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Bond at the Box Office

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With Spectre’s unprecedented opening day takings, Neil Calloway looks at how recent Bonds have fared at the box office… There is no bigger event in British cinema than a new Bond film. For a while the Harry Potter films may have eclipsed it, but every Bond film is an event surrounded by unprecedented media attention. […]

Is The Force Awakens a thinly veiled metaphor for our obsession with Star Wars?

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Anghus Houvouras on whether The Force Awakens is a thinly veiled metaphor for our obsession with Star Wars… There’s a line in the new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens where the villain Kylo Ren tells us “I’ll finish what you started.” while the shot lingers on the burnt helmet of Darth Vader. It […]

Exclusive Interview with Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension producer Oren Peli

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Oren Peli, the creator of Paranormal Activity and producer of the franchise, speaks to Flickering Myth about the series and the latest (and final) chapter, The Ghost Dimension…   Back in 2006, writer/director Oren Peli dreamed of making a film based on his own experiences with the paranormal and supernatural. Three years after the film […]

Interview: Jocelin Donahue talks Summer Camp

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David Opie sits down with actress Jocelin Donahue to talk about Summer Camp, a Spanish/American collaboration that follows a group of camp counsellors besieged by a zombie-like virus. The film is currently having a successful run at film festivals worldwide and our four star review is available to read here… David Opie: Summer Camp deserves to be […]

Interview: Alberto Marini Talks Summer Camp

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David Opie sits down with director Alberto Marini to talk about Summer Camp, a Spanish/American collaboration that follows a group of camp counsellors besieged by a zombie-like virus. The film is currently having a successful run at film festivals worldwide and our four star review is available to read here… David Opie: Summer Camp is an extremely […]

The DC Bad Movie Myth

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Samuel Brace on the DC Bad Movie Myth… There is a lie that is being perpetuated, a myth if you will, a myth tinged with vitriol that DC makes bad movies, exclusively bad movies, and that the new DC Extended Universe needs to save both them and their reputation. Time and time again it is […]

Five Films That Explain Why Britain Voted To Leave The EU

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This week, Neil Calloway suggests some films that explain why Britain voted to leave the EU… Your social media feeds have been full of it for the past few days, with updates from people who you never knew were so politically engaged, but if you’re still confused as to why Britain voted to leave the […]

Sicario: Villeneuve, Deakins and the quest for greatness

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Steve Jennings on Denis Villeneueve, Roger Deakins and the quest for greatness… He’s so nearly there, Denis Villeneuve. The Canadian-born director of Incendies, Prisoners, Enemy and most recently Sicario is making a habit of creating enthralling pieces of work that are on the verge of greatness. You sense Villeneuve will strike gold eventually. For now, […]

London’s Most Haunted Areas

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Thomas Harris takes a trip through some of London’s most haunted areas for Crimson Peak… I once passingly thought I saw a ghost. It wasn’t, I was just startled by my hair. It’s with the greatest of credit to Liam Clarke, a storyteller and sort of ghost buster, to almost convince me that ghosts and ghouls […]