Sara Hemrajani on Hollywood’s love affair with its Golden Age… Since there’s no business like show business, it’s unsurprising that one of Hollywood’s favourite topics is itself. The recent wave of award nominations for Trumbo, including a best actor Oscar nod for Bryan Cranston, is fresh evidence of the industry’s fascination with the so-called Golden […]
Flickering Myth’s Big, Fat Movie Checklist of 2016
Now that 2015 is over, there are plenty of ‘Best Of’ lists pronouncing the movies you should have seen already. Hell, even we did it at Flickering Myth. But by the end of the year, it’s too late. You suddenly have 50+ films you missed out on to catch up with. Where were the ‘Best Ofs’ as […]
Movie Review – Trumbo (2015)
Trumbo, 2015. Directed by Jay Roach. Starring Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Elle Fanning, Michael Stuhlbarg, John Goodman, Louis C.K, Alan Tudyk, David James Elliott, Dean O’Gorman, Christian Berkel, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Sean Bridgers, and Helen Mirren. SYNOPSIS: In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood’s top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their […]
Flickering Myth Podcast – Episode #152 – 59th BFI London Film Festival Round-Up
The Flickering Myth Podcast gathers its thoughts after another long fortnight in London Town… Scott J. Davis is joined by special guests Kat Kourbeti and Amon Warmann to discuss the 59th BFI London Film Festival and some of the big films to be shown over the fortnight, including Steve Jobs, Room, Black Mass, Brooklyn, High-Rise, […]
New featurette for Trumbo starring Bryan Cranston
Ahead of its US release in two weeks, a new featurette has arrived online for director Jay Roach’s upcoming biopic Trumbo which stars Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) as blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Trumbo The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) comes to a crushing end […]
The Flickering Myth Podcast – 59th BFI London Film Festival – Round-Up #1
The Flickering Myth Podcast reports from the 59th BFI London Film Festival…… Scott J. Davis and Kat Kourbeti are at this year’s 59th BFI London Film Festival, and are here with their first round-up of some of the films screened so far. Carey Mulligan-starrer Suffragette; A Bigger Splash with Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes and Dakota […]
New trailer for Trumbo starring Bryan Cranston
A new trailer has landed online for director Jay Roach’s upcoming biopic Trumbo featuring Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane and Helen Mirren. Check it out the trailer below: The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO tells the […]
New poster for Trumbo starring Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane and Helen Mirren
A new poster has debuted via Empire for director Jay Roach’s upcoming biopic Trumbo featuring Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane and Helen Mirren. Check it out here…. SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Trumbo The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are […]
First Trumbo trailer shows Bryan Cranston as screenwriter Dalton Trumbo
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) stars as blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo in the first trailer for Trumbo, which has hit the web only a few hours after the release of the film’s poster. Watch it down below… Trumbo wrote the scripts for such classics as Spartacus, Roman Holiday and The Brave One, winning Academy Awards for his work on the […]
First poster for Trumbo featuring Bryan Cranston
The first poster has arrived online for Trumbo, director Jay Roach’s upcoming biopic of Dalton Trumbo, starring Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) as the Roman Holiday and Spartacus screenwriter… The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are blacklisted for their political beliefs. […]