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Dwayne Johnson’s busy schedule holding up G.I. Joe 3

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Perhaps being the world’s biggest and busiest movie star does come with a few problems after all, as a new report from LRM confirms that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson may be the reason why Paramount has yet to take major moves forward with the third G.I. Joe installment. Three years ago, Johnson joined the live-action […]

Exclusive Interview – V/H/S/99 filmmakers Flying Lotus, Johannes Roberts, and Maggie Levin on 90s influences, found footage, and Double Dare

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Flickering Myth had the opportunity to speak with V/H/S/99 filmmakers Flying Lotus, Johannes Roberts, and Maggie Levin, who contributed segments to the latest instalment in the found footage franchise, streaming now on Shudder… Few horror film franchises hit new strides by the time they enter their fifth installment — let alone in the found footage […]

Exclusive Interview – How ‘We Met in Virtual Reality’ director Joe Hunting filmed a documentary in VR

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Flickering Myth had the opportunity to speak with filmmaker Joe Hunting, whose documentary We Met in Virtual Reality is currently available to stream on HBO Max… While plenty has been written about the potential of virtual reality — how it can transform the way we work, how we entertain ourselves, how we interact — much […]

Movie Review – Uncharted (2022)

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Uncharted, 2022. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, and Antonio Banderas. SYNOPSIS: Street-smart Nathan Drake, is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter, Victor “Sully” Sullivan, to recover a fortune amassed by Ferdinand Magellan, and lost 500 years ago by the House of Moncada. In 2007, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune revolutionized the video […]

TV Review – The Boys Presents: Diabolical

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Justin Cook reviews The Boys Presents: Diabolical… In a pop-culture landscape that has been gripped with “superhero fever” for well over a decade now, it can often feel like every possible permutation of the genre has already been well-explored, both narratively and artistically. Therefore, it’s hardly a novel idea within an established superhero franchise to […]

Exclusive Interview – Fairfax stars Jaboukie Young-White & Peter Kim on social media, Joaquin Phoenix, and LA culture

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Flickering Myth had the opportunity to speak with Fairfax stars Jaboukie Young-White and Peter Kim. All eight episodes of the animated comedy are now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video…  “Having lived as an adult in Chicago, New York, and LA, I think that the major difference between LA and New York, in terms […]

Exclusive Interview – Fairfax stars Kiersey Clemons and Skyler Gisondo on voicing animated characters, social media, and dream guest stars

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Flickering Myth had the opportunity to speak with Fairfax stars Kiersey Clemons and Skyler Gisondo. All eight episodes of the animated comedy are now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video…  Having lived and worked in the city for years, actors Kiersey Clemons and Skyler Gisondo are no strangers to Los Angeles — and now, […]

How the Y: The Last Man cast bonded through a pandemic

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The following interviews were conducted at New York Comic Con with the cast of FX on Hulu’s Y: The Last Man… While Y: The Last Man hurdles toward what may very well be its final episode, only earlier this month at New York Comic Con did Flickering Myth have the opportunity to speak with the […]

Exclusive Interview – Free Guy’s VFX supervisor on the most challenging scene, creating a jacked CG Ryan Reynolds and more

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Justin Cook chats with visual effects supervisor Swen Gillberg about his work on Free Guy, which is now available on Digital, 4k, Blu-ray, and DVD. The following conversation contains spoilers about the film… This summer, Free Guy became the little movie that could, as it debunked the prevailing narrative that nothing original was breaking out […]

TV Review – Chucky Series Premiere

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Justin Cook reviews the series premiere of Chucky from New York Comic Con… As lights dimmed on New York Comic Con’s Empire Stage and Brad Dourif’s coarse, crude voice rang out across the crowded auditorium to introduce the first episode of Chucky, it was hard not to reflect on the franchise’s legacy — namely, how […]