We take a deep dive into the explosive brilliance of the one-man army action movie with ten essentials you have to see… The 1980s were a glorious time for action cinema. They took all the tropes of the Western with near indestructible and stoic heroes taking on hordes of bad guys. They moved completely away […]
Is John Wick the Best Action Franchise of All Time?
In the wake of John Wick: Chapter 4, we look at whether Keanu’s iconic franchise has now become the best action series of all time… What is the best action franchise? Which series of three or more films have the most consistent levels of quality? It’s pretty hard to look beyond John Wick, which has […]
The Top 5 John Wick Action Scenes
Ricky Church on the top five action scenes in the John Wick franchise… After a few delays in production, mostly due to pandemic related issues these last couple of years, John Wick: Chapter 4 was finally released and has dominated the box office with critics – including our very own Rob Kojder and EJ Moreno – citing […]
John Wick: The Best Assassins in the Franchise
Olly Dyche on the best assassins in the John Wick franchise… Assassins in movies are without a doubt, awesome. No matter their skill, or specific way of killing, assassins tend to be incredibly fascinating characters, and there is no franchise that shows the breadth and intricacy of the assassin underworld better – nor cooler – […]
4K Ultra HD Review – John Wick Stash Book Collection
John Wick: Chapters 1- 3 Directed by Chad Stahleski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, Willem Dafoe, Common, Laurence Fishburne, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ruby Rose, Lance Reddick, Peter Stormare, Franco Nero, Halle Berry, Mark Dacascos, and Asia Kate Dillon. SYNOPSIS: Lionsgate has gone back […]
John Wick gets a Movie Masterpiece Series collectible figure from Hot Toys
Hot Toys has unveiled its 1/6th scale Movie Masterpiece Series John Wick collectible figure which is based on the likeness of Keanu Reeves as the legendary hit man in the second instalment of the hit action thriller franchise John Wick: Chapter 2; check out the promotional images here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow Collectibles “The man. […]
The Best Movie Action Scenes of 2017
Harrison Abbott on the best movie action scenes of 2017… It’s that time again. That’s right, it’s time for arbitrary lists that subjectively rank the best/worst things of the year! This one is about 2017’s decent catalogue of cinematic action scenes, which means there’s likely a lot of omissions to piss you off. With that in […]
John Wick: Chapter 3 gets summer 2019 release date
Perhaps one of the most surprising hits of 2014, John Wick was the movie that relaunched the career of Keanu Reeves and gave us an action film that was simple, well directed and featured fantastic practical action. The sequel, John Wick: Chapter 2, also proved to be a success, expanding the world that Wick inhabits and gaining even […]
Have We Started To Settle For Mediocre Action Pieces?
George Chrysostomou asks whether we’ve started to settle for mediocre action pieces… The action film will forever be in its heyday, for conflict drives any narrative forward – especially when that conflict results in a showdown between two or more characters. Audiences will forever be drawn to the cinema to witness larger than life sequences, […]
Top 10 Films of 2017 (So Far)
The Flickering Myth team vote… July marks the second half of 2017, can you believe it’s been half a year already? We’ve seen so much already! Audiences have been wowed by the movies approved by the Academy, Beauty and the Beast earned $1 billion, we’ve seen Fate of the Furious push the franchise to whole […]
