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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 me […]

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 and […]

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 billion […]

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 considered a […]

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, including […]

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 to […]

Ten Essential Films of the 1950s

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It’s time to look at ten essential films of the 1950s…Quentin Tarantino has never been shy about expressing his opinions on cinema. He once claimed that the two weakest decades in cinema were the 50s and 80s. Sure, Tarantino directed Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, but I’m still going to disagree. The 80s were awesome, let’s […]

10 Incredibly Influential Action Movies

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We look at ten of the most influential action movies ever made…The action genre excites and entertains like no other and it’s fair to say that the lasting appeal shows that audiences have long held the desire for escapism. Whether it’s Western shootouts at high noon, kung fu battles in the streets of Hong Kong, […]

Movie Review – Operation Seawolf (2022)

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Operation Seawolf, 2022.Directed by Steven Luke. Starring Dolph Lundgren, Frank Grillo, Hiram A. Murray, Apostolos Gliarmis, Andrew Stecker and Edgar Damatian.SYNOPSIS:In the last days of WWII, Germany, desperate for any last grasp to defeat the Allied powers, formed together the German Navy and the last remaining U-Boats for one last mission, to attack the United […]

Revisiting the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

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Were a generation of fans too harsh on the Prequel Trilogy? Tom Jolliffe revisits The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith to see whether they’re worthy of reappraisal, and how they hold up post-Disney Sequel Trilogy…Remember Spaced? The much loved and all too shortly lived sitcom from Edgar Wright, Simon […]