The Flickering Myth writing staff react… If you thought the movie news train would slow down as it pulled into the Christmas station, then you would be wrong. Not only have we had trailers for Jurassic World (read the REACTION here) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens , but now we have our first look […]
Shades, Leather and New Messiahs in Late 90s Sci-Fi
Tom Jolliffe looks back on three key sci-fi films at the end of the last century – Blade, Dark City and The Matrix… Towards the tail end of the 20th Century, sci-fi cinema was in something of a rut. A plethora of films were being made, but with a few exceptions, everything seemed to be […]
The Back to School Comedy
Tom Jolliffe looks at comedic actors putting themselves back to school for laughs… The comedy genre is reliant on its situations. Take a comedian, place them into a scenario with comedic potential, and all being well, you’ve got yourself some fried gold. From mismatched partners on a caper, to a protagonist being thrown into a […]
Conan the Barbarian: An underrated work of art which ushered in a decade of imitators
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Conan The Barbarian, often overlooked for its artistic merits… There were a number of archetypal films which became popular during the 80’s. Some fads lasted longer than others, whilst some died out. The success of First Blood (but more-so Part 2) would usher in a stream of one […]
Le Tigre: The Dolph Lundgren/Andrzej Zulawski Film That Never Was
Tom Jolliffe looks back at Le Tigre. A film that never was with the strange combination of Dolph Lundgren and director Andrzej Zulawski… Cinema is absolutely loaded with films that came tantalisingly close to seeing the light of day before falling at the final hurdle. Even this year will bring us a new Bond film, […]
New clip from Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb featuring Dan Stevens and Ben Stiller
20th Century Fox has released a new clip from Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, which sees Sir Lancelot (Dan Stevens) meeting Larry (Ben Stiller). Check it out below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Get ready for the wildest and most adventure-filled Night At […]
Cast featurette for Night at the Museum: The Secret of the Tomb
20th Century Fox has released a new featurette for Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, which focusses on the cast of the upcoming comedy sequel. Check it out below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Get ready for the wildest and most adventure-filled Night At […]
The Crow remake gets another director, Luke Evans may be dropping out
Relativity Media’s remake of The Crow has picked up a new director, with Deadline revealing that Corin Hardy (The Hallow) has signed on to the project as a replacement for F. Javier Gutiérrez, who vacated the director’s chair in favour of another instalment in The Ring series. In addition to his feature debut The Hallow, […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer gets the George Lucas Special Edition treatment
Not content with Disney and J.J. Abrams’ efforts on the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, it seems that George Lucas has given the teaser his Special Edition treatment to bring it more in line with his vision of the galaxy far, far away, complete with Hayden Christensen Force Ghosts, trade negotiations, and CGI creatures […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction
Well, it was the trailer the world had been waiting for. And what a moment it was. At around 3pm on Friday 28th November, 2014 the Internet virtually crashed as thousands of Star Wars fans attempted to get onto the iTunes page only to discover that most of us didn’t have Quicktime installed. Of course, […]
