Flickering Myth’s writing team present our top ten movies of 2015… As 2015 draws to a close, the writing team here at Flickering Myth have been voting on our favourite movies from the past twelve months. As always, each of our writers produces their own individual list, which we then use to calculate our overall […]
The Martian opens to $100 million worldwide
He may be lost on a planet on his own, but thousands went in their droves to see Matt Damon in Ridley Scott’s The Martian. The film opened to $55 million domestically, averaging around $14k per screen. While it is a fantastic opening, it’s sadly just short of the record made by Gravity in this spot […]
The Golden Globes are absolutely useless in predicting Oscars success
Tom Beasley argues that the Golden Globes do not deserve their position as a major awards ceremony and Oscars precursor… The film world briefly lit up with awards excitement earlier today with the announcement of the nominations for the 2018 Golden Globes. It was Guillermo del Toro’s warm and wildly enjoyable fantasy romance The Shape […]
Hotel Transylvania 2 holds onto top spot at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 23rd October to Sunday 25th October 2015… Sony Animation’s sequel Hotel Transylvania 2 held on to top spot at the UK box office for the second week in a row with £2.28 million – although its reign will be short-lived, with Spectre pulling […]
We Need To Talk About Ridley: The essential problem with the new Alien movie
Is it best when Ridley Scott is tethered to a well-constructed source? On the basis of his new Alien movie, Sean Wilson thinks this could well be the case… There’s a lot to admire about Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott’s gore-strewn return to the sci-fi horror franchise he kickstarted back in 1979. As a piece of […]
10 Golden Globe Best Musical or Comedy nominations that aren’t musicals or comedies
Scott J. Davis looks at the always dubious Best Musical or Comedy from the Golden Globes… Last night, Hollywood’s best and brightest gathered for the Golden Globes, the main precursor before the Academy Awards next month. The strangest award of the night went to ridley Scott’s The Martian, which bizarrely walked away with the award […]
Hotel Transylvania 2 tops the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th October to Sunday 18th October 2015… The UK box office chart received a shakeup this past weekend with five new entries all cracking the top ten, the best of which was Hotel Transylvania 2, with the Sony animated sequel pulling in a […]
Jessica Chastain’s Rise to Oscar Nominee and Blockbuster Star
Sara Hemrajani on the rise of Jessica Chastain… In the past five years, Jessica Chastain has gone from unknown actress to established talent. The Californian famously embraces all genres, from a modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus to spy thriller The Debt to elaborate costume horror Crimson Peak, to name but a few. With the release […]
Nominations for the 2016 PGA Awards announced
The Producer’s Guild of America has announced that The Big Short, Bridge Of Spies, Brooklyn, Ex Machina, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Sicario, Spotlight and Straight Outta Compton will contest the 2015 Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures at the 2016 PGA Awards. Traditionally, the majority of PGA […]
And the winners of the 73rd Golden Globes are…
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association never ceases to surprise and go against the grain. Only a select few categories in film lined up with the predictions of professional analysts, while all of television was completely out of left field. That’s not to say anything here isn’t well deserved. Except for The Martian anyway, which was […]
