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Deja Vu: Isn’t Jurassic World just Deep Blue Sea with dinosaurs?

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Anghus Houvouras is getting a sense of deja vu from Jurassic World… 1999 was a great year for blockbusters. Everyone was talking about game changing cinema like The Matrix and The Blair Witch Project. The Sixth Sense was a monster hit. It was almost enough to make you forget about just how terrible The Phantom […]

Jurassic World trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth team react… Released upon the world yesterday (a couple of days early no less!), we finally got our first look at Jurassic World. But what did our the Flickering Myth writing and editorial staff think of it? Kris Wall: Dinosaurs and Chris Pratt – SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY. I’m more […]

More Old Films Back at the Cinema Please

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Tom Jolliffe hopes there’s an increased willingness to re-release old films at the cinema… As we step out of lock-down and cinemas around the world re-open, we’re in a period where damage assessment is required. After all, for three months in the US, UK and China, some of the biggest world wide markets, audiences have […]

10 Essential Creature Features

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Tom Jolliffe offers up 10 essential creature features… Who doesn’t love a good old creature feature? They still seem to be immensely popular, with recent reboots for the Jurassic Park and Godzilla franchises. That popularity in fact has been booming in the Asian markets in particular (whilst some of the recent big monster films have […]

Modern Mainstream Film: Passable and Disposable?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at modern mainstream cinema. Is it being led by disposable content over long-standing legacy?  The pace at which the world evolves can be frightening sometimes. You blink, suddenly you look around and you’re 40, you’ve got a house, wife, kid and you make groaning noises when you bend down to pick something […]

First footage from Jurassic World in trailer tease

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With the trailer set to arrive this coming Thursday, Universal Pictures has given us our first glimpse at footage from Jurassic World with a short teaser informing us that the park is open… Jurassic World is set for release on June 12th 2015, with Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) directing a cast that includes stars […]

J.A. Bayona confirms Jurassic World trilogy

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With Jurassic World proving to be a mega-hit at the box office, grossing a whopping $1.67 billion worldwide, Universal Pictures wasted little time in announcing a sequel, set for release in 2018. However, with director Colin Trevorrow signing on for Star Wars: Episode XI, J.A. Bayona (The Impossible) is taking over the reins for the […]

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous goes interactive with trailer for Hidden Adventure special

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DreamWorks and Netflix has released a trailer, poster and images for the interactive special Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Hidden Adventure. Set between the second and third seasons of the award-winning series, the standalone animated adventure gives viewers the power to decide the fate of the young campers as they explore Isla Nublar in search of […]

Exclusive Jurassic World Dominion featurette showcases the characters we love

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Coinciding with its home entertainment release and arrival on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray next week, we have an exclusive featurette for Jurassic World Dominion which sees director Colin Trevorrow and his cast discussing the blockbuster sequel and the bringing together of beloved characters from both the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World trilogies. Watch the […]