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Why we should all be rooting for Suicide Squad

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Anghus Houvouras on why he thinks we should all be rooting for Suicide Squad… A cast that ranges from the inspired to the ludicrous. Character designs that have broken the internet in half. Mutant Argus soldiers covered in a thousand eyes toting shotguns. One of the most popular movie stars in the world playing a […]

The Most Disappointing: Our Insatiable Appetite for More

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Anghus Houvouras on our insatiable appetite for more… Like any good column, I was hoping to create a discussion on the topic of our collective box office obsession. Something that has seeped into the groundwater of film fanaticism and poisoned the well. It’s not enough for our movies to be great anymore. They must also […]

Interview: Wayne Bastrup discusses his upcoming role in Terminator Genisys

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In an exclusive interview with Flickering Myth, actor Wayne Bastrup discusses his role in the upcoming sci-fi blockbuster Terminator Genisys alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Emilia Clarke. Bastrup, who has also featured in hit shows CSI: NY and The Mentalist, sat down with Senior Staff Writer Scott Davis about his acting, his hopes for the future […]

Interview: Jack Reher talks Into the Grizzly Maze

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Zachary Leeman chats with Into the Grizzly Maze screenwriter Jack Reher… Predator and prey. It’s a frighteningly simple notion and one the movies have long exploited sometimes to great effect. Being hunted is scary, plain and simple and worse is not knowing whether you are the prey. Into the Grizzly Maze is a new film, […]

The Callow Way – Why Simon Pegg Was Wrong – And Right

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This week, Neil Calloway takes a dim view of Simon Pegg’s comments on the film industry… This week Simon Pegg cited the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard in an attempt to clarify comments made in an earlier interview about the infantilization of film. Pegg said this “as a society, we are kept in a state of […]

The Callow Way – Why Cannes Still Matters

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This week Neil Calloway looks at what winning the Palme d’Or can do to your box office… So we are in the middle of the Cannes Film Festival, and it’s easy to dismiss it as a two-week publicity vehicle for beautiful actresses to get photographed next to middle-aged European film directors on the Croisette, or […]

Avengers: Age of Ultron, Sexism and Hollywood

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Anthony Stokes on Avengers: Age of Ultron, Sexism and Hollywood… Like many, I feel as though Hollywood has a major diversity problem, with the status quo being handsome white males.  Look no further than Avengers: Age of Ultron as an example. Marvel Studios has been trying to diversify the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the limited […]

Mad Max: Fury Road – Not Exactly Reinventing the Wheel

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Anghus Houvouras on Mad Max: Fury Road… Hyperbole. It’s the designer drug of choice for the cinema fanboys online, still clinging to the idea that there are only masterpieces and unmitigated disasters. Keep this in mind as we discuss George Miller’s wildly praised new blockbuster. Mad Max: Fury Road has been this strange piece of […]