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Exclusive Interview: Director Sanjeev Sirpal and composer Bryce Jacobs discuss their collaboration on Random Tropical Paradise

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As La La Land reminded us this year, every movie needs to have a good score or theme. Without it, a movie just doesn’t feel complete. Prime examples being Rocky without Bill Conti’s motivating ‘Gonna Fly Now’ theme or Hans Zimmer’s whole Inception score for that matter. They would just be completely different films. Continuing […]

The 5 Weirdest Monster Movies Ever

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Ben Robins on the five weirdest monster movies ever… With the Godzilla/King Kong universe getting a sudden resurgence, and Cloverfield taking things into franchise territory at long last, the monster movie is suddenly in something of an unexpected heyday as far as Hollywood is concerned. Whether they’re human size or intergalactically huge, monsters of all […]

Andy Serkis: Underappreciated Genius

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Helen Murdoch on the underappreciated genius of Andy Serkis… When the actor Andy Serkis’ name is mentioned in a conversation you’re tend to either hear “who’s that?” or “is that the motion cap guy?”. The fact that Serkis isn’t a household name is in my mind a travesty. With the final part of the new […]

Exclusive Interview: Alien: Covenant star Katherine Waterston

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In the build up to the release of Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, Flickering Myth’s Thomas Harris has been chatting to the cast of the sci-fi horror. Earlier today we brought you an exclusive interview with Danny McBride and Billy Crudup, and now here’s Thomas chatting to Katherine Waterston about her role as Daniels and following […]

Exclusive Interview: James Cosmo discusses The Pyramid Texts

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Paul Risker chats with actor James Cosmo about The Pyramid Texts… “To be that man for those days that we filmed it and to go through that emotional journey was something that I’ll never experience again” reflects veteran screen actor James Cosmo on playing the old reminiscent boxer Ray in The Pyramid Texts. In an […]

Exclusive Interview: Director J.A. Bayona on A Monster Calls

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Ahead of the UK home entertainment release of A Monster Calls this coming Monday, we’ve got an exclusive video interview with director J.A. Bayona, as he discusses his adaptation of Patrick Ness’ novel; check it out here or over on our YouTube channel… SEE ALSO: Read our review of A Monster Calls here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEg8t_t3zYg A […]

How to Save the Dark Universe

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Harrison Abbott on how Universal can save the Dark Universe… Whilst its international take is admittedly surpassing its domestic performance by quite some way, it is still reasonable to suggest that The Mummy hasn’t been the mega-hit that Universal were hoping for. Weighed down by astonishingly clunky exposition, countless instances of tonal whiplash and a […]

Guardians of the Galaxy and Its Exploitation Influences

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Ben Robins on Guardians of the Galaxy and its exploitation influences… Exploitation is a bit of a nasty word no matter the context, and in the movie world, it usually means something cheap and in many cases, derivative. It’s never properly been defined, and doing so here without page after page of background would prove […]

Remembering the cinematic legacy of Prince

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Tom Jolliffe on the cinematic legacy of Prince… This time last year the world lost one of the music industry’s most influential artists. A man of immense musical talent, capable of producing utter brilliance. Like many musical artists who hit the highest peaks of stardom, there is the lure of diversifying their abilities and heading […]