Coinciding with the Oscars, we take a trip back to the 1980s to fix the Best Picture winners… The Oscars are upon us. Year after year, controversy and debate rages, over the nominations, the oversights and the eventual winners. Over the years there have been plenty of safe and so-so choices for Best Picture at […]
Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket coming to 4K Ultra HD in September
Warner Bros. has announced that Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 classic Vietnam war movie Full Metal Jacket is set for an 4K Ultra HD and digital release this September featuring a brand new 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative; check out the cover artwork, feature details and trailer below… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon […]
The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #1 – YA author Robert Muchamore discusses Full Metal Jacket
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite movie. This week, YA author Robert Muchamore stops by to discuss Vietnam War epic Full Metal Jacket… The Pick of the Flicks Podcast is a new weekly audio treat from us at Flickering Myth, in which […]
Another 4 Great War Films (That Still Aren’t Saving Private Ryan)
Graeme Robertson with another four great war films (that still aren’t Saving Private Ryan)… Given that I’ve written two features previously on the genre (read them here and here) I think you can probably guess dear readers that I’m a fan of the war film. And as many will probably point out, I still haven’t […]
30 Years Back: Celebrating the Cinematic Delights of 1987
Tom Jolliffe celebrates the cinematic delights of 1987… The 80’s mark a special period in cinema for me. It’s predominantly an age thing. I grew up throughout the 80’s, soaking in some fantastic films. It was a rising golden age of blockbusters which took the foundations of what guys like Spielberg and Lucas launched in […]
