Flickering Myth

Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Front Runner

by

The Front Runner, 2018. Directed by Jason Reitman. Starring Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons, Kaitlyn Dever, Alfred Molina, Toby Huss, Kevin Pollak, Molly Ephraim, Sara Paxton, Jenna Kanell, Ari Graynor, Courtney Ford, Bill Burr, Chris Coy, Mike Judge and Steve Zissis. SYNOPSIS: American Senator Gary Hart’s presidential campaign in 1988 is derailed when he’s […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Duplicate

by

Duplicate, 2018. Directed by Bill Oliver. Starring Ansel Elgort, Patricia Clarkson, Suki Waterhouse, Matt Bomer and Douglas Hodge. SYNOPSIS: Jonathan leaves the office everyday at noon. When he gets home, he goes to sleep. Every morning he wakes up and there is a breakfast prepared for him along with a video telling him about the […]

Movie Review – Sorry to Bother You (2018)

by

Sorry to Bother You, 2018. Directed by Boots Riley. Starring Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun and Armie Hammer. SYNOPSIS: In an alternate version of current-day Oakland, California, Cassius Green discovers a gift that helps him rapidly succeed in his new role as […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

by

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, 2018. Directed by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen. Starring Tim Blake Nelson, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Waits, Harry Melling, Zoe Kazan, James Franco, Bill Heck, Grainger Hines, Chelcie Ross, and Jonjo O’Neill. SYNOPSIS: A collection of six Western-style shorts set out on the frontier, taking in stories of a […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Happy New Year, Colin Burstead.

by

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead., 2018. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Neil Maskell, Bill Paterson, Doon Mackichan, Charles Dance, Sam Riley, Joe Cole, Hayley Squires, Alexandra Maria Lara, Richard Glover, Asim Chaudhry, Sarah Baxendale, Mark Monero, Peter Ferdinando, Sinead Matthews, Sura Dohnke, Sudha Bhuchar and Vincent Ebrahim. SYNOPSIS: Colin hires a lavish country manor for […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Girl

by

Girl, 2018. Directed by Lukas Dhont. Starring Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts, Valentijn Dhaenens and Katelijne Damen. SYNOPSIS:  Fifteen-year-old Lara’s transitioning is further complicated by her pursuit of a professional career in ballet at a prestigious Belgian dance academy. Written and directed by Lukas Dhont, and in the running in the first […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Widows

by

Widows, 2018. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez, Daniel Kaluuya,  Colin Farrell, Cynthia Erivo, Brian Tyree Henry, Jacki Weaver, Carrie Coon, Liam Neeson, Robert Duvall, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, John Bernthal, Garret Dillahunt and Lukas Haas. SYNOPSIS: When her husband is killed in a robbery gone wrong, Veronica Rawlings must […]

Review – John Williams: A Life In Music

by

Tori Brazier reviews John Williams: A Life in Music… From Decca Records and Classic FM comes a new collection of recordings, celebrating the astonishing career of one of the world’s most successful living composers: John Williams. In January 2018, Williams broke his own record as the recipient of more Oscar nominations than any other living […]

Movie Review – The Last Witness (2018)

by

The Last Witness, 2018. Directed by Piotr Szkopiak. Starring Alex Pettyfer, Talulah Riley, Robert Wieckiewicz, Will Thorp, Gwilym Lee, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, and Michael Gambon. SYNOPSIS: Journalist Stephen Underwood uncovers a conspiracy on an international scale – the Katyn massacre – when he begins investigating the unusually high rate of suicides among Polish veterans resettled in […]