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Is it wrong to root for The Joker?

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Anghus Houvouras on The Joker… It’s almost impossible to escape the zeitgeist currently surrounding Todd Phillips’ highly-praised, highly-controversial take on The Joker. After near unanimous praise from the Venice Film Festival, the movie has become a target for the polarizing extremes of social media. Questions have been raised about the social responsibility of the time […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Monos

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Monos, 2019. Directed by Alejandro Landes. Starring Sofia Buenaventura, Moises Arias, Julian Giraldo, Paul Cubides, Karen Quintero, Julianne Nicholson, Deiby Rueda, Sneider Castro, Laura Castrillón and Wilson Salazar. SYNOPSIS: A gang of child soldiers are left adrift in the Colombian jungle, far away from any adult authority to guide their violent antics. Sometimes, it’s nice […]

Joker tracking record October opening at the domestic box office

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Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Joker has proven to be a huge success at the Venice Film Festival, the Joaquin Phoenix-headlined comic book adaptation having received an eight-minute standing ovation at its premiere before being named the recipient of the festival’s top prize, the Golden Lion, by the jury yesterday. Last month it was reported […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker writer wanted to address how strong the Force is in Episode IX

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Chris Terrio, who co-wrote Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker with director J.J. Abrams, said that they wanted to address just how strong the Force is. Throughout Star Wars history, the Force has been this mysterious quantity; part spiritual entity, part science, different users have displayed varying levels of ability in it. But what is […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker takes more risks than The Force Awakens says J.J. Abrams

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J.J. Abrams, the director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, says that the film takes more risks than The Force Awakens. While Episode VII was well received by fans, one criticism was that the film didn’t offer much that was new and followed the plot of A New Hope quite closely. J.J. Abrams is […]

Movie Review – The Party’s Just Beginning (2018)

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The Party’s Just Beginning, 2018. Written and directed by Karen Gillan. Starring Karen Gillan, Lee Pace, Matthew Beard, and Paul Higgins. SYNOPSIS: Almost a year after his death, Liusaidh (Karen Gillan) struggles to come to terms with her friend’s suicide. You can’t have a party without music, yet Liusaidh doesn’t sound like she’s singing. The […]

Movie Review – Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life (2018)

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Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life, 2018. Directed by Tomer Heymann. SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker captures the highs and lows of a world-renowned gay porn star. Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life, the latest documentary feature from Israeli filmmaker Tomer Heymann, starts and ends with its titular subject on a stage. Illuminated by sharp, colourful lighting, his every […]

Exclusive Interview – Don Johnson talks Knives Out

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Rian Johnson’s acclaimed whodunit Knives Out opens in the UK this week, and Flickering Myth’s Eammon Jacobs got to sit down with Don Johnson to discuss his role in the star-studded mystery; check out the interview here, and be sure to head on over to our YouTube channel for more exclusive interviews and videos… SEE […]

Chris Hemsworth teases Summer 2020 start date for Thor: Love and Thunder

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Avengers: Endgame left a lot of the heroes audiences have come to know and love over the course of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in very different places, none more so than the God of Thunder himself, Thor, as played by Chris Hemsworth. At the Tokyo Comic Con, Hemsworth teased a little bit of information about the upcoming Thor: […]