Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

Quality Isn’t Subjective. A Film Is Good Or It Is Not

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Samuel Brace argues that quality isn’t subjective… Many things in life are up for debate. Many things can be interpreted and argued over. Everyone is different; everyone is a product of their own environment, dictated to by their personal tastes. Things like our favourite foods, favourite actors, favourite sports, books, music and yes, films, are […]

Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #3

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Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #3… An uneasy peace between Optimus Prime and the newly arrived Junkions is threatened by Soundwave’s discovery within their massive ship… Optimus Prime #3 was another relatively quiet issue, but that still didn’t stop it from being a good one. It continued to build the tension between Optimus, Earth and […]

D.J. Caruso’s G.I. Joe 3 would have crossed over with Transformers

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Before he was brought on to direct xXx: Return of Xander Cage, D.J. Caruso was tapped to helm a third G.I. Joe film for Paramount Pictures. While that project ultimately failed to materialise, Caruso has revealed in an interview with Collider that the third film was originally going to set up a shared universe with Michael Bay’s Transformers franchise, leading to […]

Beast Wars’ Dinobot joins Transformers: Forged to Fight

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Kabam! has announced the latest addition to Transformers: Forged to Fight, with Transformers: Beast Wars’ Dinobot joining the action! Honor and Glory are the only two things worth dying for, a belief truly befitting this fierce Predacon turned Maximal warrior. But don’t be fooled by the harsh exterior, the spark of a hero lies within […]

Kabam rolls out V4.0 update for Transformers: Forged to Fight

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Kabam has today announced the release of the all-new V4.0 update for its popular mobile game Transformers: Forged to Fight, which includes the brand new Act 3, Chapter 3 story, 10 new masteries, and other features, improvements and fixes. Here’s the full update notes… Act 3, Chapter 3 is now unlocked! Megatron’s rise to power […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: Till All Are One #6

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Till All Are One #6… A wave of undead TITANS has touched down on CYBERTRON! Even with the help of the massive METROPLEX, WINDBLADE and STARSCREAM can only hold them off for so long. They need help from Elita-1—and they’re going to get it whether she agrees or not. The fate […]

National Toy Hall of Fame announces finalists for Class of 2016

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The Strong has announced this year’s finalists for induction into the National Toy Hall of Fame, with the contenders including Care Bears, Clue, Dungeons & Dragons, Fisher-Price Little People, Nerf, Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, Transformers and Uno, along with bubble wrap, pinball and swings. Only two or three of the above will make their way into […]

Trends and the Lack of Originality in Hollywood

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Eric Bay-Andersen on trends and the lack of originality in Hollywood… At the beginning of this year I went to the cinema and saw a preview of all the big films coming out in 2016, and it really depressed me because almost every upcoming ‘event’ film was a sequel, a re-boot, or a prequel to […]

Michael Bay responds to Transformers: The Last Knight’s Blenheim Palace Nazi controversy

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Transformers: The Last Knight caused some controversy this past week, with the production decorating Blenheim Palace – the birthplace of Winston Churchill – with Nazi swastikas to shoot scenes featuring German tanks and extras dressed as Nazi soldiers. As you might expect this upset a few people, with some veterans expressing their disgust at what […]

Mini-Dinobots to feature in Transformers: The Last Knight

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We already know that Michael Bay is throwing Merlin and Nazis into the mix for Transformers: The Last Knight, and now we can add the Dinobots to the list, with Mark Wahlberg revealing during a Facebook chat that Grimlock and company will be returning for the fifth instalment of the franchise, along with the new Mini-Dinobots. […]