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Interview: Pavel Giroud Talks The Companion

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David Opie sits down with director Pavel Giroud to talk about The Companion, a Cuban drama set during the 1980’s HIV epidemic. The film is currently having a successful run at film festivals worldwide and our four star review is available to read here…    David Opie: The Companion is a fantastic film from start […]

What The Public Thinks Is The Best Bond Girl, Villain, Film And Actor

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With the release of Spectre fast approaching, this week Neil Calloway looks at what the public consider the best in James Bond films… So we’re all gearing up to the new Bond film – in Halloween week, appropriately enough, given its title. Ricky Church is doing his reviews of previous outings for the franchise for […]

How Spectre references all 23 previous James Bond films

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Simon Columb on Spectre’s nods to the previous James Bond movies… First and foremost, this article spoils Spectre in its entirety. Crucially, one of the main draws to the new film is the amount of references to the previous films in the James Bond series. Personally, as an enormous fan, I got a little worn out by […]

7 Things We Learned From the First Half of Jessica Jones

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Luke Owen on the first seven episodes of Jessica Jones… With all 13 episodes airing on November 20th, we were lucky enough to be given early access to the first seven episodes of Marvel’s Jessica Jones, the second series in the Netflix side of the MCU. So, what did we learn? 1. Adult content Let’s make […]

The 6 Best TV Shows of 2015

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Samuel Brace with his six best TV shows of 2015… 2015 has been a pretty fantastic year for TV. Film? Not so much, but TV has been on point with some truly excellent seasons of returning shows, surprise hits, sad farewells and fan pleasing spin-offs. But what are the absolute must sees? What are the […]

Marvel: Let’s Not Have The Avengers and The Defenders Team Up

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Tony Black argues that Marvel should keep The Defenders out of Avengers: Infinity War… Beware spoilers for Captain America: Civil War… Unless you’ve been living under a very cosy rock these last couple of years, you’ll be aware that Marvel haven’t just given us a hugely successful cinematic universe based on their comic book legends, […]

Tomorrowland: or The Curse of the Standalone Blockbuster

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Sean Wilson re-evaluates the unfairly maligned Disney movie, and why its failure is an unfortunate reflection of the modern-day cinema industry… Just under a year ago, I appeared to be one of approximately five people on the planet who was more than a little dismayed and disheartened at the critical roasting afforded to Disney epic […]

Universal Monsters: The Next Big Cinematic Franchise?

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Tony Black on whether the Universal Monsters will deliver the next big cinematic franchise… You all remember The Mummy, right? Brendan Fraser doing his best Harrison Ford impression while Arnold Vosloo pranced around in a gold nappy trying to hide his broad South African brogue. Rather good, wasn’t it? You may be surprised to learn […]

Exclusive interview with I Saw the Light director Marc Abraham: “Hiddleston looked just like Hank Williams”

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With the eagerly anticipated release this week of I Saw The Light, the biopic of legendary country musician Hank Williams, Flickering Myth’s Scott J. Davis sat down with its director Marc Abraham to talk about the film and all things Tom Hiddleston. I Saw The Light marks the sophomore directorial effort from Abraham, who is […]