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The Callow Way – Why aren’t there more female directors?

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This week Neil Calloway looks at the lack of women behind the camera in Hollywood… This week, a report by San Diego State University revealed that only 7% of the films in 2014’s top 250 highest grossing list were directed by women. That works out at 17 films, with only one film in the top […]

Minorities in film and casting controversies: The right person for the right job?

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Alice Rush on minorities in film and casting controversies: the right person for the right job..? Like most years 2014 had its fair share of film controversies. The Interview nearly sparked a war between America and North Korea (I use the word ‘nearly’ very loosely), Nymphomaniac attracted criticism for unsimulated sex scenes and Transformers: Age […]

Game of Thrones: What Flights Through the Past Await Bran Stark?

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Tony Black on what flights through the past might await Bran Stark in Game of Thrones season 6… Brandon Stark may never walk again, but he has already begun to fly. Spoilers abound for season six episode two, ‘Home’, of Game of Thrones, in which after a season of rest and relaxation in the Three-Eyed […]

Exclusive interview with Criminal director Ariel Vromen: “Field of Dreams is Ryan Reynolds’ favourite film”

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Out now in cinemas, Criminal is the new film from acclaimed director Ariel Vromen (The Iceman), and Flickering Myth’s roving reporter Scott J. Davis sat down with him to discuss his latest effort. SEE ALSO: Read our review of Criminal here The new action thriller is set in London and stars Kevin Costner as a notorious criminal […]

Movies Marvel Should Make: Vision & The Scarlet Witch

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Anghus Houvouras would like to see Marvel making a Vision and Scarlet Witch movie… Earlier this week I talked at length about why The Inhumans was possibly pulled from the Marvel Movie slate. While I have nothing against The Inhumans, it was the Marvel movie I was the least interested in seeing brought to life. […]

Will Andy Serkis be playing a live-action role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens?

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Thomas Roach on Andy Serkis’ role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens… With Star Wars: The Force Awakens being one of the most anticipated films of 2015 there is always going to be a great deal of speculation from fans. The film has wrapped production and the cast have all been sworn to secrecy in […]

Does This List Really Reveal The Best Films Of The Century?

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This week, Neil Calloway takes a look at a list claiming to reveal the best films of the 21st Century… Earlier this week, casual film fans were sent running first to IMDB and then to Netflix or Amazon at the news that David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive was named in a poll of 177 film critics […]

Interview – Director Florian Gallenberger talks The Colony

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The Colony is an edge of your seat thriller set against the backdrop of the infamous Colonia Dignidad in Chile during the 1970’s (check out our review here).  The atrocities surrounding the Colonia have been well-documented in the past, but thanks to director Florian Gallenberger’s film, new evidence has come to light which might just see […]

Exclusive Interview – Aaron Eckhart discusses Sully: Miracle on the Hudson

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With Clint Eastwood’s Sully set to arrive in UK cinemas this Friday, Flickering Myth’s Scott Davis has been chatting to Aaron Eckhart about the film and his role as Jeffrey Skiles, First Officer on US Airways Flight 1549, which made a successful emergency landing on the Hudson River in 2009, in what was dubbed ‘The […]