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Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Christmas Movies

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their top ten Christmas movies… Christmas is upon us! For many people, feeling festive is all about Christmas films. They can easily transport you back to your childhood, to happier times, to memories with your loved ones. If you’re struggling to choose a film to help induce your festive […]

Why do we repeatedly watch trashy films during the festive season?

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George Chrysostomou on Christmas viewing habits… It feels like finally, the Christmas period has rolled around and the collection of assorted chocolate, wine and badly wrapped presents have begun to collect ready for December 25th. And with this season comes the one thing that most people have in common regardless of your religion, traditions or […]

Star Wars: An Obligation

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Anghus Houvouras on Disney’s Star Wars… Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is finally here and critics have gone ‘knives out’ on the last installment of the most recent Star Wars trilogy (oh sweet irony). The film has officially flopped in China and even the most ardent supporters of the Disney Star Wars saga seem […]

The Princess and the Frog 10 Years On: Does Disney miss hand drawn animation?

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Martin Izzard on Disney’s Princess of the Frog and the shift from hand drawn animation… The closing out of 2019 not only marks the end of a decade but ten years since the release of The Princess and the Frog, an animated movie that was supposed to reignite the studio’s use of hand drawn animation. […]

Christmas films are a bit rubbish – but that’s okay

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Tom Beasley examines the naff world of Christmas cinema, and how little that all matters at the most wonderful time of the year… This is a difficult statement for me to make, but I’m just going to come out with it right up top. A lot of Christmas movies are rubbish. It hurts me to […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer… This week saw the release of the first trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the fourth movie in the Ghostbusters franchise, and a Terminator: Dark Fate-style return to the continuity of the original two movies following the female-fronted 2016 reboot. The new film – […]

This is the Year for More Horror at the Oscars

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EJ Moreno on seeing more horror films at the Oscars… To say the Academy Awards and horror movies have a complicated relationship would be an understatement. Throughout the storied history of the award show, the horror genre has rarely got proper recognition. That’s not saying it never happens, and I do believe some people forget […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Wonder Woman 1984 trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the first trailer for Wonder Woman 1984… During its big panel at Brazil’s Comic Con Experience this past Sunday, Warner Bros. unveiled the first trailer for Wonder Woman 1984, DC Films’ follow-up to its acclaimed 2017 superhero blockbuster, which reunites director Patty Jenkins with stars Gal […]

How the woke self-righteous ‘protectors’ Anna Paquin never asked for undermine her performance in The Irishman

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the controversy surrounding Anna Paquin’s role in The Irishman… As we sit here in an age where voicing an opinion is so simple, we have also witnessed the rise in the self-righteous keyboard warrior, who stands heroically in front of the oppressed (even if said oppressed never asked for it). In […]