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Three Recent and Wildly Overrated Sequels

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They’ve all been championed as some of the best of their genre but are these bloated and overlong sequels really that good? I love event cinema, especially when it’s good and in recent years, although we’ve seen an increasingly mediocre output from Disney and Marvel, we’ve still seen some pretty great blockbuster cinema. Top Gun: […]

Zack Snyder says Keanu Reeves and Tom Cruise were up for major Watchmen roles

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When Zack Snyder does an interview, the internet is gripped by what wild declaration he will make. In the latest must-watch interview, this time with the Happy Sad Confused Podcast, Snyder dives into all things Watchmen. Taking time from promoting Rebel Moon: Part Two – The Scargiver [read our review here], the filmmaker tells us […]

Cameron Diaz solidifies comeback with Keanu Reeves-led Outcome

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Cameron Diaz is back, and she’s has a few new projects in tow. After a semi-retirement from the film industry, Diaz popped back up on an appearance in RuPaul’s Drag Race and confirmed a leading role in a feature comeback, Back in Action. Now, she’s preparing for another follow-up after her decade-long hiatus, and she’s […]

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure: The Cult Classic at 35

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Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure as the cult classic celebrates its 35th anniversary… Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure is a cult classic comedy film released in 1989, that follows the time travelling shenanigans of two dim-witted but good-hearted high school friends as they try to pass their history […]

Ten Action Sequels The World Needs To See

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Originality be damned in Hollywood, it’s time to look at some action sequels the world needs… Recently it was announced that Sly Stallone would be donning his climbing gear and hitting the mountains for a Cliffhanger sequel. That sent the Flickering Myth office into a frenzy of ideas… actually, it was just me in a […]

Constantine 2 will start development after Thanksgiving holidays confirms director Francis Lawrence

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With his new film in The Hunger Games franchise, the prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, out in theatres now [read our review here], director Francis Lawrence is already looking to the future as he is keen to get back to work developing Constantine 2, a long-awaited sequel to the 2005 supernatural film starring Keanu Reeves […]

Are the Old School Action Veterans Headed Into Forced Retirement?

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With diminishing returns and a lack of interest from big-screen audiences, are old-school action heroes heading to the retirement home…? In the 1980s and 1990s, you couldn’t move for action heroes. Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger led a musclebound movement that led to younger, more grounded heroes like Will Smith, Keanu Reeves and Tom Cruise […]

Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKR: Fallen Empire #1 gets a first-look preview from Boom!

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Boom! Studios has shared a first-look preview of BRZRKR: Fallen Empire, a new chapter in creator Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKR mythos from The Batman Part II screenwriter Mattson Tomlin (BRZRKR) and artist Rebekah Isaacs. Check it out here… The lone survivor of Olos, a long-dead–once thriving–empire, tells a tale of B.’s distant past and the death […]

Chad Stahelski reveals who and what the John Wick spin-offs will focus on

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Even with how great many felt the John Wick: Chapter 4 finale was, we all know the universe would continue. With limited series, animes, and movies all in the works, we’ll see more very soon, and Chad Stahelski is revealing the subject of these spin-offs. Speaking to The Discourse podcast, the director says the mysterious High […]