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Minions makes it three weeks in a row at the top of the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 10th to Sunday 12th July 2015… Universal’s animated smash hit Minions made it three weeks in a row at the top of the UK box office chart this past weekend, fending off competition from Ted 2 to retain first place with a £4.15 […]

Colin Trevorrow responds to Joss Whedon’s “sexist” criticism of Jurassic World

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Back in April, Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon took to Twitter to criticise a clip from Universal’s upcoming dino-sequel Jurassic World, calling it ” 70’s era sexist”, and now Jurassic World helmer Colin Trevorrow has finally responded during an interview with Bad Taste, stating that he doesn’t completely disagree with Whedon. “I wasn’t […]

Joss Whedon calls Jurassic World clip “70’s era sexist”

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Earlier this week Universal Pictures released the first clip from Jurassic World, which featured a scene between Chris Pratt’s Owen and Bryce Dallas Howard’s Claire. The scene – which you can watch here – came in for plenty of criticism online, and even Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon has entered the fray, branding […]

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 […]

Flickering Myth Magazine – Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jurassic World, Terminator: Genisys, Ant-Man and more!

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Taking over the YouTube community with the debut episode of The Flickering Myth Movie Show just wasn’t enough for us here at FMHQ (which is like The Baxter Building meets Avengers Tower and the Batcave). So, with that in mind, we’re launching the first issue of Flickering Myth Magazine! Check it out! This first edition […]

Is this the Time for Trailers?

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Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb…  He has become the third co-host of the SlashFilm podcast and now it appears that Jeff Cannata is joining the legion of Star Wars fans who refuse to watch the trailer. He tweeted: “Just to be clear, I love teasers! But Star Wars is different. Would love to […]

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 […]

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 […]