Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

David Ayer teases Suicide Squad vs. Justice League and Harley Quinn’s character

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If there is one thing we know for sure, it’s that the production of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad is going to be a fun one. The director has been tweeting several images over the last few weeks (see here and here) and this is likely to continue once the film goes into production this April.His […]

BAFTAS 2015: EE Rising Star nominee Gugu Mbatha-Raw talks film in Britain and working with Will Smith

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EE Rising Star nominee Gugu Mbatha-Raw faced stiff competition last night for the coveted prize from Shailene Woodley (The Fault in our Stars), Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street), Miles Teller (Whiplash) and Britain’s own Jack O’Connell (’71), who eventually took home the gold.Before she went in for the ceremony, Flickering Myth caught up with […]

BAFTAS 2015: Birdman producer John Lesher talks the critical response to the movie and the worries over Michael Keaton’s connections to Batman

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Despite a hearty nine nominations, Birdman only took home one award last night at the 68th British Academy Awards in Central London for Cinematography. The movie was beaten out for Best Film by Richard Linklater’s Boyhood while Michael Keaton was pipped to the post for Leading Actor by Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything.Before that […]

BAFTAS 2015: J.K. Simmons talks topping his performance in Whiplash and “his tempo”

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Congratulations to the wonderful J.K. Simmons on picking up the Best Supporting Actor award at last night’s 68th British Academy Film Awards for his role in Whiplash! Before he went in to collect his award, Flickering Myth caught up with him on the red carpet to discuss the movie, topping that performance and what exactly […]

DVD Review – The Rewrite (2014)

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The Rewrite, 2014 Written and directed by Marc Lawrence Starring Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei, J.K. Simmons, Allison Janney, Chris Elliot SYNOPSIS: An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there. Hugh Grant is an actor who seemingly […]

Jupiter Ascending falters at the box office while The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water makes a huge splash

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As many predicted (including ourselves in our own review), Jupiter Ascending has faltered at the global box office on its debut weekend, taking just $51 million worldwide.The film, written and directed by The Wachowskis, opened in around 65 territories and cost a whopping $175 million to make, but only managed to take a pitiful $19 million […]

And the 68th British Academy Film Awards winners are…

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The stars were out for the 68th British Academy Film Awards in Central London here in the UK. Check out the winners below! SEE ALSO – BAFTAS 2015: Flickering Myth attends the 2015 EE British Academy Film Awards OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM: ’71 The Imitation Game Paddington Pride The Theory of Everything Under the Skin ORIGINAL MUSIC: […]

Comic Book Review – Star Wars #2

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Luke Owen reviews Star Wars #2…THE GREATEST SPACE ADVENTURE OF ALL TIME CONTINUES! The Rebel assault on Cymoon 1 continues! Luke Skywalker – cornered by Darth Vader! Han, Leia, and the others – trapped!Last month’s debut edition of Star Wars at Marvel was quite a decent little affair. It wasn’t spectacular in any way shape […]

Domhnall Gleeson’s role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens ties him to major character?

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Warning – there could be spoilers below…It seems amazing in this day and age of the Internet that a film can keep so much secrecy, but J.J. Abrams has managed to do it with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. That is, apart from a few bits that have slipped through here and there.Today’s nugget comes […]