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Movie Review – Doctor Strange (2016)

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Doctor Strange, 2016Directed by Scott Derrickson Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton, Benjamin Bratt, Scott AdkinsSYNOPSIS:A former neurosurgeon embarks on a journey of healing only to be drawn into the world of the mystic arts.Despite the fact the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a multi-billion dollar franchise, it still seems […]

Tyler Perry scores big and beats Tom Cruise with Boo! A Madea Halloween as it opens to $27 million

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Released in the run-up to All Hallow’s Eve, not many people gave Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween a fighting chance as it competed against the Tom Cruise-starring Jack Reacher: Never Go Back and horror prequel Ouija: Origin of Evil, but the comedy spoof beat them both. Screening in significantly less theatres than both Jack Reacher: Never Go Back […]

The Week in Star Wars – Loads of new Rogue One images and posters, Donald Glover is young Lando, Joss Whedon directing a Star Wars movie and more

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars contains a batch of new images and posters from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, updated casting for young Lando, Joss Whedon on Star Wars, deleted scenes from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and more…Well kick things off with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and […]

Remember when Captain Planet did an episode on AIDS?

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Following the announcement of a new live-action film produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and their discussion on the Flickering Myth Podcast, Luke Owen looks back at the Captain Planet and the Planeteers episode “Formula for Hate”…In the late 1980s and early 1990s, no subject was perhaps more taboo than HIV and AIDS. Though many had died previously, the […]

Final Assassin’s Creed trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth team react…SEE ALSO: Read the Flickering Myth Reactions to Doctor Strange, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Power Rangers and moreThe final trailer for Assassin’s Creed landed online yesterday ahead [watch it here] of its release in December (or January if you’re British). The […]

Shin Godzilla earns just over $1 million from its United States screenings

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American fans were delighted to hear that the latest Japanese-produced Godzilla movie, Shin Godzilla, would be getting a short theatrical run in the States. Released last Monday [read our review here], the film brought home just over $1 million.Screening in 488 theatres across the U.S., Shin Godzilla averaged 2.2k per screen to earn $1.09 million […]

Tom Holland says Spider-Man 2 is already in development and they’re discussing which villain to use

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Last week it was revealed by Sony chairman Tom Rothman that plans for an expanded Spider-Man Universe that would run alongside the Marvel Cinematic Universe was in development, and now the web slinger himself has opened up about the future of the franchise after Spider-Man: Homecoming.“We’re talking about the second one and who the villain is […]

The Week in Star Wars – New Rogue One trailer, poster and reactions, Obi-Wan movie, new ongoing comic series and more

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In your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got a brand new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (and a new poster), some more talk about an Obi-Wan movie and more…Let’s be honest, we’re going to kick off with the new trailer Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, aren’t we? […]

Paul Feig doesn’t think a Ghostbusters sequel is being discussed by Sony

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It had been reported back in August that Sony weren’t looking to push forward with a sequel to Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot, instead putting focus on a new animated movie and the cartoon series Ghostbusters: Ecto Force, which will debut in 2018. In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, Feig has admitted that he’s not heard anything […]

New Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth team react…SEE ALSO: Read the Flickering Myth Reactions to Doctor Strange, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, Assassin’s Creed, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Power Rangers and moreFollowing the announcement of its arrival, the final trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story landed online yesterday [watch it here]. The previous trailers left the Flickering […]