Simon Thompson looks at ten great director’s cuts that improve on the original theatrical editions… Director’s cuts are a strange beast indeed. Some of them completely enhance or make amends for the initial movie’s strengths and/or short-comings, but others usually add far too much water to a perfectly good beer (cough… Apocalypse Now Redux…cough) and […]
Back to 2001: Ten Essential Movies from Twenty Years Ago
Tom Jolliffe ventures back 20 years to 2001 and offers up 10 essential films from that year… It’s a little bit frightening but 20 years ago we had become well ensconced in the 21st century. The first apocalypse had been averted and we were slowly ambling toward 2012 hoping the Mayans were wrong (spoiler alert, […]
The Balrog from The Lord of the Rings gets the Defo-Real treatment from Star Ace Toys
Sideshow and Star Ace Toys have revealed the Defo-Real Series light-up Balrog vinyl figure from the epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. The collectible comes with a miniature Gandalf figure and is available to pre-order now, priced at $96; take a look at the official promotional images… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order […]
