Tom Beasley taps his toes and sings along merrily with ten of the best movie musicals of the decade… The musical is one of the most unusual genres in Hollywood. In the early days of the “talkies”, much of the studio system ran on these movies. They were the oxygen keeping the film business afloat. […]
4 Great Films About Hollywood (That Aren’t Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood)
Graeme Robertson with four great films about Hollywood (that aren’t Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood)… Quentin Tarantino is back in our cinemas with his latest cinematic opus Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, his love letter to the Hollywood of the 1960s in all its glitzy, reference heavy and presumably (this is Tarantino after […]
When Will the Oscars Get It Right?
Olly Krizan on the Oscars… While we’re warming our winter woes with the glitz and glamour of awards season, The Academy are having yet another nightmare of a year. This time around they’ve decided to get ahead of the game by airing these issues before the ceremony has even taken place. From what I can […]
Exclusive Interview – Composer Justin Hurwitz reveals the secrets of the First Man score
With First Man out now on DVD and Blu-ray, Sean Wilson talks to its award-winning composer Justin Hurwitz about capturing the outer-space sound of the Neil Armstrong drama… What does it take to transport audiences into the gulf of space? Composer Justin Hurwitz knows – his latest collaboration with Oscar-winning La La Land director Damien […]
The Oscars: Does the Academy know better than the fans?
George Chrysostomou on the Academy Awards… The yearly debate has reared its head again as to whether the Oscars truly capture the feelings that audiences had towards films in 2017. Whilst there is always the ongoing issue of the ever increasing divide between fans and the critics, as evidenced by recent pickings such as Star Wars: […]
Top Ten Best Romances and Rom-Coms to watch this Valentine’s Day
Sade Green with the top ten best romances and rom-coms to watch this Valentine’s Day… Feeling all loved up this Valentine’s Day? Looking for the perfect romance to finish your day with a loved one? Well look no further because the writers at Flickering Myth have been voting on our absolute favourite romance and romantic-comedy […]
The Essential Ryan Gosling Films
Continuing in the build up to Blade Runner 2049 [read our review here], Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the essential Ryan Gosling… In the past decade, Ryan Gosling has seen something of a transformation. He’s developed into an actor who can be relied upon to deliver a note worthy performance. He’s gone from being […]
Flickering Myth Podcast #72.5 – Top 5 Movies of 2017 So Far…
Subscribe on iTunes. Support Flickering Myth, buy a t-shirt. Email in your questions: oli@flickeringmyth.com Join Oli and Luke in this week’s Flickering Myth Podcast special, where they count down their favourite, and very different, Top 5 Movies of 2017 So Far… Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday. Listen to the post on Acast, follow us on Stitcher or […]
Franchises Aren’t Killing Hollywood, Bad Movies Are
This week Neil Calloway wants Hollywood to stop blaming franchises for bad box office returns… Recently the Los Angeles Times reported that this summer’s US box office could be the lowest in a decade. This might seem like terrible news, but given that films are expected to earn $4 billion during the summer months it’s […]
The Week in Movies – Beauty and the Beast reviewed! New Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer, Oscar mix-ups and more…
The Week in Movies discusses the last seven days in cinema, including Beauty and the Beast reviews, a new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer, Oscar mix-ups and more… The Week in Movies is an excerpt from the weekly Flickering Myth Super Newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox every Sunday. […]