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  • Landman: What To Expect As Taylor Sheridan Moves Into the Oil Industry

    Billy Oduory on what we can expect from Taylor Sheridan’s upcoming show Landman… People often only associate Texas with cowboys, but that is only because many don’t know about the boomtowns of West Texas that replaced cowboys with roughnecks and ranchers with wildcatters. This is the murky world that Christian Wallace’s hit podcast, Boomtown, on […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: Landman: What To...

  • Tell Us If You Agree With These Unpopular Opinions And We'll Guess If You're An Introvert Or Extrovert

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  • The Essential Cannon Films Scores

    Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the best musical scores from Cannon Films’ oeuvre… A good film score can elevate the picture and manipulate the viewer. It can illicit excitement, fear, intrigue, melancholy and more. It’s not uncommon for a film score to become just as legendary an aspect of a particular film as anything […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: The Essential Cannon Films Scores

  • The Worst Jean-Claude Van Damme Remakes and DTV Sequels

    Billy Oduory on the worst JCVD remakes and direct-to-video sequels… Dubbed “the most remade action star in the world,” Jean-Claude Van Damme is an action movie sensation who transformed the genre with his excellent combination of martial arts and acting. With timeless films like Kickboxer, Hard Target, Universal Soldier, and Timecop to his name, Van […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: The Worst...

  • Stanford’s new president faces several challenges

    "While Harvard and Yale struggle to fill vacant presidencies, Stanford is ready to begin a new, hopeful era under Levin’s leadership," writes the Editorial Board.

  • Madame Web and the Best 'So Bad It's Good' Superhero Movies

    EJ Moreno looks at the best of the worst superhero movies… Welcome to a collection of comic book films that are so deliriously overwrought that they swing back around to being watchable joys. Yes, we’re looking at the superhero movies that are “so bad, it’s good.” Not everyone will agree with this collection of films, […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: Madame Web and the Best ‘So Bad It’s Good’...

  • The Israel-Hamas Conflict: moving the goal post

    Let me at the outset state that what Hamas did on Oct. 7, 2023, is an act of terrorism on the innocent civilians of Israel. This is a deplorable act and the persons who carried it out should be brought to justice. However, the brutal war on the stateless Palestinians by the Israeli Government —

  • New Upcoming Western Movies and TV Shows Like Yellowstone To Check Out in 2024

    Billy Oduory with a selection of western movies and TV shows for Yellowstone fans to keep an eye out for in 2024… The hunt for the next Yellowstone started immediately after Paramount announced that the hit Western would end after its fifth season whose second half is expected in November 2024. Yellowstone is, undoubtedly, one […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: New Upcoming Western Movies and TV...

  • Graduate student workers ask ‘Who is the university for?’

    The University of Iowa pays poverty-level wages to graduate workers despite incredible fundraising and an endowment of over $3 billion. The Board of Regents has increased tuition yet again and is desperately seeking funds from new private partnerships in order to “maintain academic excellence”. How can one school be so wealthy and yet so anxious

  • Graduate workers deserve better

    In the United States and at the University of Iowa, it is unacceptable that trying to further their education often leads to graduate students financial turmoil. Recently, the UI’s graduate student union Campaign to Organize Graduate Students, or COGS, held a protest on the Pentacrest to continue their push to end graduate student fees. In

  • Battling for the best chicken in Iowa City

    Raising Cane’s You’ve just gotten off work late, and there’s nothing you wouldn’t do for a chicken sandwich and fries. You can’t go to Chick-fil-A­ — they closed hours ago. A quick Google search strikes relief into you as you learn that Raising Cane’s is still open, located at 2800 Commerce Drive in Coralville. Iowa City

  • 10 Essential Films From 1974

    We go back half a century to offer up ten essential films from 1974… It’s incredible to think that it’s been half a century since the year 1974. As a year of cinematic offerings, it takes some beating too with a slew of incredible films. This was still right in the midst of Hollywood’s golden […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: 10 Essential Films From 1974