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Movie Review – 8 1/2 (1963)

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8 1/2, 1963. Directed by Federico Fellini. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée and Sandra Milo. SYNOPSIS: A successful filmmaker struggles for inspiration, and has to reflect on his life and loves to work out where to go in his next film… “It’s about creative procrastination” said, director of Under the Skin, Jonathan Glazer in 2002. While I […]

Movie Review – German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

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German Concentration Camps Factual Survey Directed by Sidney Bernstein Edited by Stewart McAllister, Peter Tanner and Marcel Cohen with treatment advice by Alfred Hitchcock SYNOPSIS: An official documentary about German atrocities and the concentration camps compiled with footage shot by combat and newsreel cameramen accompanying troops as they liberated occupied Europe Last year, Night Will […]

Movie Review – Cry of the City (1948)

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Cry of the City, 1948 Directed by Robert Siodmak. Starring Richard Conte, Victor Mature, Berry Kroeger, Shelley Winters and Debra Paget. SYNOPSIS: Adapted from the novel The Chair for Martin Rome by Henry Edward Helseth, the film tells the story of a charismatic criminal and his nemesis, Lieutenant Candella… Remember Barzini? The old-crone who was taken out on the […]

Flickering Myth Magazine – Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jurassic World, Terminator: Genisys, Ant-Man and more!

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Taking over the YouTube community with the debut episode of The Flickering Myth Movie Show just wasn’t enough for us here at FMHQ (which is like The Baxter Building meets Avengers Tower and the Batcave). So, with that in mind, we’re launching the first issue of Flickering Myth Magazine! Check it out! This first edition […]

Movie Review – While We’re Young (2015)

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While We’re Young, 2015. Written and Directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried, Maria Dizzia, Charles Grodin and Adam Horovitz. SYNOPSIS: A middle-aged couple’s life is turned upside down when they meet a young hipster couple. As we get older, our priorities naturally begin to shift, as does our […]

Movie Review – The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

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The Tales of Hoffmann, 1951. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Starring  Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann and Léonide Massine. SYNOPSIS: An opera, Hoffmann tells of his romantic history with three beautiful women; Olympia, Giulietta and Antonia “I have to say”, says director Michael Powell prior to working on The Tales of Hoffmann, “I didn’t know much […]

DVD Review – The Way He Looks (2014)

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The Way He Looks, 2014. Directed by Daniel Ribeiro. Starring Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi and Tess Amorim. SYNOPSIS: Leonardo, blind from birth, discovers that he is gay and in love with Gabriel, his best friend. Amidst school projects, a need to break free from his parents, and the changing dynamic in his friendship with Giovanna, […]

Movie Review – The Queen Of Hollywood Blvd (2017)

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The Queen Of Hollywood Blvd. 2017 Directed by Orson Oblowitz Starring Rosemary Hoschschild, Ana Mulvoy Ten, Michael Parks, Roger Guenveur Smith and Ella Thomas. SYNOPSIS: On her 60th birthday, the proud owner of a Los Angeles strip club, finds herself in hot water over a twenty-five year old debt to the mob, leading her on a […]

Movie Review – Josie (2017)

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Josie, 2017. Directed by Eric England. Starring Sophie Turner, Dylan McDermott, Kurt Fuller, Jack Kilmer and Robin Bartlett. SYNOPSIS: Hank, a solitary man living a dull existence in the sleepy, Southern town raises eyebrows when he develops a questionable relationship with Josie, a recently transplanted high school student. Occasionally a film opens in a way that […]

Movie Review – Backtrace (2018)

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Backtrace, 2018. Directed by Brian A. Miller. Starring Ryan Guzman, Matthew Modine, Sylvester Stallone, Meadow Williams, Christopher McDonald, Colin Egglesfield, Lydia Hull, Tyler Jon Olson, Sergio Rizzuto, and Swen Temmel. SYNOPSIS: The lone surviving thief of a violent armored car robbery is sprung from a high security facility and administered an experimental drug. With Sylvester Stallone giving […]