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Video Game Review – Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game

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Shaun Munro reviews Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game… The trend of asymmetrical multiplayer games based on hit horror movies began of course with Friday the 13th, before more recently moving onto Evil Dead and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. And while you might’ve expected the likes of Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, […]

Movie Review (2022) – Am I OK?

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Am I OK?, 2022. Directed by Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro. Starring Dakota Johnson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jermaine Fowler, Kiersey Clemons, Molly Gordon, and Sean Hayes. SYNOPSIS: Lucy and Jane have been best friends their entire lives. Only when Lucy embarks on a personal journey, will she face a test of her friendship and her sense […]

Video Game Review – Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

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Shaun Munro reviews Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth… Beyond signalling the change of the series’ naming convention, 2020’s Yakuza: Like a Dragon marked a controversial if ultimately wildly successful transition from real-time brawler to turn-based RPG, all while subbing out longtime franchise hero Kazuma Kiryu for a new protagonist – the charmingly dorky Ichiban Kasuga. […]

Video Game Review – Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

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Shaun Munro reviews Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown… I approached the release of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown with a mixture of excitement and unease – relieved that the beloved platformer franchise was finally getting a new entry, yet crushingly aware of my own patent disinterest in its backtracking-heavy Metroidvania gameplay loop. But Ubisoft […]

Movie Review – Speak No Evil (2022)

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Speak No Evil, 2022. Co-written and directed by Christian Tafdrup. Starring Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Fedja van Huêt, Karina Smulders, Liva Forsberg, and Marius Damslev. SYNOPSIS: A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to […]

Teaser trailer for new horror short film Breakfast

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Since my teenage years – long before I became a film critic or regular contributor to Flickering Myth – I’ve had a fascination with the filmmaking process, and a deep desire to create my own projects. But between the financial and logistical hurdles of production and, honestly, being a serial procrastinator who loathes anything resembling […]

Movie Review – Plan C (2023)

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Plan C, 2023. Directed by Tracy Droz Tragos. SYNOPSIS: A secret grassroots organisation persistently fights to expand access to abortion pills across the USA keeping hope alive during a global pandemic and the fall of Roe v. Wade. Almost a full decade after her debut documentary Rich Hill won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize at […]

Movie Review – Bitch Ass (2022)

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Bitch Ass, 2022. Co-written and directed by Bill Posley. Starring Sheaun McKinney, Tunde Laleye, Me’Lisa Sellers, Teon Kelly, and Tony Todd. SYNOPSIS: A gang initiation goes wrong when a group of four recruits break into a house of horror, as they’re all forced to play deadly games for their lives. Win and you live – […]

To Boldly Go: Ranking Every Star Trek Movie From Worst To Best

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Shaun Munro reviews the entire Star Trek movie franchise from worst to best… The cinematic future of the Star Trek franchise remains very much in flux at present; since the disappointing box office performance of 2016’s Star Trek Beyond, Paramount has continually stalled production of a direct follow-up, with the latest incarnation of the next movie pulled […]