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The Boondock Saints at 25: The Controversial Cult Film Revisited

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Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind The Boondock Saints as it turns 25… There’re very little movies out there whose behind-the-scenes drama have achieved the notoriety that The Boondock Saints has been able to achieve. The rise and fall of a narcissistic director, unnecessary meddling by a notorious studio head and the Columbine high-school […]

Mayor of Kingstown Season 3: Here Is What To Expect as Jeremy Renner Returns

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Billy Oduory on season 3 of Mayor of Kingstown… “If failure of society could be distilled in to one city, this would be the city,” Mike McLusky (Jeremy Renner) said in the closing credits of the second season of Mayor of Kingstown. His words served more like the promise of a more entertaining third season […]

Varsity Blues at 25: Revisiting the Cult High School Football Film

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Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Varsity Blues as it turns 25… While movies like Remember the Titans, Jerry Maguire and The Blind Side get mentioned often when it comes to football films, Varsity Blues is somewhat of an underrated affair that often gets overlooked. Today we take a look at the cult-classic sports […]

A DCEU Obituary: Ranking the DC Extended Universe from Worst to Best

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EJ Moreno ranks the DC Extended Universe… Let’s get this out of the way first: everything you are about to read comes from someone who was once a DCEU super-fan. Admitting that feels like the step to recovery, as does reflecting on the journey that began over a decade ago. Man of Steel, the 2013 […]

The Cult Film of 2023: Saltburn

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It’s time to look back at the dazzling, stylish and shocking cult film Saltburn (spoilers follow)… 2023 was a pretty interesting year in cinema. It may just be that we saw a turning point in audience tastes, with comic book films and franchise sequels mostly underperforming, whilst the grand success of Barbenheimer showed two things. […]

Ten Action Sequels The World Needs To See

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Originality be damned in Hollywood, it’s time to look at some action sequels the world needs… Recently it was announced that Sly Stallone would be donning his climbing gear and hitting the mountains for a Cliffhanger sequel. That sent the Flickering Myth office into a frenzy of ideas… actually, it was just me in a […]

Batman Beyond at 25: The Story Behind the Batman of the Future

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Hasitha Fernando on Batman Beyond as it turns 25… Batman Beyond was the surprise hit that no one saw coming. Functioning as a follow-up to the universally praised Batman: The Animated Series, the show saw a young Batman fighting crime in a futuristic neo-Gotham with an aging Bruce Wayne as his mentor. As it turns […]

House of the Dragon Season 2: How Long Does Aegon II Targaryen Stay On the Throne in the Books?

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Billy Oduory looks ahead of House of the Dragon season 2 (with spoilers from the book)… “The war will be fought. Many will die. And the victor will eventually ascend the throne,” Allicent says in HBO’s most recent teaser of the second season of House of the Dragon. Her words only spice up fans’ already […]

Knight Rider: The Story Behind the Classic 1980s David Hasselhoff Series

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Hasitha Fernando looks at the classic 80s TV series Knight Rider… To say, Knight Rider was one of the most popular TV shows of the 80s era is something of an understatement. The show catapulted David Hasselhoff into the stratosphere and made the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am the epitome of cool. Originally broadcast on NBC […]

Squid Game: The Challenge Misses the Whole Point of Squid Game: Here Is Why

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Billy Oduory on why Squid Game: The Challenge misses the whole point of Squid Game… Netflix is set to continue capitalizing on its hit South Korean drama Squid Game having renewed the spinoff reality show Squid Game: The Challenge for a second season. The renewal coincided with the ending of the reality show’s first season which, […]