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Ranking the Resident Evil Games from Worst to Best

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Chris Cooper ranks the Resident Evil games… Back in 1998, around the time the second game was released, was when my relationship with Resident Evil began. My brothers and I were too young to be playing it but we’d managed to convince our mum to get us a copy of the first game now that […]

Unnecessary Reboots, Remakes and Sequels

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Hollywood’s preoccupation with reboots, remakes and sequels… I sit here in the year 2018. Suddenly I find myself compelled to moan about the unimaginative approach to greenlighting Hollywood studio pictures. This is not a new phenomenon, it’s old hat. As of now the vast majority of greenlit, large studio films are […]

We Love It When Actors Hate a Movie They’re In

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Neil Calloway looks at when an actor realises one of their movies is a turkey… For reasons that it would take a long German word to explain, we like it when films go wrong, and we also like it when actors spill the beans about unpleasant filming experiences they’ve had. Two stories this week reinforced […]

When You Need To Watch A Film Twice

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Tom Jolliffe looks at when you need to watch a film a second time to fully appreciate it… A couple of days ago one of my Flickering Myth brethren Neil Calloway wrote a piece about watching classic films for the first time and finding them boring. The piece certainly got a reaction, from no less […]

Ranking the Metal Gear Solid games from worst to best

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Chris Cooper ranks the Metal Gear Solid series… A series of games that consistently pushed the limits of what a game could be, with complicated themes and interesting characters. They also make great use of cardboard boxes. What’s not to like about Metal Gear Solid? Well….the series has always been a game/film hybrid and that cinematic quality […]

How To Be Unique In Cinema

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Tom Jolliffe delves into what makes a film truly unique… If you’ve watched Captain America, or Spider-Man, or another masked hero, you’ve pretty much seen a variation on the same film. Genres themselves have clearly identifiable tropes and an action film for example, will often adhere to specific action genre calling cards. That doesn’t necessarily […]

From Predator to Upgrade: The Best Action Horror Films

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EJ Moreno on the best action horror films… With a new Predator film on the horizon, viewers will get the treat of another entry into the obscure action/horror sub-genre. While there are plenty of movies to include in this list and the sub-genre, it isn’t easy to define. What makes something an action/horror film? For […]

Ranking Every Entry in The Conjuring Universe

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In the crowded world of horror, The Conjuring franchise found a way to crave its name into the mainstream. These James Wan-produced films are something moviegoers eat up, while critics are usually pretty helpful. A perfect storm that helps explain why this franchise has made over a billion dollars worldwide. In preparation for The Nun’s […]

The Cult of Cults in Movies

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Tom Jolliffe looks at cinema’s preoccupation with Cults…  Minor Spoilers Follow… Film has always had a fascination with the odd. It delights in the macabre, the outsiders, and in portraying the sects who lurk off the grid, away from the rest of us. There was a particular shift toward the idea of cults especially after […]