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Aaron Sorkin working on a spiritual sequel to The Social Network

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Aaron Sorkin has spoken previously about his desire to make a follow-up to The Social Network, and now it appears that he has found his inspiration with the news that he is writing a new movie examining Facebook’s role in the 2021 Capitol riots. The Academy Award winning screenwriter was in conversation with Matthew Belloni on […]

Exclusive Interview – Tom Goodall reflects on Disney’s Christopher Robin

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Hailing from Adelaide in Australia, Tom Goodall is a multi-faceted filmmaker whose work has been brought to life on the big screen in blockbuster movies such as Disney’s Christopher Robin and Lady and the Tramp.In an exclusive interview, Flickering Myth sat down with Tom Goodall to reflect on his work and involvement on such a […]

Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated film The Glassworker gets and English trailer and poster

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Mano Animation Studios has released a trailer for The Glassworker, the first hand drawn animated film produced in Pakistan from writer-director Usman Riaz which centres on a young glassblower in training, and his relationship with his father and the daughter of an army colonel as their lives are upended by an impending war; watch it […]

Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later casts Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes

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The zombie apocalypse has its survivors, and it’s an all-star cast. The new 28 Years Later trilogy is set to kick off with Danny Boyle and Sony Pictures coming together for this epic new project and Deadline reports that Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have all signed on to star.Comer will next be seen […]

Another Evil Dead movie in the works from Ghost House and director Francis Galluppi

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Francis Galluppi stunned with his feature directorial debut The Last Stop in Yuma County, and now he’s opening up the Necronomicon.Deadline reported that Galluppi is joining the elite list of filmmakers (Sam Raimi, Fede Álvarez, and Lee Cronin) to direct an Evil Dead film. Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert’s Ghost House Pictures are developing the […]

4K Ultra HD Review – China O’Brien / China O’Brien 2

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China O’Brien / China O’Brien 2, 1990Directed by Robert Clouse. Starring Cynthia Rothrock, Richard Norton, Keith Cooke, Cindy Clark, Tiffany Soter, Nijel, Billy Blanks.SYNOPSIS:4K UHD box set featuring both Cynthia Rothrock-led martial arts action classics from the VHS era.In a genre where the underdog is constantly being championed and many prize fighters get sent to […]

Julia Garner’s Rosemary’s Baby prequel Apartment 7A heading to Paramount+ this Halloween

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Catching everyone by surprise when it was announced as a covert prequel to Rosemary’s Baby, we finally have a release date for the Julia Garner-headlined Apartment 7A.According to Variety the Natalie Erika James directed horror will debut exclusively on Paramount+ ahead of Halloween.Apartment 7A is a prequel to Roman Polanski’s 1968 horror classic, and will star the […]

Julia Garner-headlined horror Apartment 7A is a covert Rosemary’s Baby prequel

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It turns out that Paramount Pictures has made a covert prequel to 1968 horror-classic Rosemary’s Baby.According to World of Reel, a recent test screening of Apartment 7A turned out to be a prequel to the critically-acclaimed Roman Polanski film, focusing on the woman who died outside the apartment when Mia Farrow’s titular mother-to-be moved into […]

Details on Quentin Tarantino’s meta plans for The Movie Critic emerge

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It was quite the shock when Quentin Tarantino’s latest project The Movie Critic was abruptly axed, the news happening so suddenly that many have questioned just what the hell happened.Per the filmmaker, we will soon witness his swan song, with Tarantino wanting to go out with his tenth film and settle into directing retirement. That’s […]

Blu-ray Review – High Noon (1952)

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High Noon, 1952.Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Starring Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Grace Kelly, Otto Kruger, Lon Chaney, and Henry Morgan.SYNOPSIS:Fred Zinneman’s seminal classic Western High Noon arrives on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD (a first for the latter format), courtesy of Kino Lorber. The company commissioned a new 4K scan of […]