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Michael Keaton’s Batman Returns for Flashpoint | Flickering Myth TV

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EJ and Allen on the shocking return of Michael Keaton as Batman… The news that Michael Keaton might return to the role of Batman sent shockwaves through the Internet. Keaton will reportedly return as the role he originated in Batman 1989 and Batman Returns for the Warner Bros. and DC Films’ The Flash movie starring […]

In Over Your Head, Coen Style

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Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the Coen Brothers finest films, often seeing protagonists in a situation that gets increasingly out of their control… The plan seems simple. The quest, on paper, should be easy. Nothing could go wrong. In film terms, a lack of complication is a drama killer of course. In film terms, […]

More Than Batnipples: The Cinematic Legacy of Joel Schumacher

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the career of the late Joel Schumacher, whose great work has been disappointingly overshadowed by Batman… For many film fans, Joel Schumacher has had an impact. For better or worse, his work in the world of Gotham has become iconic for reasons of irony or antipathy. The trouble is, we now […]

Six Things You Might Not Know About Tim Burton’s Batman

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Today marks the 31st anniversary of Tim Burton’s Batman (or Batman ’89 as it’s known nowadays). It was a movie that changed the landscape of comic book movies, broke the mould that came before it and wrote the blueprint for how to market a summer blockbuster. To celebrate this occasion (and the news that Michael […]

A Tale of Dungeons & Dragons

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Calum Petrie with a tale of Dungeons & Dragons… In this day and age, we are filled with so many different types of entertainment (this site alone covers a massive amount of pop/geek culture) that we have allowed our imaginations to dwindle and let comics, film, TV and video games to fill in the gaps […]

Can John Travolta pull a Nicolas Cage?

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look at John Travolta, whose recent filmography has largely mirrored the same level as Nicolas Cage, bar the instant cult high points… John Travolta become an instant icon over 40 years ago, starring in the smash hit films Saturday Night Fever and Grease. They’re iconic films, with even more iconic songs. […]

Ian Holm: A Master of the Craft

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at the work of Ian Holm, who sadly passed away this week… There are some actors who elevate everything they do. Even if they become a specialist in supporting roles, popping up in roles, which in lesser hands would be forgotten quickly. Not so with Holm. In a career which began […]

Nightmarish Cinema: When Filmmakers Tap Into Our Nightmares

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Tom Jolliffe on turning nightmares into cinema, and the most nightmarish film ever made… Nightmares are a powerful thing. Whether it’s teeth falling out, falling, drowning or being chased by a persistent foe, there are some specific nightmares common among many of us. Most of us have probably had that dream of trying to run […]

Silent Trigger: Straight-to-Video Arthouse Action

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Tom Jolliffe looks at an interesting entry into mid-90’s, straight to video action as Dolph Lundgren plays a haunted assassin in Silent Trigger… By the time action titan, Dolph Lundgren had reached the middle of the 90’s, he’d become pretty much established as a video specialist. Though he’d make an appearance in the Keanu Reeves […]