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From Duel to Joy Ride: The DNA of John Hyams’ Alone

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look at John Hyams’ latest film Alone, and delves into its DNA… In 2012, director John Hyams delivered a hell of a surprise package. It was his second film in a franchise that he took into wild (and occasionally divisive) avenues. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning was near visionary in scraping […]

Great Directors and Their Forgotten Gems

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the forgotten gems that most great directors have… If you think of many great directors you cast your mind to their career highlights. Those iconic films. Many of these directors become largely defined by one or two films in particular (sometimes more). Additionally occasionally you might also remember those films that […]

HBO Max is rebooting Tiny Toon Adventures with Steven Spielberg and Amblin

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With Animaniacs set to return this month courtesy of HBO Max, Deadline is reporting that the streamer is set to bring back another of Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Entertainment’s beloved animated series with a reboot of Tiny Toon Adventures entitled Tiny Toons Looniversity. According to the trade, the new series will “follow the characters’ […]

Cary Joji Fukunaga to direct Spielberg and Hanks’ WWII series Masters of the Air

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Way back in 2013 it was announced that Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks were looking to follow their acclaimed TV dramas Band of Brothers and The Pacific with a third World War II series entitled Masters of the Air. The project was originally intended for HBO but sat languishing in development hell until last year […]

Steven Spielberg advised Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous not to be “kiddy”

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With just one day to go until the release of Netflix’s Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous animated series, showrunner Scott Kreamer revealed the advice he received from the man who helped make the Jurassic Park franchise as famous as it is today, director Steven Spielberg. In an interview with i09, Kreamer said Spielberg advised him not to make the series […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Jaws (1975)

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Jaws, 1975. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfus, Lorraine Gary, and Murray Hamilton. SYNOPSIS: Jaws arrives on 4K disc looking and sounding as close to its theatrical glory as you can get on home video these days. The sound and picture are top-notch, and while Universal didn’t include anything new […]

The Greatest Director of All Time?

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Tom Jolliffe ponders the question: who is the greatest director of all time? One of the toughest of tough film related questions. Who is the greatest director ever? Think over all the icons throughout history. There have been countless, many who crossed from silent to sound, such as Fritz Lang, Carl Theodore Dreyer, D.W Griffith […]

Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds arriving on 4K Ultra HD for 15th anniversary

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Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds is celebrating its upcoming 15th anniversary with a brand new 4K Ultra HD release on 19th May 2020. SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon US or Amazon UK War of the Worlds follows an American dockworker who is forced to look after his children, from whom he lives separately, as […]

Steven Spielberg’s Jaws to receive 45th anniversary 4K Ultra HD release

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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that Steven Spielberg’s classic 1975 blockbuster Jaws is set for a 4K Ultra HD release on June 2nd in celebration of its 45th anniversary; check out the cover artwork and bonus features below… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon US or Amazon UK In 1975, acclaimed director Steven Spielberg […]