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Interview: Writer-director Andrew Steggall talks about his debut feature Departure

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Kat Kourbeti sat down with the writer and director of Departure, Andrew Steggall. Here’s what they discussed… KK: First of all can I just say that I absolutely loved your film, it blew me away. For a first feature as well, it’s such an impressive feat, there’s just so much to take away from it […]

Interview: Steve Carell talks The Big Short

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With the release of the Academy Award-winning comedy-drama The Big Short released today in the UK on Blu-ray and DVD, Steve Carell (Anchorman 2, Cafe Society) has been talking about the film, working with Adam McKay and his career in both comedy and drama. Could you explain the housing crisis in a sentence? No more […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #97 – Mined-Out

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Villordsutch counts down Your Sinclair’s Top 100 ZX Spectrum Games… Working our way on through the Top 100, we cautiously step into No. 97 arriving at Mined-Out from Quicksilva, released back in 1983. Mined-Out featured some classic box-art for a ZX Spectrum game, that not only did it have bare-chested lady on the front, but it fibbed about […]

Are Movie Studios Ruining Shared Universes?

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Ricky Church on whether movie studios are ruining shared universes… In the years since the Marvel Cinematic Universe began and its massive success at the box office has come a tidal wave of news that studios seek to emulate Marvel’s idea of a shared universe for their franchises. For some studios, namely Warner Bros. with […]

Exclusive video interviews with John Carney and cast of Sing Street

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With the anticipated release of director John Carney’s (Begin Again, Once) new film Sing Street finally upon us this weekend [read our review here], Flickering Myth’s Scott J. Davis sat down with the director and his young cast this week to talk about the film and everything 80’s. The film has had universal acclaim from across the globe […]

Flickering Myth’s Formative Movie Experiences

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Sean Wilson asks his fellow Flickering Myth writers about the film experiences that shaped their childhoods… I was more than a little startled when hit with the recent revelation that nineties family classic Free Willy this year passed its 22nd birthday. It’s not a lengthy period in the grand scheme of things but for me […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #98 – Pheenix

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Villordsutch counts down Your Sinclair’s Top 100 ZX Spectrum Games… Continuing on with the Your Sinclair Top 100 ZX Spectrum games ever made the next game on our list is Pheenix from Megadodo. Megadodo released three games in total – including Pheenix – and other than they share the same name of the publishing company behind the fictional Hitchhikers […]

The Week in Spandex – X-Men: Apocalypse opens, Civil War breaks $1 billion and pushes the MCU to $10 billion, Thor: Ragnarok cast announced, Warner Bros. restructures DC Films, Harley Quinn spin-off movie announced, and rumours galore!

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool, Wolverine 3, Captain America: Civil War, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Iron Man 3, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Moon Knight, Ghost Rider, Blade, Justice League, Harley Quinn, Suicide Squad, Gotham, The […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #99 – Maziacs

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Villordsutch counts down Your Sinclair’s Top 100 ZX Spectrum Games… Continuing on with the Your Sinclair Top 100 ZX Spectrum games ever made the next game on our list is Maziacs from dk’tronics. Though dk’tronics – who were based in Great Yarmouth – produced mainly hardware for Sinclair machines, it was on the rare occasion they dipped their toes into […]