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Interview: Composer Kris Dirksen on creating the right score for Cinemax’s Quarry & Banshee

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We chat to Composer Kris Dirksen about creating the right score for Cinemax’s Quarry & Banshee…As with a lot of television shows, the score that accompanies it can easily make or break the show. The most recent example being Kyle Dixon & Michael Steins’ much buzzed about score to Netflix’s Stranger Things which has been […]

Are Toys and Theme Parks Cinema’s Last Hope?

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Henry Bevan on whether toys and theme parks are cinema’s last hope… The busker appeared on Southbank and began playing an original song. The song was interesting but people just walked on by. His original song flopped and the busker changed tact. He broke into a nondescript cover and people soon started dropping 5p coins […]

Final Assassin’s Creed trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth team react…SEE ALSO: Read the Flickering Myth Reactions to Doctor Strange, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Power Rangers and moreThe final trailer for Assassin’s Creed landed online yesterday ahead [watch it here] of its release in December (or January if you’re British). The […]

Does every second movie need to be The Empire Strikes Back?

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Anghus Houvouras asks why every second movie needs to be The Empire Strikes Back…Is there anything worse than the widening pit of quicksand that nostalgia has become?It’s one thing when we’re constantly forced to deal with the ‘member berry’-centric society of fandom. My expectations of fans is lower that current metrics are able to track. Every […]

Fall TV’s Top 5 New Shows

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Rachel Bellwoar on Fall TV’s top five new shows… Due to how pilots are spaced out this fall, figuring out to the right time to launch a top five list gets complicated. Wait too long and you fall behind on shows that have started airing as early as August. Submit too early and newcomers like […]

Exclusive Interview with Trolls directors Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn

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DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls is set to open in UK cinemas this week, and Flickering Myth’s Scott Davis caught up with directors Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn to discuss the film, which features the voice talents of Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake. Check out the interview here…SEE ALSO: Read our review of Trolls hereFrom the creators […]

The Week in Star Wars – New Rogue One trailer, poster and reactions, Obi-Wan movie, new ongoing comic series and more

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In your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got a brand new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (and a new poster), some more talk about an Obi-Wan movie and more…Let’s be honest, we’re going to kick off with the new trailer Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, aren’t we? […]

A 2016 Zombie Movie Demonstrates How to Deal with Superhero Saturation

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Samuel Brace on dealing with oversaturation… Less is always more. But quality will keep the naysayers quiet. The answer to the over saturation of any genre, be it superhero, zombies or the western, has two obvious answers, neither of which are nebulous. The first is to stop making so many damn movies or shows in […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Infinity War update, Scarlett Johansson on Black Widow movie, Spider-Man spinoffs, Justice League images, Agent Carter return

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Doctor Strange, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Blade, Iron Fist, The Punisher, The Defenders, Luke Cage, Daredevil, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Ghost Rider, Avengers: Secret Wars, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Hulk: Where Monsters […]