• Pop Culture
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Comic Books
    • Video Games
    • Toys & Collectibles
  • Features
    • News
    • Reviews
    • Articles and Opinions
    • Interviews
    • Exclusives
    • FMTV
  • Socials
    • YouTube
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • Flipboard
  • About
    • About Flickering Myth
    • Write for Flickering Myth
    • Advertise on Flickering Myth
  • Terms
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy

Flickering Myth

Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games

  • TRENDING TOPICS:
  • Star Wars
  • Marvel
  • DC
  • Physical Media
  • Write for Us

When Cabin Fever Strikes: The Lighthouse and The Shining Double Bill

March 19, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe delves into the delights of cabin fever and double bills The Lighthouse and The Shining… I do love a double bill. Sometimes it’s pre-planned, like pre-meditated eating of the chocolate in the cupboard. Sometimes it just happens to cross my mind when watching one film, that I can connect it to something else […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Jack Nicholson, Robert Eggers, Robert Pattinson, Shelley Duvall, Stanley Kubrick, The Lighthouse, The Shining, Willem Dafoe

Exclusive Interview – Doctor Sleep composers The Newton Brothers talk Mike Flanagan and The Shining

November 8, 2019 by Sean Wilson

Sean Wilson chats to the composers of  Doctor Sleep, the Newton Brothers, about working with director Mike Flanagan, and following in the footsteps of The Shining… Classic Stanley Kubrick horror The Shining casts a formidable legacy in more ways than one. The filmmaker’s adaptation of Stephen King’s 1977 novel is famously ambiguous (to the extent that the […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Movies, Sean Wilson Tagged With: Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, The Newton Brothers, The Shining

Eyes Wide Shut with podcaster Allen Christian | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #54

November 6, 2019 by Tom Beasley

Eyes Wide Shut

On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, podcaster Allen Christian reveals his love for Stanley Kubrick’s often maligned Eyes Wide Shut… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, Flickering Myth Podcast Network host Allen Christian gets […]

Filed Under: Flickering Myth Podcast Network, Movies, The Pick of the Flicks, Tom Beasley Tagged With: Allen Christian, Eyes Wide Shut, Nicole Kidman, Stanley Kubrick, The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, Tom Cruise

Doctor Sleep director on recreating shots from The Shining

July 1, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Last month brought us the first trailer for Doctor Sleep, Warner Bros.’ upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining, with the trailer featuring a number of flashbacks and nods to the classic Stanley Kubrick film. During an interview with Digital Spy, director Mike Flanagan has revealed that all of the shots from The […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, The Shining

Stanley Kubrick’s God Fearing Man unused script in development as TV miniseries

May 20, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Newly established European production company Media Musketeers has announced that it is teaming with UK producer ForLanFilms to produce a TV miniseries based upon the unused screenplay God Fearing Man from legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. Variety reports that the project is based upon Herbert Emerson Wilson’s book and tells “the true story of a Canadian […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: God Fearing Man, Stanley Kubrick

How To Be Unique In Cinema

September 22, 2018 by Tom Jolliffe

Mandy 2018

Tom Jolliffe delves into what makes a film truly unique… If you’ve watched Captain America, or Spider-Man, or another masked hero, you’ve pretty much seen a variation on the same film. Genres themselves have clearly identifiable tropes and an action film for example, will often adhere to specific action genre calling cards. That doesn’t necessarily […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Black Panther, Hellraiser, Mandy, Nic Cage, Panos Cosmatos, Pulp Fiction, Stalker, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey receiving a 4K restoration release in October

September 13, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced the upcoming 4K Ultra HD release of Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey which is set to arrive on October 29th in the UK and October 30th in North America. For the first time since the original release, new 70mm prints were struck […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick

The era of big stars is over, so are we on the cusp of the era of directors?

August 11, 2018 by George Chrysostomou

George Chrysostomou on whether we’re entering the era of the director… For many a year now, movies have been marketed and sold on the big name stars who appear in them. For a very long time, this method of selling a movie worked. There were periods of time that people would see Sylvester Stallone attached […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, George Chrysostomou, Movies Tagged With: Alfred Hitchcock, Chris Pratt, Christopher Nolan, David Yates, Edgar Wright, James Cameron, James Gunn, Jordan Peele, Michael Bay, Peter Jackson, Peyton Reed, Quentin Tarantino, Ryan Coogler, shane black, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Taika Waititi, Tom Cruise

The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #1 – YA author Robert Muchamore discusses Full Metal Jacket

August 8, 2018 by Tom Beasley

On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite movie. This week, YA author Robert Muchamore stops by to discuss Vietnam War epic Full Metal Jacket… The Pick of the Flicks Podcast is a new weekly audio treat from us at Flickering Myth, in which […]

Filed Under: Flickering Myth Podcast Network, Movies, The Pick of the Flicks, Tom Beasley Tagged With: Full Metal Jacket, Matthew Modine, Podcast, r. lee ermey, Robert Muchamore, Stanley Kubrick, The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, Vincent D'Onofrio

Movie Review – The Shining Extended Cut (1980)

October 30, 2016 by Amie Cranswick

The Shining, 1980. Directed by Stanley Kubrick Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd. SYNOPSIS: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. Stanley Kubrick’s The […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Thomas Nightingale Tagged With: Danny Lloyd, Jack Nicholson, Scatman Crothers, Shelley Duvall, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next Page »

FEATURED POSTS:

Every Major Horror Movie Coming Out In 2023

The Sandler Paradox: Seriously… Adam Sandler Could (and Should) Win an Oscar!

Terrible Remake Ideas: Past, Present, Future

Trending Now

  1. 2023’s Best Picture Nominees, Ranked By Most Likely to Win
  2. Movie Review – So Cold the River (2022)
  3. PM Entertainment and the Art of Rip-offs With Razzmatazz
  4. Movie Review – Candy Land (2022)
  5. British werewolf horror Wolf Garden gets a trailer, poster and images
  6. Darth Vader on Throne Star Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi Legacy Replica statue revealed by Iron Studios
  • Pop Culture
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Comic Books
    • Video Games
    • Toys & Collectibles
  • Features
    • News
    • Reviews
    • Articles and Opinions
    • Interviews
    • Exclusives
    • FMTV
  • Socials
    • YouTube
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • Flipboard
  • About
    • About Flickering Myth
    • Write for Flickering Myth
    • Advertise on Flickering Myth
  • Terms
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy

© Flickering Myth Limited. All rights reserved. The reproduction, modification, distribution, or republication of the content without permission is strictly prohibited. Movie titles, images, etc. are registered trademarks / copyright their respective rights holders. Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If you can read this, you don't need glasses.