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Exclusive Interview – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse directors Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman on Oscars, sequels and Tom Holland

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Tom Beasley chats to two of the directors of everyone’s new favourite superhero movie – last year’s Oscar-winning animation Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse… Nobody was expecting Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse to be their favourite superhero movie of 2018. In a year that gave the world everything from Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther through to […]

Blu-ray Review – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, 2018. Directed by Bob Perischetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman. Featuring the voice talents of Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, Liev Schreiber, Chris Pine. SYNOPSIS: While everyone eagerly awaited Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame, Sony […]

Road to the Oscars 2019 – Can Green Book win Best Picture?

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In the week before the 91st Academy Awards are handed out, Tom Beasley takes a look at each Best Picture nominee and its chances of Oscars victory. Next, a film that has had an up and down campaign – Peter Farrelly’s Green Book… The unthinkable has happened. Peter Farrelly – a man best known for […]

BAFTAs 2019: Roma won the top prize, but Olivia Colman won our hearts

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Tom Beasley was at the glamorous BAFTAs ceremony last night on behalf of Flickering Myth. Here, he shares his take on the evening, the awards and that excruciating opening monologue… There were a lot of winners at the BAFTAs last night. Rami Malek cemented himself as the Best Actor frontrunner for the Oscars, The Favourite […]

Movie Review – Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

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Alita: Battle Angel, 2019. Directed by Robert Rodríguez Starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Ed Skrein, Mahershala Ali, Jennifer Connelly, Keean Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Lana Condor, Jackie Earle Haley, Eiza González, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Marko Zaror, Elle LaMont, Leonard Wu, Casper Van Dien, Jeff Fahey, Idara Victor, Sam Medina and Jai Courtney. SYNOPSIS: When Alita awakens […]

Second Opinion – Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

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Alita: Battle Angel, 2019. Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Starring Rosa Salazar, Mahershala Ali, Jennifer Connelly, Michelle Rodriguez, Ed Skrein, Christoph Waltz, Jackie Earle Haley, Keean Johnson, and Edward Norton. SYNOPSIS: An action-packed story of one young woman’s journey to discover the truth of who she is and her fight to change the world. Robert Rodriguez’s […]

Watch the Super Bowl TV spot for Alita: Battle Angel

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A new TV spot was revealed for Alita: Battle Angel during last night’s Super Bowl which focuses on Vector’s (Mahershala Ali) mission to destroy Rosa Salazar’s titular cyborg assassin; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Exclusive Interview – Rosa Salazar talks Alita: Battle Angel, performance capture, and working with Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron SEE ALSO: Read our […]

Movie Review – Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

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Alita: Battle Angel, 2019. Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Michelle Rodriguez, Keean Johnson, Jackie Earle Haley, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Skrein, Eiza Gonzalez, Mahershala Ali, Lana Condor, Casper Van Dien and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. SYNOPSIS: An action-packed story of one young woman’s journey to discover the truth of who she is and her […]

Alita: Battle Angel gets an IMAX poster

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With its release fast approaching, IMAX has unveiled a new poster for producer James Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez’s manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel, which features Rosa Salazar alongside Mahershala Ali, and Keean Johnson; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Hot Toys’ Alita: Battle Angel Movie Masterpiece Series figure unveiled SEE ALSO: Rosa Salazar takes on Jackie […]