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Is Star Trek Beyond Intellectualism?

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Henry Bevan on whether the Star Trek movie franchise is beyond intellectualism… What is the Star Trek franchise? As this month sees the release of Star Trek Beyond, the third entry in the alternate Kelvin timeline, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Gene Roddenberry’s phenomenon, that question will be asked a lot. Is Star Trek […]

Why Rose McGowan is wrong about that X-Men: Apocalypse image

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Kirsty Capes on why Rose McGowan is wrong about that X-Men: Apocalypse image… I’m sure most of the internet / Marvel fandom has seen Rose McGowan’s rant about a rather unseemly X-Men: Apocalypse promo shot over the last couple of days. If you haven’t, here’s a quick run-down of what happened: Rose McGowan, of 90s […]

Women in Refrigerators: Why Female Representation in Superhero Movies Needs to Evolve

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Henry Bevan on why female representation in superhero movies needs to evolve… The X-Men: Apocalypse billboard featuring Oscar Issac’s Apocalypse choking Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique has created a lot of negative noise. Actress/activist Rose McGowan called the billboard out for its “casual violence against women” and Fox has apologised for its tone-deafness. Flickering Myth’s Kirsty Capes articulately argues […]

Exclusive interview with The Nice Guys star Angourie Rice

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With Shane Black’s new film The Nice Guys now in UK cinemas [read our review here], Flickering Myth’s Scott J. Davis sat down with Hollywood newcomer Angourie Rice to talk about the film, auditioning with Ryan Gosling and working with fellow Aussie Russell Crowe. Rice has received rave reviews (and rightly so) for her performance in […]

Exclusive: The Heretics Set Visit & Interviews

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Ricky Church pays a visit to the set of the horror film The Heretics… Last week I was invited out to the set of Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment’s, the people who developed Antisocial, The Drownsman and Bite, latest endeavor: The Heretics, an upcoming horror film that focuses on a woman who was kidnapped by […]

The Most Disappointing – Independence Day: Resurgence

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Anghus Houvouras shares his disappointment with Independence Day: Resurgence… Terrible movies are fascinating and this day and age seem far more frequent. I don’t want to be one of these bandwagon hopping pitchfork wielding mob types who screams bloody murder over the terrible amount of sequels, prequels, and reboots happening in Hollywood right now. Not […]

Why does Independence Day: Resurgence look so boring?

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Anghus Houvouras on Independence Day: Resurgence and why it looks so boring… I unapologetically love Independence Day, the 1996 masterpiece of popcorn movie making. It’s one of the best blockbusters ever made. An absolute piece of cinematic perfection when it comes to delivering thrills, chills, and trite melodrama. 20 years later and it’s still a […]

Top 10 Movies of 2015 So Far

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Achievement Unlocked: the year is now over 50% complete. To celebrate the arbitrary passing of 180 days (not 182.5 days like in this article’s first draft – cheers Google), the Flickering Myth team have compiled the Top 10 Movies of 2015 So Far (based on UK release dates, to make things easier). Here’s a spoiler: […]

4 DC Villains That Ben Affleck’s Batman Has To Battle

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Samuel Brace with four DC villains that Ben Affleck’s Batman has to battle… With the much talked about Batman v Superman on the way and the equally speculated upon Suicide Squad on the horizon, the DC universe is really beginning to take shape. However, at the time of writing this, there has been very little […]