A career slump is often impossible to escape from but sometimes, just sometimes, a performer gets a shot and delivers a comeback performance that puts them back in the spotlight… Hollywood is a fickle place. One minute you can be hot and the next not. Whether it’s a run-of-flops or the wrong kind of infamy, […]
Requiem for a Dream coming to 4K Ultra HD in the UK this month
Lionsgate has announced that it is bringing Darren Aronofsky’s acclaimed psychological drama Requiem for a Dream to 4K Ultra HD in the UK this month in celebration of its 20th anniversary. Aronofsky’s second film after his 1997 debut Pi, Requiem for a Dream stars Jared Leto (Suicide Squad), Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist), Jennifer Connelly (A […]
Revisiting the Cinematic Landscape of 2000
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back 20 years to the film offerings of 2000… I’ve got news for people older than 30. The year 2000 wasn’t a couple of years ago. Colour me quite shocked but apparently it’s not 2004? When did this happen? It is in fact 2020. This means people born this century […]
The Essential Jared Leto Films
Tom Jolliffe looks at the essential Jared Leto films… Concluding our build up to Blade Runner 2049 with a series of essentials on the principal cast, we finish with Jared Leto. A musician/actor who seems to have been around for a while now, ageless and when perusing his CV you will find that he’s not […]
Why Music In Films Matters
Neil Calloway argues that soundtracks and scores can make or break films… This week, Flickering Myth’s own Oli Davis made the persuasive case that Suicide Squad‘s various cuts could be seen in the music they used; with David Ayer’s original version using different styles of music to the final cut by Trailer Park. There was […]
