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Terrible Remake Ideas: Past, Present, Future

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Tom Jolliffe looks at ten unnecessary remakes from the past and coming soon that no one asked for… Hollywood is full of interesting and original ideas. Studios are actively looking to pursue new concepts and move away from simply repackaging or updating existing IPs. Okay, I’m fibbing. Hollywood is desperately scraping any old idea they […]

The Essential One Man Army Action Movies

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We take a deep dive into the explosive brilliance of the one-man army action movie with ten essentials you have to see… The 1980s were a glorious time for action cinema. They took all the tropes of the Western with near indestructible and stoic heroes taking on hordes of bad guys. They moved completely away […]

The Essential Action Movies To See From 1993

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We take a 30 year trip back to 1993 to look at ten action movies you have to see… In the grand scheme of action films, 1993 was an interesting year. Jumping back 30 years we see a time of transition, where the stalwarts of the 80s like Stallone and Schwarzenegger were finding it difficult […]

The 10 Best Villains in Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of cinema’s greatest action heroes and he’s come up against some great villains. Here’s the 10 best! Arnold Schwarzenegger was one of the defining heroes of the 1980s and early 90s, ruling the action genre alongside Sylvester Stallone and making up one-half of an iconic cinematic rivalry. When you look through […]

10 Stunning Performances Outrageously Snubbed by the Oscars

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It’s the Oscars, so it’s time to look at ten stunning performances the Academy outrageously snubbed… Oscar season is an exciting time of the year. It’s fair to say that every year, for one reason or another, contentious decisions are made as well as glaring omissions. The desperation from some actors to snag an Oscar […]

Fantastical, Flawed and Madcap: 80s British Horror Cinema

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We take a look back at the curious case of 80s British Horror – an era of odd fusions, oddities, indulgent auteurs and flawed cult favourites… Think of those iconic periods in horror around the world. German expressionist horror of the 1920s and 30s, the Giallo boom of the 60s and 70s, British hammer horror […]

20 Years Back: The Films of 2003

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It’s time to take a journey twenty years back in time to look at the cinematic landscape of 2003… Another year passes and another anniversary comes around. 2003 was 20 years ago. 20 years!!! Take a stiff drink people and come along with me to revisit a cinematic year that was stuffed with so so […]

The Ultimate Christmas Movie Douchebags

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Tis the season to be jolly but it’s also the season to be a douchebag, if some of these iconic Christmas movie douches are anything to go by… We’ve all known a steaming douchebag in our time. It could be someone with an ego that melds perfectly with a shit-eating grin, or someone who takes […]

Ten Action Sequels The World Needs To See

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Originality be damned in Hollywood, it’s time to look at some action sequels the world needs… Recently it was announced that Sly Stallone would be donning his climbing gear and hitting the mountains for a Cliffhanger sequel. That sent the Flickering Myth office into a frenzy of ideas… actually, it was just me in a […]

The Cult Film of 2023: Saltburn

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It’s time to look back at the dazzling, stylish and shocking cult film Saltburn (spoilers follow)… 2023 was a pretty interesting year in cinema. It may just be that we saw a turning point in audience tastes, with comic book films and franchise sequels mostly underperforming, whilst the grand success of Barbenheimer showed two things. […]