bored with the Marvel Cinematic Universe because it wasn’t […]

Exclusive Interview – Composer Mac Quayle on American Crime Story, working with Ryan Murphy, and more

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Alex Moreland talks to composer Mac Quayle about American Crime Story, working with Ryan Murphy, and more…So, how would you describe the sound style of The Assassination of Gianni Versace?After working on pretty much all of it, which we’re ready to finish finally the last episode now, I feel like I can best describe the […]