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Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2015

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Flickering Myth’s writing team present our top ten movies of 2015… As 2015 draws to a close, the writing team here at Flickering Myth have been voting on our favourite movies from the past twelve months. As always, each of our writers produces their own individual list, which we then use to calculate our overall […]

Anakin Skywalker’s Force Ghost was considered for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, concept art unveiled

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Warning. This post contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Proceed with caution… Now that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is finally here, we’ve been able to see for ourselves which rumours turned out to be accurate, and which ones were pure fabrications. In the build up to the release, there had been persistent speculation that […]

The Week in Spandex – Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man, The Hulk, Luke Cage, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Deadpool, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Incredible Hulk, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Agent Carter, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, The Flash, […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes first film to earn over £50 million in a week at the UK box office, passes $700 million worldwide

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Having already shattered a host of UK records in its opening weekend, Disney and Lucasfilm’s blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens has now become the first film in history to gross over £50 million in its first seven days of release. The result means that within just one week Star Wars: The Force Awakens has over […]

Deadpool takes over Empire Magazine, cover and informercial released

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Following the new red band trailer on Christmas Day [which you can watch here], Deadpool is set to take over Empire Magazine for its February issue, and you can check out the cover here, along with an infomercial hosted by Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with a Mouth… SEE ALSO: Colossus recast in Deadpool, official images released https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkOTxl7micg Based […]

Hugh Jackman joins in the 12 Days of Deadpool fun

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Coming hot on the heels of the ‘Trailer’s Eve’ TV spot [watch it here], Hugh Jackman has taken to Twitter to join in the ’12 Days of Deadpool’ fun with an image of the Merc with a Mouth pole-dancing on Wolverine’s claw… Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of […]

Quentin Tarantino on why he never directed a Luke Cage movie

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Back in 2012, Quentin Tarantino revealed that he came close to directing a Luke Cage movie back in the early 90s, and now during a promotional interview for The Hateful Eight, the filmmaker has went into a little detail about his plans for the adaptation and revealed why he ultimately opted against the project. “One […]

The Week in Spandex – Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Luke Cage, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Supergirl, Vixen, Arrow, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Gotham, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse and more… We’ll start things off […]

Justin Lin talks Idris Elba’s villain in Star Trek Beyond

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On Monday, Paramount Pictures unleashed the trailer for Star Trek Beyond, the third movie in the studio’s rebooted Trek universe. Featured in the trailer was our first glimpse of Idris Elba’s villain Krall, and speaking to Slash Film and Collider, director Justin Lin has offered up some details on the alien bad guy and his motivations. […]

Simon Pegg “didn’t love” Star Trek Beyond trailer

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It’s fair to say that the first trailer for Star Trek Beyond wasn’t the biggest of hits with fans of the franchise; the response from our writers in the Flickering Myth Reaction was mixed at best, both Wil Wheaton and George Takei weren’t overly impressed, and it seems that star and co-writer Simon Pegg wasn’t the biggest […]