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10 Actors Who Almost Became James Bond

November 15, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to look back at some of the James Bond contenders from years gone by… As we eagerly (or maybe not that eagerly) await final confirmation as to who will play James Bond in the new Amazon era, under the auteur gaze of Denis Villeneuve, there have been lots of rumours and names in […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Cary Grant, Casino Royale, Christopher Lambert, Clint Eastwood, Clive Owen, Croupier, Daniel Craig, David Niven, Dr. No, george lazenby, GoldenEye, Henry Cavill, Ian Ogilvy, James Bond, James Mason, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Moonraker, Octopussy, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Paul mcGann, Pierce Brosnan, ralph fiennes, Roger Moore, Sam Neill, Sean Connery, Terence Stamp, The Living Daylights, The Man From Uncle, Timothy Dalton, Tomorrow Never Dies

10 Essential 1970s Neo-Noirs to Watch This Noirvember

November 15, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

We continue our celebration of Noirvember with ten essential neo-noirs from the 1970s… From the dark nights to the damp rainy streets and glare of the neon lights, everything about November makes you feel like you’re living in a neo-noir movie. With Noirvember in full swing, it’s time to look at a golden era of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Coffy, film noir, Klute, Le Circle Rouge, neo noir, night moves, Noir, Serpico, The American Friend, The Killing of A Chinese Bookie, The Long Goodbye, The Yakuza

10 Must-See Legal Thrillers of the 1990s

November 12, 2025 by admin

Flickering Myth’s Casey Chong takes a trip back to the 1990s for a selection of must-see legal thrillers… There was a time when legal thrillers were like the coolest kid on the block: the 1990s. Best described as the golden era for this genre, it left an indelible mark with its thrilling combination of an […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: A Few Good Men, A Time To Kill, Class Action, Guilty as Sin, John Grisham, Presumed Innocent, Primal Fear, The Client, The Devil's Advocate, The Firm, The Pelican Brief

Eight Great Prison Movies You Might Have Missed

November 11, 2025 by admin

Flickering Myth’s Casey Chong presents eight great prison movies for your watch list… Notable prison movies such as The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Papillon and Escape from Alcatraz rule the genre, offering a mix of character-driven stories with emotional and dramatic urgency behind the locked cells. But there’s a healthy selection of great prison […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Animal Factory, Dog Pound, Felon, In Hell, lock up, No Escape, starred up, The Last Castle

10 Essential 90s Noir Movies to Enjoy This Noirvember

November 10, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

November is a good time for noir cinema, and the 90s were full of great and underseen gems; Flickering Myth’s Tom Jolliffe presents a selection of ten you need to see… Dark tales with morally obtuse protagonists, criminal plots, dripping in shadowy aesthetics and neglected corners of the towns or cities they’re set. Film noir […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Cop Land, Croupier, Deep Cover, Hard Eight, One False Move, Payback, Red Rock West, The King Of New York, The Limey, U Turn

7 Chilling Killer Kid Movies You Need To See

November 8, 2025 by admin

Casey Chong with a selection of killer kid movies you might have missed… Children are generally pure and innocent, but they can be scary too. This is especially true with plenty of movies depicting these kids as horror antagonists. We’ve seen them in notable titles like The Bad Seed, The Omen and of course, the […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: bloody birthday, brightburn, Mikey, The Good Son, The Paperboy, There's Something Wrong with the Children, Who Can Kill a Child?

Halloween vs Christmas: Which Season Reigns Supreme in Cinema?

November 8, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Halloween season is over, and it’ll soon be Christmas and onto some festive favourites, but which is the better season for film fans? We’ve just seen out Halloween and for many, a month of bingeing on horror cinema, old, new, good and (enjoyably) bad. No sooner does the dust settle and the pumpkins are left […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Die Hard, Evil Dead, Friday the 13th, halloween, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Jingle All the Way, Love Actually, The Lord of the Rings

10 Essential Frankenstein-Inspired Movies You Need To See

November 8, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Tighten those neck bolts, it’s time for ten essential Frankenstein-inspired movies… Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a literary classic and one of my all-time favourite books, from an era of fiction I love. The tale of the titular doctor creating a reanimated monster has inspired plenty of literature since but it has also provided ample inspiration […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Blade Runner, frankenhooker, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Poor Things, Re-Animator, RoboCop, The Fly, The Terminator, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, Young Frankenstein

9 Characters (And Their Roles) We Need In Marvel Rivals

August 1, 2025 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno with nine of the most wanted Marvel Rivals fighters… Marvel Rivals is shaping up to be one of the most exciting entries into the world of hero-based multiplayer gaming. With its fast-paced action, vibrant visuals, and deep bench of iconic characters, the game already looks like a love letter to Marvel’s vast universe. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Top Stories, Video Games Tagged With: Marvel, marvel rivals

The Essential Indiana Jones Rip Off Movies of the 1980s

November 7, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Something seems familiar as we take a look at a selection of essential Indiana Jones imitators from the 1980s… In cinema, if something works once, studios will naturally assume it could work again. Die Hard, aside from spawning four sequels, also inspired innumerable rip-offs. The same goes for Mad Max, Conan the Barbarian, Jaws, The […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Armour of God, Firewalker, gwendoline, Indiana Jones, King Solomons Mines, Raiders of the Lost Ark, River of Death, romancing the stone, The Ark of the Sun God, The Golden Child, The Goonies, The Magic Crystal, The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak (

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