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BAFTAs 2019: Roma won the top prize, but Olivia Colman won our hearts

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Tom Beasley was at the glamorous BAFTAs ceremony last night on behalf of Flickering Myth. Here, he shares his take on the evening, the awards and that excruciating opening monologue… There were a lot of winners at the BAFTAs last night. Rami Malek cemented himself as the Best Actor frontrunner for the Oscars, The Favourite […]

Rami Malek says he “was not aware of” Bryan Singer allegations before Bohemian Rhapsody

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Bryan Singer is back in the headlines this week, and it’s got nothing to do with the fact that his latest movie Bohemian Rhapsody picked up five nominations at the Oscars including Best Picture, but rather a fresh wave of allegations about sexual assault and misconduct. The allegations are sure to have put the dampeners […]

Bohemian Rhapsody’s Rami Malek was apparently wanted for Bond 25 villain

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After its director shake-up earlier this year, the cast of Bond 25 is coming together with the recent news that Lea Seydoux (Madeleine Swann), Ben Whishaw (Q), Ralph Fiennes (M) and Naomie Harris (Moneypenny) are set to return alongside Daniel Craig’s 007. As yet, there’s been no official word on casting for the film’s villain(s), […]

Sugar Coating Hollywood-Style

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Tom Jolliffe on when real life stories are sugar coated in film… A good biopic can be fascinating. There are characters, through TV and print media, biographies, documentaries and more, that we learn the most fascinating things about. Documentaries of course have the goal of showing us (when done right) both sides of a personality, […]

Second Opinion – Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

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Bohemian Rhapsody, 2018. Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Joseph Mazello, Ben Hardy, Gwilym Lee, Tom Hollander, Aiden Gillen, Allen Leech, Aaron McCusker and Mike Myers. SYNOPSIS: A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen’s legendary appearance at the Live Aid (1985) concert. How do you make a biopic of Freddie […]

Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody gets a final trailer

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Coinciding with its UK release, and just a week to go until it arrives in US cinemas, the final trailer has been revealed for 20th Century Fox’s Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody which you can watch here… SEE ALSO: Read our ★★★★ review of Bohemian Rhapsody here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNmvq3DlvyY Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, […]

Movie Review – Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

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Bohemian Rhapsody, 2018. Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Lucy Boynton, Aidan Gillen. Tom Hollander, Allen Leech, Aaron McCusker, Dermot Murphy, Meneka Das, Ace Bhatti, Dickie Beau, Neil Fox-Roberts, Philip Andrew, Matthew Houston, Michelle Duncan, Max Bennett, Adam Rauf, Scott Morrison Watson, and Mike Myers. SYNOPSIS: A chronicle […]

Bohemian Rhapsody gets an IMAX poster

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We’re a week away from the release of the Freddie Mercury and Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, and 20th Century Fox has now released a new poster for the film’s IMAX release depicting Mercury’s legendary performance at Wembley Stadium. Check it out here…. SEE ALSO: Queen will rock you in new Bohemian Rhapsody clip SEE ALSO: Bohemian Rhapsody […]

Bohemian Rhapsody TV spots showcase Queen’s greatest hits

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With the release of Bohemian Rhapsody fast approaching, 20th Century Fox has unveiled a selection of new TV spots for the Freddie Mercury biopic which showcase some of Queen’s greatest hits in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘Another One Bites the Dust’ and ‘Somebody to Love’. Check them out here, or watch them over […]