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4K Ultra HD Review – The Crow (1994)

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The Crow, 1994. Directed by Alex Proyas. Starring Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis, Bai Ling, and Sofia Shinas. SYNOPSIS: Alex Proyas’s cult classic The Crow makes its way to 4K Ultra HD, sporting a brand new transfer that puts the “noir” in “film noir,” a pair of new bonus features, and a […]

The Crow remake flies from June to August

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Lionsgate has now made a few release-date changes to its schedule, and we’re going to have to wait an extra couple of months for one long-gestating project. As announced, The Crow remake starring Bill Skarsgård will no longer have a June release date, with the studio moving the Rupert Sanders-directed film to August 23rd. With […]

Studios defiantly stick to reboots and sequels but are we bored yet?

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It seems every day a new reboot or sequel is given the green light or drops on the big screen and the streamers. How badly do audiences really want them? In the space of a few weeks, we’ve had Dune 2, a new Ghostbusters film, a Road House reboot, a Beetlejuice sequel teaser, a Happy […]

True Love Never Dies with trailer for The Crow remake

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After years of development and a marketing campaign tinged with early-00s goth vibes, the first full-length trailer for The Crow is finally here. From director Rupert Sanders, the reimagining sees Bill Skarsgård playing the titular hero, known as Eric Draven, as a revenge-bent, unkillable man. FKA Twigs and Danny Huston also co-star alongside Skarsgård in […]

The Crow remake drops teaser ahead of this week’s first trailer

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Are you ready for a bloody and goth time? The Crow is back, and we have our first brief teaser trailer. Bill Skarsgård plays the iconic role of Eric Draven in this modern reimagining of James O’Barr’s original graphic novel. We already got our first glimpse of Skarsgård as The Crow, along with his love […]

10 Essential Films From 1994

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It’s time to go back 30 years to look at 10 essential movies from 1994… If you’re my age then 1994 feels like it was about 10 years ago. Sadly, it was actually 30 years ago and the cinematic offerings of the year were hugely impressive. Whether it was ruminations on life being like a […]

Bill Skarsgård is The Crow in first look at long-gestating remake

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Director Rupert Sanders’ new big-screen take on The Crow is drawing near, and we have finally seen what Bill Skarsgård looks like in the role. Revealed in a new spread by Vanity Fair, the first official look at Skarsgård’s take on the iconic anti-hero Eric Draven is here, and it looks to be a goth […]

The Crow comes to 4K Ultra HD with 30th anniversary release

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Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that the 1994 cult classic The Crow will arrive on 4K Ultra HD this May in celebration of its 30th anniversary; check out the cover artwork and details below…   Originally released on May 13, 1994, THE CROW entranced audiences and critics alike with its gothic aesthetic, breathtaking action, and […]

The 1990s in Comic Book Movies

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the eclectic range of comic book movies brought out in the 1990s… The MCU. The DCU. Modern multiplex cinemas have been packed to the rafters with comic book adaptations for decades now, but in the 1980s, the notion of comic book films being a lucrative well to create marketable movies was […]

Seven Famous Cursed Movie Productions

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Disasters, terrible luck, radiation poisoning and death. We look at some famous cursed film productions… With Flickering Myth’s first foray into movie-making on The Baby in the Basket now underway, we’ve found ourselves faced with a number of problems throughout pre-production as recently covered in our pre-production update. We’ve dealt with unavoidable dropouts, unexpected costs […]