Her, 2013. Written and Directed by Spike Jonze. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Olivia Wilde, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, and Rooney Mara. SYNOPSIS: A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that’s designed to meet his every need. Spike Jonze is such an interesting Director. One of those […]
Movie Review – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, 2013. Directed by Justin Chadwick. Starring Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Terry Pheto, and Riaad Moosa. SYNOPSIS: A chronicle of Nelson Mandela’s life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa. It’s almost too easy to […]
My Favourite Christmas Movie – Rise of the Guardians
The Flickering Myth writing team countdown to Christmas by discussing their favourite festive movies; next up is Jackson Ball with Rise of the Guardians… Christmas can be a dreadfully nostalgic beast: it’s always better when you’re small, the old songs are the best and a Christmas film isn’t a ‘classic’ unless it predates the 90’s. It […]
My Favourite Christmas Movie – White Christmas
The Flickering Myth writing team count down to Christmas by discussing their favourite festive movies; next up is Tori Brazier with White Christmas… I have a confession to make. This is not actually my favourite Christmas movie, per se… I sort of forgot about It’s a Wonderful Life (yes, I know, and I’m a huge […]
My Favourite Christmas Movie – Love Actually
The Flickering Myth writing team count down to Christmas by discussing their favourite festive movies; next up is Robert D. Spake with Love Actually… It’s been a tradition for a number of years now that I watch Love, Actually every Christmas Eve. It’s not just a film about Christmas, but about love as well, and […]
My Favourite Christmas Movie – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Flickering Myth writing team count down to Christmas by discussing their favourite festive movies; next up is Matt Smith with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang… Hi, you there, the one reading the review. Just a quick note, not that you need it, you’re probably a smart, independent person; probably have a job, a car. Maybe […]
My Favourite Christmas Movie – Rocky IV
The Flickering Myth writing team count down to Christmas by discussing their favourite festive movies; next up is Tom Jolliffe with Rocky IV…. When considering my favourite Christmas film, my thoughts weren’t first cast to movies about Santa, or Christmas spirit, or a kid left alone by unfit parents to protect the house against Joe […]
My Favourite Christmas Movie – The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Flickering Myth writing team count down to Christmas by discussing their favourite festive movies; next up is Matt Spencer-Skeen with The Muppet Christmas Carol…. The Muppets were not massively prominent throughout my childhood. As someone who was born in 1990 there were other characters that had more films released and had more screen time […]
My Favourite Christmas Movie – Home Alone
The Flickering Myth writing team count down to Christmas by discussing their favourite festive movies; next up is Luke Owen with Home Alone…. “I made my family disappear.” And with that, a Christmas classic (and a young star) was born. There are a lot of titles that get bounded around during the festive period on […]
Movie Review – The Butler (2013)
The Butler, 2013. Directed by Lee Daniels. Starring Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, Mariah Carey, Alex Pettyfer, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Liev Schrieber, Minka Kelly, Robin Williams, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Clarence Williams III and Isaac White. SYNOPSIS: As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during […]
