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Why Disney’s firm grip on Star Wars is choking the life out of Rogue One

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Anghus Houvouras on why Disney’s firm grip on Star Wars is choking the life out of Rogue One… Recently I wrote the following statement about film franchises in my review for Star Trek Beyond: Franchises are whores. They always have been—painted trollops far more interested in money than meaning. Any amount of love or passion obtained […]

Interview: River star Adeel Akhtar

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Paul Risker chats with River star Adeel Akhtar… The creative process is often spoken of in the context of a never-ending voyage of discovery, alongside which filmmaking is contextualised as a vast collaboration. For Adeel Akhtar who plays John Rivers (Stellan Skarsgård’s) straight laced partner in the BBC One mini-series River, both the learning and […]

Sundance at the Oscars

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Gary McCurry on the Sundance movies that have enjoyed success at the Oscars… Since 1984, the Sundance Film Festival as we know it today has been shining a light on independent movies. Held annually in Park City, Utah, Sundance has become the largest independent film festival in the United States. Many notable directors have came […]

When Actors Stop Acting And Start Living A Role

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This week, Neil Calloway argues that method acting is often unnecessary… This week it was revealed that Jared Leto sent pornography and condoms to his Suicide Squad co-stars in preparation for his role as the Joker. When I did that with my work colleagues I got arrested, but it turns out to be OK if […]

“Musical Black Ops”: Castle and Buffy composer Robert Duncan talks soundtracks with Flickering Myth

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Sean Wilson chats exclusively to multiple Emmy nominee Robert Duncan, veteran composer of shows as diverse as Castle, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lie to Me, getting to the heart of the essential question: what makes a truly great soundtrack? Robert, it’s a privilege to chat to you. To begin with, you were born into […]

Flickering Myth’s #7FavFilms

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If you’re a user of Twitter, you may have noticed that the hashtag #7Fav has been doing the rounds, ranging from movies to TV shows to video games and even comics. Well we decided to collate the Flickering Myth writing staff’s picks, which you can view below. Twitter is awash with #7favfilms at the moment. […]

Countdown to Justice League – DC: The New Frontier

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Ricky Church continues his countdown to Justice League with Darwyn Cooke’s DC: The New Frontier… Over the years there has been a lot of stories that has told how the Justice League first became a team. I already went over Justice League: Origin in my countdown as a modern-day story for the team’s first adventure. This story, […]

Comics to Read Before You Die #15: The Authority Vol. 1

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In the latest edition of Comics to Read Before You Die, Jessie Robertson looks at The Authority Vol. 1… Created by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch May 1999 Complete Bad-assery. Obviously that is not a word, nor a phrase heard anywhere but after re-reading this book, it’s the only thing that comes to mind. My […]

Ranking the Mission: Impossible franchise

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Simon Columb ranks the Mission: Impossible franchise… Where were you in 1996? It’s weird to imagine Katie Holmes watched Mission Impossible in 1996 like all of us. Young, impressionable and excited by the new action film with Cruise at the centre of it. Then, ten years later, she’s married to him and giving birth (without […]