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Toby Jones and Rafe Spall join Jurassic World sequel

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With Jurassic World 2 gearing up to go into production early in 2017, Variety has the first casting news on the sequel to last year’s dino-blockbuster, with the site reporting that Toby Jones (Captain America: The First Avenger, Sherlock) and Rafe Spall (The BFG, Black Mirror) are joining the film. The sequel is being directed by […]

J.A. Bayona says Jurassic World 2 is both a Jurassic World sequel and Jurassic Park 5

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Last year Universal Pictures relaunched the Jurassic Park franchise with Colin Trevorrow’s box office smash Jurassic World, the first chapter of a new trilogy of movies. It was marketed as a fresh start, as opposed to Jurassic Park 4,. However, with J.A. Bayona gearing up to go into production on the sequel, the director has […]

Director J.A. Bayona says Jurassic World sequel will be “darker and scarier”

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As he gears up to go into production early next year, director J.A. Bayona (A Monster Calls) has been talking about his upcoming Jurassic World sequel, stating that it will be “darker and scarier” than last year’s blockbuster, and will “takes the story where it has never been before.” “It will be darker and scarier […]

Joss Whedon calls Jurassic World clip “70’s era sexist”

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Earlier this week Universal Pictures released the first clip from Jurassic World, which featured a scene between Chris Pratt’s Owen and Bryce Dallas Howard’s Claire. The scene – which you can watch here – came in for plenty of criticism online, and even Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon has entered the fray, branding […]

Deja Vu: Isn’t Jurassic World just Deep Blue Sea with dinosaurs?

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Anghus Houvouras is getting a sense of deja vu from Jurassic World… 1999 was a great year for blockbusters. Everyone was talking about game changing cinema like The Matrix and The Blair Witch Project. The Sixth Sense was a monster hit. It was almost enough to make you forget about just how terrible The Phantom […]

Jurassic World trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth team react… Released upon the world yesterday (a couple of days early no less!), we finally got our first look at Jurassic World. But what did our the Flickering Myth writing and editorial staff think of it? Kris Wall: Dinosaurs and Chris Pratt – SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY. I’m more […]

More Old Films Back at the Cinema Please

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Tom Jolliffe hopes there’s an increased willingness to re-release old films at the cinema… As we step out of lock-down and cinemas around the world re-open, we’re in a period where damage assessment is required. After all, for three months in the US, UK and China, some of the biggest world wide markets, audiences have […]

10 Essential Creature Features

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Tom Jolliffe offers up 10 essential creature features… Who doesn’t love a good old creature feature? They still seem to be immensely popular, with recent reboots for the Jurassic Park and Godzilla franchises. That popularity in fact has been booming in the Asian markets in particular (whilst some of the recent big monster films have […]

Modern Mainstream Film: Passable and Disposable?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at modern mainstream cinema. Is it being led by disposable content over long-standing legacy?  The pace at which the world evolves can be frightening sometimes. You blink, suddenly you look around and you’re 40, you’ve got a house, wife, kid and you make groaning noises when you bend down to pick something […]