Marvelous Videos with some movie recommendations for hard sci-fi lovers… It’s easy to exploit the science fiction genre for its ludicrous narrative potential. After all, as long as you can loosely relate your story concept back to something semi-realistic, you can technically call your motion picture an adherent of the “sci-fi” category. That being said, […]
Essential Time Travel Movies Part II
Tom Jolliffe offers up a second round of essential time travel movies… Having already established that cinema has a longstanding fascination with time travel with my previous ten essentials, it’s high time to add another ten to the mix. As a starting point for so many films it goes without saying that there have been […]
Oscars: And the winners of the 89th Academy Awards are…
Let’s address the elephant in the room: there was Steve Harvey-reminiscent chaos last night during the Best Picture announcement at the Academy Awards as La La Land was somehow announced as receiving the Oscar… only for producer Jordan Horowitz to correct the mistake midway through his acceptance speech when he revealed that Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight […]
Critical Thinking: What You Like vs. What Is ‘Good’
I’ve been writing about film for a long time. To quote Nicki Minaj; I’ve been hot since flip phones. In another couple of years I’ll be at the point where I can describe the span of time I’ve spent reviewing and writing about movies as ‘decades’. When you’ve been doing anything that long, you notice […]
Blu-ray Review – Arrival (2016)
Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Tzi Ma. SYNOPSIS: When twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors. In an era full of crash-bang-gee-whiz science-fiction films, a movie like Arrival is […]
Arrival gets limited edition Mondo posters
To coincide with its Blu-ray and 4K release today, Paramount has unveiled two new limited edition Mondo posters created specifically for the home-entertainment release of Denis Villeneuve’s acclaimed sci-fi drama Arrival, created by artist Kevin Tong. Check out the regular edition (limited to 325 and priced $60) and variant edition (limited to 150 and priced […]
James Ponsoldt to team up with Arrival producers for Inconstant Moon adaptation
James Ponsoldt, director of The Spectacular Now, may still be in post-production on his latest cinematic effort, The Circle, but that hasn’t stopped him from committing to his next project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ponsoldt will be directing a film adaptation of Inconstant Moon, an award-winning science fiction short story from author Larry Niven, for […]
Were Amy Adams, Clint Eastwood and Finding Dory snubbed by the Oscars?
Anghus Houvouras on whether Amy Adams, Clint Eastwood and Finding Dory were snubbed by the Oscars with today’s Academy Award nominations… No. They totally weren’t. None of them belonged on that list. There’s the short version. Here’s the long one. Every year the Oscar nominations stir up controversy. There are times where the incredulity is […]
Watch a VFX breakdown for Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival
The folks at Oblique FX have released a VFX breakdown for Arrival, which showcases their work on Denis Villenueve’s acclaimed sci-fi drama Arrival (our second-favourite film of last year). Check it out here… When mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team – lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) – is […]
Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2016
Flickering Myth’s writing team present our top ten movies of 2016… As 2016 draws to a close and we ring in the New Year, Flickering Myth’s writers have been putting our collective heads together to vote on the best cinematic offerings from the past twelve months. As always, we’ve voted on our individual top ten […]