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Guillermo del Toro reveals he was working on a Jabba the Hutt Star Wars movie

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Guillermo del Toro has revealed that his Star Wars movie was going to be centered on everyone’s favourite toad-slurping crime-lord Jabba the Hutt.  Del Toro tweeted some cryptic letters in response to David S. Goyer’s revelations that he had written “an unproduced Star Wars movie that Guillermo del Toro was going to direct.” And now it […]

Cannes winner How To Have Sex shares trailer and poster

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Ahead of its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, MUBI has released a trailer and poster for writer-director Molly Manning Walker’s Cannes Un Certain Regard-winning drama How To Have Sex which explores the lives of three teenage girls as they embark on a rites-of-passage holiday together in Malia; watch it below… Three British […]

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 […]

Nessie attacks in trailer for The Loch Ness Horror

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Uncork’d Entertainment has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Tyler-James’ action horror The Loch Ness Horror which sees a team of rescue operatives in search of a missing submarine become the target of an angry Nessie; take a look here… A submarine vanishing prompts a rescue operation that comes face to face with the […]

2023 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Bikeriders

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The Bikeriders, 2023. Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Mike Faist, Norman Reedus, Michael Shannon, Emory Cohen, Boyd Holbrook, Paul Sparks, and Damon Herriman. SYNOPSIS: The Bikeriders is a furious drama following the rise of a fictional 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club through the lives of its members. Jeff […]

The Fugitive at 30: The Story Behind the Harrison Ford Blockbuster

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Hasitha Fernando dives into the story behind The Fugutive on its 30th anniversary… Even by today’s lofty standards 1993’s The Fugitive is something of a rarity – an intelligent blockbuster bolstered by powerful performances and a thought-provoking narrative. It is the kind of effort that makes movie goers say “they don’t make ‘em like they […]

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 Continental: From the World of John Wick Episode 3 Review – ‘Theater of Pain’

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Chris Connor reviews the third and final episode of The Continental: From the World of John Wick… The Continental has provided an intriguing if uneven examination of the John Wick universe prior to the dog-loving assassin’s time at the hotel. It has worked as a 70s-set thriller but its ties to real world events and […]

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, […]

First look at Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks’ WWII series Masters of the Air as January premiere set

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After years in development, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks’ second Band of Brothers follow up Masters of the Air is set to premiere on Apple TV+ on January 26th, 2024. Along with the announcement, Apple released a batch of first look photos showing the cast that includes Austin Butler (Elvis), Callum Turner (The Capture) and Barry Keoghan (The Banshees […]