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8 Great Films with Incompetent Heroes

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It’s no easy ride for these incompetent and bumbling movie heroes… The protagonist of a film usually has some goal they need to achieve, and for the most part, even if they begin way over their head, by the time the film ends, they’ve solved everything and wrapped up the case using their wits and […]

Is Paul Thomas Anderson the Best Hollywood Director of the 21st Century?

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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 Must See Sci-Fi Movies from 1995

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]

Eight Essential Sci-Fi Prison Movies

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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 […]

The Blockbuster Comic Book Movie Problem: The Box Office Cliff Edge

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Thunderbolts*, Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps did everything right, so what went wrong with this year’s comic book movie blockbusters at the box office? Hollywood has spent the past half a decade in a post-COVID era, facing an exacerbation of a problem that was already well in motion. Fewer people, particularly younger generations, […]

The Essential Pamela Anderson Movies

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With her triumphant renaissance in full swing, it’s time to look at the essential Pamela Anderson movies… Hollywood loves a comeback story. Whether they’ve reappeared after five, ten, or twenty years in the wilderness, some stars make unexpected and triumphant returns. All sorts of once bright lights on a decline have suddenly found themselves thrust […]