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. […]
David Ayer congratulates makeup and hairstyling team for Suicide Squad Oscar win, new behind-the-scenes image of Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn
There are some things one must get used to in the year 2017, and one of them is referring to Suicide Squad as the Oscar-winning film Suicide Squad. The DC Extended Universe blockbuster won an award last night for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, an accomplishment that saw director David Ayer taking to Twitter to offer his […]
Oscars: And the winners of the 89th Academy Awards are…
Let’s address the elephant in the room: there was Steve Harvey-reminiscent chaos last night during the Best Picture announcement at the Academy Awards as La La Land was somehow announced as receiving the Oscar… only for producer Jordan Horowitz to correct the mistake midway through his acceptance speech when he revealed that Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight […]
The Week in Movies – Wonder Woman plot leaked, The Oscars, what makes a ‘good’ film and more…
The Week in Movies discusses the last seven days in cinema, including Wonder Woman’s plot getting leaked, The Oscars, what makes a ‘good’ film 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. After months and months […]
The Honest Trailer for the Oscars shows us why the Best Picture contenders really got nominated
With the 89th Academy Awards taking place this Sunday, Screen Junkies is showing us why Best Picture contenders Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hidden Figures, Hell or High Water, La La Land, Manchester By The Sea, Lion and Moonlight really got nominated with the Honest Trailer for the 2017 Oscars; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Watch previous Honest […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – Saving Private Ryan for Best Picture over Shakespeare in Love
Graeme Robertson on why Saving Private Ryan should have won Best Picture at the 71st Academy Awards… The Oscar ceremony celebrating the best that 1998 had to offer is something an embarrassment looking back. While many were deserving of the awards they received, such as the legendary James Coburn (one of my favourite actors) finally winning a […]
James Cameron says the Oscars are biased against mainstream blockbusters
In a recent interview with The Daily Beast, Avatar director James Cameron spoke about the controversy surrounding the divide of Oscar nominations between mainstream blockbuster films and smaller independent productions. “There’s definitely a bias,” said Cameron. “The Academy still has a majority of its members that are actors. Look, I love actors, but that’s how […]
The Week in Movies – La La Land leads Oscar nominations, new Star Wars title revealed and more…
The Week in Movies discusses the last seven days in cinema, including La La Land leading the Oscar nominations, the new Star Wars title being revealed 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. The film world […]
Flickering Myth Podcast #53 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi title review, Justice League is “good”
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 for… SCOOPERHERO NEWS – Justice League and Wonder Woman are apparently pretty good…but the same guy who said that also reckons Ryan Reynolds is up for 2020’s Green Lantern Corps. movie. DC have to […]
We shouldn’t dismiss the Oscars as out of touch
Henry Bevan on why we shouldn’t dismiss the Oscars as out of touch… Yesterday, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the 89th Academy Award nominations. As expected, La La Land led the pack. As expected, there were a few surprises like Amy Adams not being nominated (HOW?!?!). As expected, the nominated movies […]