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10 Essential Sci-Fi Movies from 1995

July 25, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Flickering Myth’s Tom Jolliffe takes a trip back to 1995 for ten essential sci-fi film 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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: 12 Monkeys, fist of the north star, Ghost in the Shell, Johnny Mnemonic, Michael Madsen, Screamers, Species, Steel Frontier, Strange Days, Tank Girl, The City of Lost Children, Twelve Monkey's

4K Blu-ray Review – Ghost in the Shell (1995)

September 13, 2020 by Brad Cook

Ghost in the Shell, 1995. Directed by Mamoru Oshii Featuring the voice talents of Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi. SYNOPSIS: A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master. Movies set in the future are always a bit of a mixed bag. You can’t possibly predict exactly […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Physical Media, Reviews Tagged With: Akio Otsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Ghost in the Shell, Iemasa Kayumi, Mamoru Oshii

Justice League reshoot troubles, Avengers: Infinity War runtime, Bond 25 release date and more – Daily News Roundup

July 26, 2017 by Luke Owen

STAND TOGETHER… IN RESHOOTS Reports from a few months ago suggested that the Justice League reshoots were much greater than Warner Bros. were letting on. Even at San Diego Comic Con, Cyborg Ray Fisher claimed they were “brief if anything”. However a new report from Variety is saying otherwise. According to the outlet, Warner Bros. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Daily News Roundup, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Avengers: Infinity War, Bond 25, DC, DC Extended Universe, Ghost in the Shell, It, Justice League, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Tolkien

Scarlett Johansson: Lost In Blockbusters!

June 13, 2017 by Amie Cranswick

Tom Jolliffe on Scarlett Johansson… I’m a fan of Scarlett Johansson. As an actress I think she’s interesting. She’s almost always engaging. She has a sultry old fashioned quality. Frankly she’s gorgeous, which whilst that shouldn’t be as important as it is in Hollywood (and it still is) that means she is a leading lady. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Avengers Assemble, Ghost in the Shell, Lost In Translation, Lucy, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Rough Night, Scarlett Johannson, The Avengers, The Hangover, Under the Skin

Japanese audiences praise Ghost in the Shell remake and are happy with Scarlett Johansson’s casting

April 10, 2017 by Luke Owen

Rupert Sanders’ controversial (in some circles) adaptation of Ghost in the Shell has received its fair share of good reviews in the West [read our review here], despite the ‘white-washing’ claims hanging over it. However, it hasn’t connected with audiences domestically. Its opening weekend of $19 million was very disappointing considering its $110 million budget, […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Ghost in the Shell, Scarlett Johansson

Ghost in the Shell anime reboot announced

April 10, 2017 by Robert Kojder

Publisher Kodansha and Japanese animation company Production I.Gare collaborating to create a new Ghost in the Shell anime project. The film will serve as a reboot and is set to be co-directed by Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series) and Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed). This news follows on from the release of the live-action […]

Filed Under: Anime, Movies, News, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Ghost in the Shell

Joss Whedon to direct Batgirl, SUPER LONG runtime for Justice League, The Last Jedi promo art and more – Daily News Roundup

March 31, 2017 by Luke Owen

BUM-NUMBINGLY LONG Well strap yourselves in folks, it looks like Zack Snyder’s Justice League is going to be a very long movie. If rumours are to be believed, Justice League will be TWO HOURS AND FIFTY MINUTES long. That’s twenty minutes longer than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Now it should be noted that […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Daily News Roundup, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Ant-Man and the Wasp, Batgirl, Deadpool 2, Ghost in the Shell, Joss Whedon, Justice League, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, War for the Planet of the Apes

Scarlett Johansson defends Ghost in the Shell whitewashing, Warcraft 2 update, Halloween reboot and more – Daily News Roundup

February 11, 2017 by Luke Owen

SCARJO DEFENDS GHOST IN THE SHELL One of the big talking points coming out of the casting of Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell was the reported “whitewashing” of the role. Many have come out to defend the casting, and now Johansson herself has spoken out about it. “I certainly would never presume to play […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Daily News Roundup, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Batman, Batman & Robin, Coolio, Divergent, Duncan Jones, Fifty Shades of Grey, Ghost in the Shell, halloween, Jay and Silent Bob Rebooted, john carpenter, Power Rangers, Shailene Woodley, Warcraft, Warcraft 2

Ghost in the Shell trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

November 14, 2016 by Luke Owen

The Flickering Myth team react… SEE ALSO: Read the Flickering Myth Reactions to Wonder Woman, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2, Logan Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, Assassin’s Creed, Power Rangers and more After a string of 10-second teasers a few months ago, the first full trailer for the highly-anticipated (but very controversial) adaptation of sci-fi […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Flickering Myth Reaction, Luke Owen, Movies Tagged With: Ghost in the Shell

Netflix releases Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 season 2 trailer ahead of May premiere

February 24, 2022 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has released a new trailer for the second season of the CG-anime series Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 which arrives on the streaming service this May; check it out below along with the official key art from Netflix Japan… In 2045, the world has been thrown into a state of systematic “sustainable war,” but […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Anime, News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045, netflix

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