With a critically acclaimed new film to add to a resume full of them, is Paul Thomas Anderson the best Hollywood director of this century? Some great directors consistently deliver work that’s never less than compelling. They might also craft a film that is widely acclaimed or wins numerous awards during the statuette season. There’s […]
10 Essential Frankenstein-Inspired Movies You Should See
Tighten those neck bolts, it’s time for ten essential Frankenstein-inspired movies… Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a literary classic and one of my all-time favourite books, from an era of fiction I love. The tale of the titular doctor creating a reanimated monster has inspired plenty of literature since but it has also provided ample inspiration […]
10 Must See Sci-Fi Movies from 1995
Flickering Myth’s Tom Jolliffe takes a trip back to 1995 with ten essential sci-fi recommendations… Sci-fi movies offer a glimpse into dazzling futures, alternate presents and much more. Sure, these Nostradamus-ian predictions don’t always come true. 2015 didn’t bring us flying cars or Jaws 19. That said, we must be approaching that number with Jurassic […]
The Essential Andrzej Zulawski Films
We take a look back at the underappreciated visionary Andrzej Zulawski and his essential movies… When you think of cinema’s visionaries, plenty of names spring immediately to mind, including Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, David Lean and Zack Snyder (obviously). Great auteurs of the silver screen with an innate ability […]
10 Essential Ninja Movies
Get your shurikens and masks at the ready, because it’s time for ten essential ninja movies… They glide through trees and leap between buildings. They blend with the shadows. They wear really cool outfits and fight each other with swords and shuriken. Back in the golden 8 and 16-bit eras, there were innumerable and awesome […]
The Definitive Top 10 Alfred Hitchcock Movies
Alfred Hitchcock was an undoubted master of cinema; here are his best works… When you’re a master of cinema with a resume that is stuffed with incredible movies, sometimes the hardest thing for fans to agree upon is how to rank them. It’s easy if you’re looking at Richard Kelly, for example, whose best by […]
The Essential Robert Redford Movies
We take a look back at the essential movies from the late, great Robert Redford… A Hollywood legend has left us, and few have had the kind of wide-ranging and incredible career of Robert Redford. The easy smile, poster boy looks and effortless charisma made Redford an A-list star, but his creative talents and methodical […]
The Essential Indiana Jones Rip Off Movies of the 1980s
Something seems familiar as we take a look at a selection of essential Indiana Jones rip-off movies from the 1980s… In cinema, if something works once, studios will naturally assume it could work again. Die Hard, aside from spawning four sequels, also inspired innumerable rip-offs. The same goes for Mad Max, Conan the Barbarian, Jaws, […]
Eight Essential Sci-Fi Prison Movies
It’s time to get locked up with the key thrown away as we look at these essential sci-fi prison movies… Some sub-genres seem to prove hugely popular. Whether it’s the Die Hard copycat or an Alien riff, some concepts lend themselves to being rejigged, reheated and served as new. There are prison movies which have […]
10 Great Forgotten Gems of the 1980s You Need To See
Tom Jolliffe with ten great hidden gems from the 1980s that you need to see… The 1980s was an eclectic melting pot of cinema. Blockbusters and franchises were becoming a big thing. The success of home video also gave films a place to succeed beyond the cinema screens. Cinema fandom has always clustered in select […]
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