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Captain America: Civil War overtakes Batman v Superman at the worldwide box office, pushes the MCU’s gross to $10 billion

May 15, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Earlier in the week Captain America: Civil War overtook Deadpool at the worldwide box office, and now it has surpassed Warner Bros.’ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to become the highest-grossing superhero movie of the year so far with $940.9 million. Civil War is now the sixth-biggest comic book movie of all time behind […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Flickering Myth’s Most Anticipated 2016 Movies

January 5, 2016 by admin

Flickering Myth looks ahead to 2016… It’s the future! And with the New Year officially upon us (we’re five days into it after all), we sat down to vote for our most anticipated movies of 2016, and below are the results. Each writer had five votes, which were then collated into scores and tallied to […]

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Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Assassin's Creed, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Bourne 5, Caesar!, Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool, Dr. Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Hail, Independence Day Resurgence, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Silence, Star Trek Beyond, Suicide Squad, X-Men: Apocalypse, zoolander 2

Tobey Maguire says Tom Holland was “great” as Spider-Man

May 9, 2016 by admin

Tom Holland made his long-awaited debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as The Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War, and a previous Wall Crawler has officially passed the torch. Someone posted a video online of Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker watching Captain America: Civil War, which the actor found so funny he reposted it […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Captain America: Civil War, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire

Deadpool tops the list of the most pirated movies of 2016

December 31, 2016 by Gary Collinson

After unveiling the most pirated TV shows of the year earlier this week, Torrent Freak has now revealed the ten most-pirated movies of 2016, based upon the number of illegal downloads on BitTorrent over the past six months. There aren’t really any major surprises here, save perhaps for the lack of Zootopia, which is the […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool, finding dory, Independence Day Resurgence, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Suicide Squad, The Revenant, Warcraft, X-Men: Apocalypse

Women in Refrigerators: Why Female Representation in Superhero Movies Needs to Evolve

June 9, 2016 by Henry Bevan

Henry Bevan on why female representation in superhero movies needs to evolve… The X-Men: Apocalypse billboard featuring Oscar Issac’s Apocalypse choking Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique has created a lot of negative noise. Actress/activist Rose McGowan called the billboard out for its “casual violence against women” and Fox has apologised for its tone-deafness. Flickering Myth’s Kirsty Capes articulately argues […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Henry Bevan, Movies Tagged With: Brie Larson, Captain America: Civil War, Gwen Stacey, Rose McGowan, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Apocalypse

Marvel’s Diversity Drama: Whitewashing, The Black Panther, and the fading colors of Political Correctness

May 20, 2016 by Anghus Houvouras

Anghus Houvouras on Marvel’s diversity drama… We live in a ridiculously polarizing time, and that ridiculousness is frequently on display in regards to our favorite blockbusters. Right now we’re swimming in the wake of the massive success of Captain America: Civil War; a movie that succeeded on so many levels, reinvigorating the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While […]

Filed Under: Anghus Houvouras, Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Movies Tagged With: Black Panther, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Captain America: Civil War screenwriters explain why Thanos was absent

May 12, 2016 by Amie Cranswick

With Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe set to culminate in the big showdown between Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, you’d be forgiven for expecting to see a few more glimpses of the Mad Titan before the two-part epic gets underway. However, that wasn’t the case with Captain America: Civil War, and […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Avengers: Infinity War, Captain America: Civil War, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Daniel Bruhl shares his excitement for Captain America: Civil War

March 19, 2015 by Gary Collinson

With excitement building for the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron next month, Marvel Studios is already gearing up to go into production on its first release of 2016 (and Phase Three) in the eagerly-anticipated Captain America: Civil War. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Rush star Daniel Bruhl has shared his excitement about joining […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Captain America: Civil War, Daniel Bruhl, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Captain America: Civil War pulls in $25 million from Thursday night opening, falls short of Batman v Superman

May 6, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Captain America: Civil War finally made its way across the Pond last night, with the latest Marvel Studios blockbuster pulling in $25 million from domestic Thursday night screenings. That figure is $2.7 million short of rival superhero movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which went on to gross $166.1 million in its domestic opening […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, DC, DC Extended Universe, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Civil War breaks out on campus in Marvel Avengers Academy

May 5, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Coinciding with the release of Captain America: Civil War, TinyCo and Marvel have announced a brand new limited time in-game event for the Marvel Avengers Academy mobile game, with new Civil War content available now. Following MARVEL Avengers Academy’s Guardians of the Galaxy update last month, the Avengers Academy finds itself in a vulnerable state […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Captain America: Civil War, Marvel, Marvel Avengers Academy

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