Marvelous Videos recommends 10 underrated entries in the action-horror genre… It’s very hard to combine action with horror. Horror is about scaring audiences with a threat while action is about taking down said threats- how can something be terrifying if it can ultimately be gunned down? This is the line that many writers and directors […]
Second Generation Directors: The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at directors following in their parents’ footsteps… Undoubtedly the influence of your parents plays a big part in shaping you as a person. In the almost surreal world of cinema and movie-making, there will be a kind of magical allure at the power a film director can wield. Offspring of […]
Now Is The Time for Indie Films To Strike
Tom Jolliffe looks at a pre-Covid rise in popularity for independent films, and a big upcoming push for content going forward… Slowly but surely, changes were afoot this time last year. It had been a progressive rise for a few years. Cinema was still monopolised by the mega budget blockbusters. In particular, Disney and every […]
What Makes a Great Horror Concept?
Tom Jolliffe on what makes a great horror concept… No doubt many film fans will be having a particular focus on the horror genre right as we work our way to Halloween. The genre is loaded with the great, and the not so great (and everything in between). The key to horror has always been […]
18 Horror Movies From the Past Decade That You Might Have Missed
Hasitha Fernando with a selection of horrors from the past decade that you may have missed… Horror films are a dime-a-dozen, but really good ones? Now that’s a rare commodity. As always some of these good horror films have a tendency of flying under the radar of audiences due to them being indie-films with limited […]
Ten Essential Films of the 2010s
Tom Jolliffe offers 10 essential films from the past decade… As a miserablist of impending middle age, I’ve often joked with friends my age (and perhaps with a demi-truth belief) that music died in 1994. On the subject of cinema, I’ve increasingly found in opining (the increasingly difficult task of selecting personal favourites, or creating […]
The Nicolas Cage Castings Just Keep Getting Better
Tom Jolliffe on some of the recent characters Nicolas Cage has been tasked with playing (including himself and now Joe Exotic)… It’s been a couple of months now. We’ve all seen Tiger King right? Good. Well, this only in America tale of exotic animals, cults, murder plots, murder cover ups (potentially) and everything in between […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 31 – Mandy (2018)
Mandy, 2018. Directed by Panos Cosmatos. Starring Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Bill Duke, and Richard Brake. SYNOPSIS: The happy lives of Red and his girlfriend Mandy are ruined by the arrival of a sinister cult leader and his deranged minions, forcing Red into a surreal and increasingly bloody quest for revenge. HAPPY HALLOWEEN […]
Why Cinema Needs Nicolas Cage Cranked Up to 11
Tom Jolliffe on why Nicolas Cage at his wildest is a gift to cinema… To say Nic Cage is a divisive character would be quite the understatement. Likewise, as an actor. You could say, with great understatement, that he’s an oddball. As an actor, you could also say he tends to be most known for […]
Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2018
Flickering Myth’s writing team present our top ten movies of 2018… As 2018 draws to a close, the writers here at Flickering Myth have been looking back over another twelve months of cinema to vote on our favourite movies of the year. As always, our writers have shared their personal top ten picks, which we’ve […]