Category: Features
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The case for Get Out, Best Picture
All good films are empathy machines. Most of the films nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards are great films primarily because we feel this empathy with the heroes. But no film does this in a more radical, exciting or significant way as Get Out. It’s the best film of the year. Read More >
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2017: The Year in Film
Now we know people say this every year, but 2017 was genuinely a quite brilliant year for cinema, and on such a variety of fronts. With a host of resourceful, creative blockbusters, to profound, moving dramas – while there were so many excellent pictures from around the globe that adorned our screens. Here we’re running… Read More >
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The Imminent Death of the DC cinematic universe
With Justice League’s poor box office returns and critical backlash, it seems like now DC’s attempt to create a cinematic universe has been halted – almost to death. There’s still a chance of redemption in James Wan’s Aquaman next year and the sequel to Wonder Woman. But is it just too late for Warner Brothers? Read More >
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Genre Movies Attack! – This could be the most inclusive Oscar year ever
It’s that time of the year again, award season, where each and every award counts when it comes to the race for that glorious Academy Award at the start of the new year. Still undoubtedly the most monumental of prizes for any filmmaker. Read More >
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Flickreel’s Five Films You Can’t Miss in December
It’s Christmas time, the very best time of the year, and just to make things even better – there’s a wealth of great movies hitting our screens across the month of December. Especially helpful for when your family are just a little too much for you and you need to get out the house and… Read More >
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Why Lady Bird is a coming-of-age gem
It seems like every year we get at least one indie comedy that ever so masterfully taps into the teenage mindset. In 2015 it was Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, in 2016 it was The Edge of Seventeen, and this year it’s definitely Lady Bird. Read More >
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Flickreel’s Five Films You Can’t Miss in November
Often when compiling our five films you don’t want to miss each month, to come up with a number that high can be a challenge, but this November, it was remarkably easy. In fact, the difficulty this time around came in whittling it down to just five films, such is the wealth of cinematic endeavours… Read More >
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Why doesn’t anyone ever talk about this Oscar nominated Halloween classic?
Flickreel looks over a Halloween hoot that deserves to be revisited, especially with the recent recurrence of creepy kids movies and 80s nostalgia. Read More >
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Why is Halloween III gaining a cult following?
After years of being considered the black sheep of the franchise, Halloween III has gained a cult following as of late. Read More >
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Directing The Last Jedi Featurette
See how director Rian Johnson is taking the characters of a galaxy far, far away into new directions in this behind-the-scenes look at Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Read More >
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