Flickering Myth

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Favourite Spiritual Sequels – The Social Network and Steve Jobs

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With the release of Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!! and Shane Black’s The Nice Guys (which have been described by their directors as ‘spiritual sequels’ to Dazed And Confused and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang respectively), the Flickering Myth writers take a look back on their favourite ‘spiritual sequels’. First off is Eric Bay-Andersen with The […]

Is Star Wars the most depressing franchise ever?

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Anghus Houvouras on the Star Wars franchise… With the release and massive worldwide success of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars has once again proven itself the most popular franchise in the history of cinema. People really seem to enjoy Rogue One. Most notably for the more grounded, realistic elements. The darker war […]

Is Scarlett Johansson Really The Most Successful Actress Of All Time?

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This week, Neil Calloway argues that the success of Scarlett Johansson’s films isn’t down to the actress herself… This week it was revealed that Scarlett Johansson was the highest grossing actress in the world. That’s not highest paid (that honour goes to Jennifer Lawrence), but the woman who has appeared in the films that have […]

Exclusive Interview – Director Christopher N. Rowley on his latest movie Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

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Alex Moreland talks to director Christopher N. Rowley… So, first of all: I’d like to ask you how you got into directing in the first place. Christopher N. Rowley: I… my father was an engineer and he has a company that does aquatic engineering around the world. I fell into that, and we started marketing […]

Franchise Fresheners: The Hunger Games

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Anghus Houvouras on The Hunger Games franchise… Franchises. They’re everywhere. I’ve written a lot about them over the years and subsequently have gotten a lot of flack from people from swinging my razor wire covered baseball bat into the shins of the blockbuster cinema complex that Hollywood has become. It’s painfully obvious that franchises aren’t […]

Why Only James Cameron Can Save The Terminator Movies

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Neil Calloway argues that only the series creator can breathe life back into the franchise… This week we got the inevitable news that The Terminator franchise is being lowered into the molten steel one final time, and all but the most ardent member of the resistance against the machines breathed a sigh of relief at […]

Can we all just admit Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom looks awful?

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Anghus Houvouras on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom… I watched the Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom trailer, laughing like a loon at how completely bereft of ideas this terrible looking sequel has. The terrible trailer was launched this past week and was the most troubling two minutes of 2017 that didn’t involve the words ‘Donald’, ‘Trump, and […]

Why Cannes Giving Netflix The Seal Of Approval Matters

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Neil Calloway argues that the films being shown at Cannes mark a turning point in cinema… Ten years ago Netflix were a cool little company that would mail you DVDs every month, even providing a little envelope so you could return Casino Royale before they sent you Pan’s Labyrinth. If someone had told you that […]

Let’s Kill The 90s Revival Before It Begins

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Neil Calloway isn’t happy about the spate of upcoming 90s remakes… It’s a cliché to say Hollywood has run out of ideas, but clichés only become clichés because they contain an element of truth, and with the possibility of remakes of some films from the 1990s nobody really wants to see, it looks like Hollywood […]

Why Star Wars: The Last Jedi Has A Lot To Live Up To

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Neil Calloway on why the second films in Star Wars trilogies are the best… Unless you’ve been hiding out on Dagobah or in the Outer Rim Territories, you’ll be aware that Star Wars: The Last Jedi is released this week. It’s a Star Wars movie, so has a lot to live up to, but it’s […]