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The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #23 – The Great Escape

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Rapidly leaving the rather humdrum Starstrike II behind, we open the box marked classics in the Your Sinclair Top 100 and hope our next game isn’t so disheartening.  Taking a glance at the cover of No.#23 I’m sure that The Great Escape – from Ocean Software – will not let us down one bit…I hope. The […]

Exclusive interview with actress Camille Hollett-French

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In an exclusive interview, Flickering Myth reporter Scott J. Davis sits down with actress Camille Hollet-French to discuss her career. SJD: Thank you for taking the time to speak to me for Flickering Myth and congratulations on winning the 2016 Monologue Slam UK LA Edition. How have your family reacted to your career choice and […]

36 Actors Who Could Be The 007th James Bond

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Simon Columb with 36 actors who could be the 007th James Bond… Straight off the bat, we’ve got to be open-minded about what defines James Bond. I’d argue that James Bond needs to be have a smart, smooth presentation with a brawling, rough depth beneath the surface. The whole backstory needs to be buried in […]

Preacher Adaptation: Not “better” or “worse” but “different”

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Rachel Bellwoar on AMC’s Preacher adaptation… Similar to Martin Carr, who writes the show’s episode reviews, I started Preacher only slightly familiar with Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s graphic novels. The question of when to tackle the source material, however, had been tossing around in my head for a while. Usually, with shows like Game of Thrones, I’m a […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #24 – Starstrike II

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After rooting around in the dirt yesterday with Manic Miner it’s time to return to the inky black in the Your Sinclair Top 100, as No.#24 is Starstrike II from Realtime Games Software Ltd. As a young lad I loved this Star Wars clone and I’m hoping it’s lasted well over the past few decades. […]

Why does it always have to be Marvel vs. DC?

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Anghus Houvouras asks, ‘why does it always have to be Marvel vs. DC?’… Binary theory. I’ve written about this before at great length. The constantly evolving concept that everything has been reduced to a “1” or a “0”. Famously expressed in thoughts like “You are either for me or against me”. Either something has value […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #25 – Manic Miner

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After the frantic, colourful space shmup that was Light Force our next game in the Your Sinclair Top 100 takes us deep under our own worlds surface.  Number #25 is the classic platformer Manic Miner. Manic Miner came from the brain of Matthew Smith in 1983, published by Bug-Byte Software and then Software Projects.  It […]

Exclusive interview with Tallulah writer/director Sian Heder and producer Hannah Rae

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Having premiered at both the Sundance Film Festival and been featured as part of its London offshoot which took place back in June, acclaimed drama Tallulah is now available to stream on Netflix after the subscription service purchased the rights back in January. To celebrate the release of the film, Flickering Myth reporter Scott J. […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #26 – Light Force

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Left in the dust-cloud of Super Hang-On we look for our next game in the Your Sinclair Top 100 and it’s delivered to us from FTL (Faster Than Light) at No.#26 in the form of the extremely colourful Light Force. Light Force is a vertical shooter or as the kids call them today a shmup, which […]

Interview: Paul Mormando on Bound By Debt

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Marc Cardenas chats with Bound by Debt producer and star Paul Mormando… Paul Mormando, a martial arts veteran known as “Mr. Karate USA” and for pioneering the Cha Ki Do style along with the Real Life Defense System, has since crossed over to the world of action films, starring in 2013’s indie actioner Double Fist, […]