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Netflix vs Disney+ vs HBO Max: The State of the Streaming War | Flickering Myth TV

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With Disney+ and HBO Max entering the arena in recent months and NBCUniversal’s Peacock about to launch its own challenge to the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime, it seems safe to assume that the battle to become the best streaming service will not be ending any time soon. In this episode of Flickering Myth […]

The DC TV Shows We’d Like to See | Flickering Myth TV

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We’re in somewhat of a Golden Age for DC TV at present, with the likes of The CW, DC Universe and soon HBO Max serving up a host of shows over the past few years including the likes of Arrow, Gotham, The Flash, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, Titans, Doom Patrol, Pennyworth, Batwoman, […]

Four Director’s Cuts We’d Like To See

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Following on from the news that Zack Snyder’s Justice League is coming to HBO Max in 2021, Anghus Houvouras picks four director’s cuts he’d like to see… The idea of a Director’s Cut or ‘Extended Cut’ isn’t necessarily new. There was a time when letting the director back into the editing booth to take another […]

The Dark Universe That Never Was: A Short History of Universal’s Failed Monster Franchise

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EJ Moreno on the short history of Universal’s Dark Universe… Join our host EJ Moreno as he ventures back to 2017 to figure out what happened to the Dark Universe. Universal Pictures had a short-lived plan to create a cinematic universe, a la the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it didn’t last more than a year. […]

I Kind Of Love Batman Forever

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Anghus Houvouras on why he kind of loves Batman Forever… It was 25 years ago that the third modern Batman movie was released. An uncertain time for the character who just six years earlier had revolutionized the modern blockbuster, helped launch the modern age of comic book adaptations, and made an untold millions for Warner […]

Why does Spider-Man have to be black?

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Anghus Houvouras on the casting of the new Spider-Man… The notion of diversity in the superhero world isn’t nearly as black and white as some would have you believe. From the very moment we learned Sony got wise and agreed to share Spider-Man with Marvel, finally placing everyone’s favorite wall-crawler into the shared Marvel Cinematic […]

The Five Best Video Game Movies Ever!

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EJ Moreno on the best video game to movie adaptations… Crafting a good video game to movie adaptation is no easy task. Countless films have tried, and many have failed to live up to hype or expectations. Even if the film is solid, this movie sub-genre rarely gets the love of its peers like comic […]

Fan Casting Disney’s Live-Action Hercules Remake

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EJ Moreno on his picks to play roles in Disney’s Hercules remake… Disney is moving forward with a live-action remake of its iconic 1997 animated film Hercules, with Avengers: Endgame’s Russo Brothers in the producer’s chair and Dave Callaham, the writer of the upcoming Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and […]

The 1970s – The Best Era In Cinema History?

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Tom Jolliffe on the 1970s and why it is the best era in cinema history… There will always be a great deal of debate about the best era for cinema. For my two cents I’ll say with a great deal of assurance that the best period in cinema history was the 1970’s. There was most […]