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Ten Essential Films of the 1940s

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Tom Jolliffe with ten essential films of the 1940s… We recently took a dive back to the 1950s in a quest to prove Quentin Tarantino wrong in his claim that it was one of the weakest decades for cinema. Sorry QT, but there are just far too many greats to come close to paling in […]

Microbudget Horror Movies You Have To See

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As Flickering Myth launches into the world of microbudget film production, we look at five recent microbudget horror movies you need to see… Making movies is tough. Right now the differential between the big studio pictures and what is below seems to be huge. It’s a near-unjumpable chasm between $5 million budgets and that limited […]

The Wrong Side of Town in ’93: Trespass and Judgment Night

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Tom Jolliffe takes on a double bill of overlooked thrillers from 1993 with Trespass and Judgment Night… 1993 was an odd year for movies. Looking back, there wasn’t a big selection of instant classics that might immediately jump out at you for their potential longevity. Some of the more pop culture films of the year […]

20 Epic Car Chases That Will Drive You Wild

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Hit the pedal to the metal and practice your handbrake turns, it’s time for twenty epic car chases that will drive you wild… You can rely on the action genre to set your pulse racing with shootouts, fight scenes, foot chases and aerial duels. There’s another enjoyable kind of action sequence that genre fans love […]

Why Steven Yeun is one of the best in the business right now

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We take a look at the career of Steven Yeun, the supporting actor who is suddenly blooming as a leading man and proving to be one of the best in the business…   Listen up, people. If you don’t think Steven Yeun is one of the best actors in the business right now, then you and […]

Seven Famous Cursed Movie Productions

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Disasters, terrible luck, radiation poisoning and death. We look at some famous cursed film productions… With Flickering Myth’s first foray into movie-making on The Baby in the Basket now underway, we’ve found ourselves faced with a number of problems throughout pre-production as recently covered in our pre-production update. We’ve dealt with unavoidable dropouts, unexpected costs […]

Risky Business at 40: Tom Cruise’s Breakout Hit Revisited

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We take a look back at Tom Cruise’s breakout hit Risky Business, which turned 40 this month… Tom Cruise is probably the last great movie star and still pulling in the big bucks with the latest in his Mission: Impossible franchise, which despite the naysayers, will still likely tip close to two-thirds of a cool […]

The Essential Films of John Woo

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Tom Jolliffe offers up an essential John Woo selection… John Woo has been a little quiet of late, but the legendary Hong Kong filmmaker is set to make his Hollywood return this year with his “comeback” movie Silent Night, which has just received its first trailer this week.  To the uninitiated, John Woo was once […]

The (00)7 Most Underrated James Bond Movies

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Don’t hit that ejector button, because it’s time to look at the (00)7 most underrated James Bond movies… Every fan has their favourite Bond films. Regular staples which appear high up in those lists include Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, GoldenEye, Casino Royale and Live and Let Die. There have also been some franchise howlers, […]

Essential Films from The Expendables 4 Cast

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With Expend4bles on the way, we look at ten essential films from its stars… It seems like a long old time since we last saw the Expendables crew in action. After a period of false starts and the small matter of a pandemic, (as well as a release that got pushed back) we’re finally going […]