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Films about Film

March 8, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe takes a look at films about film… The magic of cinema. A wonderful escape from the rigours of modern life, or a microscope onto the worst issues we might face. Escapism, realism, thrills or dramatic truth, whatever your desire, is covered. The very process in making film is also in equal measures magical, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 8 1/2, Barton Fink, Be Kind Rewind, Cinema Paradiso, Ed Wood, Peeping Tom, Son of Rambow, The Disaster Artist, The Player, Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Where Art Thou? A look at 2018’s forgotten Oscar contenders

February 26, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

Matt Rodgers on 2018’s forgotten Oscar contenders… As Jimmy Kimmel steps out onto the Dolby Theatre stage to deliver his introduction to the 90th Academy Awards, spare a thought for those who still have their pre-ordered tuxedo hanging in the closet, or that dress they’d practiced the red carpet walk in still tagged for return, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, Matt Rodgers, Movies Tagged With: Academy Awards, battle of the sexes, Detroit, Emma Stone, Oscars, Personal Shopper, The Disaster Artist

Oscars 2018: Predicting the nominations in the main categories

January 22, 2018 by Tom Beasley

Tom Beasley takes a shot at predicting the final shortlists for the Academy Awards… The Academy will release their shortlists for the Oscars tomorrow, lighting the touchpaper on the final furlong of the awards season race. These nominations are the holy grail of the awards season calendar and being chosen will ensure the great and […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, Movies, Tom Beasley Tagged With: Allison Janney, Darkest Hour, Frances McDormand, Gary Oldman, Get Out, greta gerwig, Jordan Peele, Lady Bird, Oscars, Oscars 2018, sam rockwell, The Disaster Artist, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

This is what Tommy Wiseau wanted to say on stage at The Golden Globes

January 10, 2018 by Jordan Jones

Following the 2018 Golden Globes, you may have noticed a bit of an uproar on social media regarding the way James Franco handled his acceptance speech for The Disaster Artist. You see, the actual, mythical Tommy Wiseau joined Franco onstage as he accepted his award for Best Actor in a Comedy, or Musical, and decided […]

Filed Under: Awards Season, Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globes, James Franco, The Disaster Artist, the room, tommy wiseau

Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2017

December 31, 2017 by Amie Cranswick

Flickering Myth’s writing team present our top ten movies of 2017… With 2017 drawing to a close in just a few hours, the writers here at Flickering Myth have been voting on our favourite films of the past twelve months, in order to present our top ten movies of the year. As with previous years, […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Gary Collinson, Movies Tagged With: Baby Driver, Blade Runner 2049, Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, Get Out, Logan, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Disaster Artist, War for the Planet of the Apes

Tommy Wiseau’s The Room to receive a wide theatrical release in the U.S.

December 19, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Get your plastic spoons ready, as fresh from the success of James Franco’s critical and commercial hit The Disaster Artist, it has been announced that Franco’s inspiration – The Room – is set for a wide theatrical release in the U.S. THR has revealed that Fathom Events is set to bring Tommy Wiseau’s cult classic to […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Greg Sestero, The Disaster Artist, the room, tommy wiseau

Test audiences for The Disaster Artist refused to believe the film was based on a true story

December 14, 2017 by Jordan Jones

Oh hi readers. Did you know that test audiences for James Franco’s The Disaster Artist refused to believe that the film was based on a true story? In an interview with SlashFilm, The Disaster Artist co-screenwriter Scott Neustadter reveals that some test audience members thought the films story was entirely fictional: “It’s funny, because when we were testing […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: James Franco, The Disaster Artist, the room, tommy wiseau

As The Last Jedi looms, Coco wins the box office and The Disaster Artist excels

December 10, 2017 by Matt Rodgers

Joining an illustrious list of movies that have topped the US box-office for three straight weekends in 2017 (Split, The Fate of the Furious, and The Hitman’s Bodyguard), Disney-Pixar’s Coco managed one final week at the summit, before a certain little independent movie about disgruntled family members waving around glowsticks attempts to break records. That movie […]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: Coco, Justice League, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Disaster Artist, Wonder

Second Opinion – The Disaster Artist (2017)

November 29, 2017 by Freda Cooper

The Disaster Artist, 2017. Directed by James Franco. Starring  Dave Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Alison Brie, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, Josh Hutcherson, Sharon Stone, Ari Graynor, Dylan Minnette, Jacki Weaver, Megan Mullally, Eliza Coupe, Jason Mantzoukas, Hannibal Buress, Jason Mitchell, Kristen Bell, Bryan Cranston, Jerrod Carmichael, Sugar Lyn Beard, J.J. Abrams, John Early, Lizzy […]

Filed Under: Freda Cooper, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: adam scott, Alison Brie, Angelyne, ari graynor, Bob Odenkirk, Bryan Cranston, Casey Wilson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Dave Franco, Dylan Minnette, Eliza Coupe, Erin Cummings, Greg Sestero, Hannibal Buress, J.J. Abrams, Jacki Weaver, James Franco, Jason Mantzoukas, Jason Mitchell, Jerrod Carmichael, John Early, Josh Hutcherson, Judd Apatow, June Diane Raphael, Kristen Bell, Lizzy Caplan, Megan Mullally, Melanie Griffith, Nathan Fielder, Paul Scheer, Randall Park, Seth Rogan, Seth Rogen, Sharon Stone, Sugar Lyn Beard, The Disaster Artist, Tom Franco, tommy wiseau, Zac Efron, Zach Braff, Zoey Deutch

Movie Review – The Disaster Artist (2017)

November 26, 2017 by Robert Kojder

The Disaster Artist, 2017. Directed by James Franco. Starring Dave Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Alison Brie, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, Josh Hutcherson, Sharon Stone, Ari Graynor, Dylan Minnette, Jacki Weaver, Megan Mullally, Eliza Coupe, Jason Mantzoukas, Hannibal Buress, Jason Mitchell, Kristen Bell, Bryan Cranston, Jerrod Carmichael, Sugar Lyn Beard, J.J. Abrams, John Early, Lizzy […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: adam scott, Alison Brie, Angelyne, ari graynor, Bob Odenkirk, Bryan Cranston, Casey Wilson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Dave Franco, Dylan Minnette, Eliza Coupe, Erin Cummings, Greg Sestero, Hannibal Buress, J.J. Abrams, Jacki Weaver, James Franco, Jason Mantzoukas, Jason Mitchell, Jerrod Carmichael, John Early, Josh Hutcherson, Judd Apatow, June Diane Raphael, Kristen Bell, Lizzy Caplan, Megan Mullally, Melanie Griffith, Nathan Fielder, Paul Scheer, Randall Park, Seth Rogen, Sharon Stone, Sugar Lyn Beard, The Disaster Artist, Tom Franco, tommy wiseau, Zac Efron, Zach Braff, Zoey Deutch

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