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The Man Creating Retro VHS Covers For Your Favourite Films

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Flickering Myth caught up with the man creating retro VHS covers for your favourite films… The digital age is fantastic. High-speed broadband, data burning and e-mail has revolutionised the film industry dramatically. Now, trailers can appear on a Twitter post, full-length films can be downloaded in a matter of minutes and interviews of our favourite […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #15 – The Lords of Midnight

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From one classic to another, we leave Elite and turn to the towards the next game in the Your Sinclair Top 100 and No.#15 is delivered with both a map and patience, for you’re going to need both with Beyond Software’s timeless The Lords of Midnight. Arriving on the ZX Spectrum back in 1984, programmed […]

Not All Sequels Suck

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Helen Murdoch with ten sequels that are actually decent… 2016 has been hit and miss for sequels and reboots. So far we’ve had the dull Independence Day: Resurgence, the reboot of Ghostbusters, as well as the forgettable Now You See Me 2 and Bad Neighbours 2. Sitting through the latest Alice in Wonderland film was […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #16 – Elite

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After the quite frankly fantastic Starquake we decided to stick around in the great black void for our next entry in the Your Sinclair Top 100, as we pick up No.#16 in we notice we’ve got here from Firebird a short story and a keyboard overlay hidden in this huge box. I’m guessing Elite is […]

Marvel’s movie model works, DC’s doesn’t – and Suicide Squad proves it

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Tony Black shares his thoughts on the state of the DC Extended Universe… So we can all agree on one thing here, right? Suicide Squad is a disaster. Yay or nay? If you’re reading this, there’s every chance like me you thought it was almost as loud, boring and ponderous as Batman v Superman: Dawn […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #17 – Starquake

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Carefully removing Underwurlde from the cassette player, placing it into its case and then popping said game into a box marked, “Never to be played again” – currently occupied by Football Manager, Hypersports and International Match Day – we load up the next game in the Your Sinclair Top 100 and we’re instantly met with another ruddy platformer!  However […]

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth team react… SEE ALSO: Read the Flickering Myth Reactions to Doctor Strange, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Assassin’s Creed, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Kong: Skull Island and more Paul W.S. Anderson is bringing his Resident Evil saga to an end after six movies with Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, set for […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #18 – Underwurlde

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As Eric completes is task of mischief, depositing his report back in the safe and leaving half the school drunk as skunks, we eject Back to Skool and head towards our next helping in the Your Sinclair Top 100.  At No.#18 is another release from the software house Ultimate Play the Game – on first glance […]

Exclusive interview with All-Star Batman’s Scott Snyder & John Romita Jr.

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Ricky Church chats with Scott Snyder & John Romita Jr about All-Star Batman… One of the most anticipated titles among DC Rebirth is All-Star Batman, written by Scott Snyder with art by John Romita Jr. The opening arc, ‘My Own Worst Enemy’, will see Batman and Two-Face going on a ‘road trip’ as Batman attempts […]