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Complacency: The Killer of TV’s Golden Age

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Samuel Brace on the death of TV’s Golden Age… It’s all over. Television’s golden age is, it seems, gone. It’s done. Some will argue that it was never here at all, but those people are mostly ardent film fans who could never face that for a while, for a very short time, TV was better than […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #85 – Guardian 2

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After the grounding role of a refuse collector in Trashman from yesterday’s Your Sinclair Top 100, we’re back into the murky depths of outer space in this Defender-like game, as  No.#85 on the list is Guardian 2. Published by Hi Tec Software in 1990, I recently discovered – thanks to a programmer from the past named Rich Stevenson – […]

Exclusive Interview: Alexandra Rosario talks California Dreams

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In an exclusive interview, Flickering Myth sat down with New York-based actress Alexandra Rosario to talk about acting and the release of her latest film California Dreams… Have you always wanted to be an actress? How did acting come about for you? Yes, I always wanted to be an actress, since I was 6 years […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #86 – Trashman

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After the heroic adventures in space with Codename: MAT, we’re brought down to Earth with a very large bang as our role in life becomes one in which you have to deal with everybody’s daily rubbish:  Number #86 is Trashman published by New Generation Software from way back in 1984. Though the idea of a computer […]

Exclusive Interview – Johnathon Schaech on Southern Fury, working with Nic Cage, and finding the truth in his performances

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Alex Moreland chats with actor Johnathon Schaech about his new film Southern Fury… What drew you to this role initially? I had just made a movie with Steven C. Miller, the director – Marauders – and it was such a great experience, man, we were like a very tight-knit family. The producers fill these roles very […]

Could This Be The Future Of Film?

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This week Neil Calloway considers something that could change the film industry… On Monday, seemingly out of nowhere, a new company announced an innovation that could change the way you experience movies. Dreamscape Immersives is not only a name that sounds like it’s out of a Philip K Dick novel, it offers the possibility of […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #87 – Codename: MAT

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Yesterday we had Wheelie, a rather brilliant piece of imagination, and today with No. #87 we drop into Codename: MAT – or as it’s also know Codename Mission: Alien Termination. Micromega, who produced a number of games which ranged from Postman Pat’s Trail Game to the ultimate Deathcase, created Codename: MAT way back in 1984.   We […]

The Huntsman’s Winter War: Why the Box Office Defeated Him

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Tony Black on the box office failure of The Huntsman: Winter’s War… So it seems we have the first confirmed box office dud of 2016: The Huntsman’s Winter War, positioned as a potential new fantasy franchise under the Universal banner. It was confirmed in the Guardian yesterday that Universal, who broke box office records last […]

Exclusive Interview: Composer Jason Graves talks video game soundtracks

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Sean Wilson chats to the Tomb Raider and Far Cry composer about what makes a truly great score… Video game music has come on extraordinary leaps and bounds since the early days of 8-bit synths. Orchestral sophistication and symphonic power is now the order of the day, and at the forefront is acclaimed, award-winning artist […]