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The Films That Help Explain The US Election

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This week, Neil Calloway looks at films that deal with political campaigns… Unless you’ve been living away from society, disconnected from any news source for the past eighteen months, you’ll be aware that there is a US Presidential Election this week. It’s been a hard fought, bitter campaign with serious allegations thrown at each candidate […]

Seven NES Games That Are Often Overlooked

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Jordan Jones lists seven NES titles you may have missed… When I was very young, one of my weekend traditions was going to the family-owned video store down the street to rent a game for my NES. I would spend upwards of an hour deciding which of the countless games lining the store walls would […]

Why won’t Marvel take their heroes seriously?

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Anghus Houvouras asks why Marvel won’t take their heroes seriously… Humor as a defense mechanism. It’s something that used to be reserved for certain characters in comic books and comic book movies. Robert Downey Jr. took inspiration for Mark Millar’s legendary Ultimates series and made Tony Stark a guy who didn’t take life too seriously. This […]

The Week in Star Wars – Update on Rogue One not opening with the crawl, Han Solo will “break some rules” and more

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars has a some details of what we can expect from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the Han Solo anthology movie and more… With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story just over a month away, director Gareth Edwards has been telling us about what we […]

The Week in Spandex – Doctor Strange box office, Wonder Woman trailer and reshoots, The Batman rumoured to have “serious problems”, The Flash loses another director

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Doctor Strange, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Inhumans, Captain America: Civil War, Ant-Man and the Wasp, The Defenders, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Big Hero 6: The Series, Deadpool 2, Logan, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Justice League, The Batman, Suicide Squad, The Batman, The LEGO Batman […]

Interview: Joe Carnahan talks adapting Uncharted for the big screen and his excitement for Bad Boys 3

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Luke Owen speaks with Bad Boys 3 director and Uncharted writer Joe Carnahan… Organising time with Joe Carnahan was harder than both of us had intended. Both parties were excited to talk, but time differences, bad mobile connections and Carnahan’s insane schedule caused some minor delays. Not only is Carnahan prepping to direct Bad Boys […]

New Wonder Woman trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth team react to the latest trailer for Wonder Woman… SEE ALSO: Read the Flickering Myth Reactions to Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2, Logan Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Assassin’s Creed, Power Rangers and more We got the teaser trailer for Wonder Woman at this year’s San Diego Comic Con [watch […]

The Five Best Moments from The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 2 – ‘The Well’

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Ben Robins with the five best moments from the second episode of The Walking Dead season 7… Well, if you’re somehow still breathing after last week’s emotional purge, The Walking Dead very much gets back to business as usual with episode 2, devoting the whole thing to Carol, Morgan and a whole bunch of much-needed […]

Exclusive Interviews: Gavin O’Connor and Cynthia Addai-Robinson discuss The Accountant

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With The Accountant opening in UK cinemas this coming Friday, Flickering Myth’s Amon Warmann caught up with director Gavin O’Connor and actress Cynthia Addai-Robinson at the UK press junket to discuss the film; take a look at the interviews here, or head on over to our YouTube channel… SEE ALSO: Read our review of The […]