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Five Essential... Hollywood Remakes by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Nov 13, 2009Gary Collinson selects his Five Essential Hollywood Remakes…Given the current Hollywood trend of shunning creativity and originality in favour of a quick cash-in based on name recognition, the remake (reboot, reimagining, rehash, or whatever you’...

Animated Storytellers: A Pixar Profile (Part 2) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Nov 11, 2009In the second of a three-part article on the phenomenally successful animation studio, Trevor Hogg details Pixar's incredible transition to feature-length movies... be sure to read part 1.On July 12, 1991, The Hollywood Reporter published an article...

I Sat Through That? #18 - Hot Fuzz (2007) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Nov 8, 2009In which Gerry Hayes dons mirror sunglasses so people can’t see when he falls asleep...Hot Fuzz, 2007Directed by Edgar WrightStarring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Paddy Considine, dozens of other British actors who you know...

Five Essential... Arnie Characters by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Nov 6, 2009Gary Collinson selects his Five Essential Arnie Characters…With the recent news that ‘The Governator’ Arnold Schwarzenegger will be back – having filmed a scene alongside fellow action icons Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis for Sly’s upc...

Animated Storytellers: A Pixar Animation Studios Profile (Part 1) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Nov 4, 2009Trevor Hogg details the early days of Pixar in the first of a three-part feature on the phenomenally successful animation studio...Realizing that he could not draw, aspiring animator Ed Catmull decided to change his academic focus to physics and comp...

I Sat Through That? #17 - X-Men (I, II and III) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Nov 1, 2009In which Gerry Hayes dons his yellow lycra con-outfit and tries to hide from the geeks...X-Men, 2000X2, 2003X-Men: The Last Stand, 2006Directed by Bryan Singer (I and II), Brett Ratner (III)Starring a bunch of weird mutantsTV’s been having an X-Fes...

A Great Reed: A Carol Reed Profile (Part 2) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Oct 28, 2009Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary British filmmaker Carol Reed in the second of a two-part feature... read the first part here.“I don’t think people care what sort of curtains I have,” stated the British filmmaker. “I don’t thin...

I Sat Through That? #16 - Hannibal Rising (2007) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Oct 25, 2009In which Gerry Hayes wishes he was drunk...Hannibal Rising, 2007Directed by Peter WebberStarring Gaspard Ulliel, Li Gong, Rhys IfansScreenplay by Thomas Harris based on a novel by Thomas HarrisI almost don’t want to include Hannibal Rising in this...

Bringing Star Wars to the Small Screen - Ewoks: Battle For Endor (1985) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Oct 23, 2009Continuing our series of articles examining the various screen incarnations of George Lucas’ Star Wars saga, we turn our attention to the Ewoks’ second TV movie, The Battle for Endor…Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, 1985Directed by Jim and Ken Whea...

A Great Reed: A Carol Reed Profile (Part 1) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Oct 21, 2009Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary British filmmaker Carol Reed in the first of a two-part feature...Following in the footsteps of his father Sir Herbert Beerholm Tree, who founded the Royal School of Dramatic Arts, Carol Reed decided to pu...