Dark Star, 1974. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dan O’Bannon, Dre Pahich, Nick Castle, and John Carpenter. SYNOPSIS: The crew of a space ship 20 years into a planet-bombing mission must do battle with their alien mascot and a sentient bombing device that begins to question its existence. Dark Star is […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Nobody 2 (2025)
Nobody 2, 2025. Directed by Timo Tjahjanto. Starring Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd, John Ortiz, RZA, Sharon Stone, Colin Salmon, Colin Hanks, Gage Munroe, and Paisley Cadorath. SYNOPSIS: A former assassin-turned-suburban-family-man takes his family on a holiday to get away from his violent ways, but circumstances won’t let him rest. 2021s Nobody was something […]
4K Ultra HD Review – The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954)
The Men of Sherwood Forest, 1954. Directed by Val Guest. Starring Don Taylor, Reginald Beckwith, Eileen Moore, Ballard Berkeley, Patrick Holt, John Van Eyssen, Harold Lang, Bernard Bresslaw, and Leslie Linder. SYNOPSIS: The legendary outlaw Robin Hood is asked to rescue King Richard from capture but ends up getting captured himself. In 1954 Hammer produced […]
10 Conspiracy Thrillers You May Have Missed
Flickering Myth’s Casey Chong presents a curated selection of conspiracy thrillers ready for you to untangle… Cinema has been drawn to the intrigue of the conspiracy thriller for decades, given its fascinating exploration of misplaced trust, power and paranoia. Conspiracy thrillers are commonly explored to expose something that is off in the political or corporate […]
Movie Review – Hamnet (2025)
Hamnet, 2025. Directed by Chloe Zhao. Starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn. SYNOPSIS: A story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet. Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet arrives with ideal credentials: a celebrated source text, the backing of Steven Spielberg and […]
Movie Review – Alpha (2025)
Alpha, 2025. Written and Directed by Julia Ducournau. Starring Mélissa Boros, Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani and Emma Mackey. SYNOPSIS: Alpha, 13, is a troubled teenager who lives alone with her mother. Their world comes crashing down the day she comes home from school with a tattoo on her arm. Julia Ducournau’s astonishing debut Raw and […]
Eight Great Prison Movies You Might Have Missed
Flickering Myth’s Casey Chong presents eight great prison movies for your watch list… Notable prison movies such as The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Papillon and Escape from Alcatraz rule the genre, offering a mix of character-driven stories with emotional and dramatic urgency behind the locked cells. But there’s a healthy selection of great prison […]
7 Chilling Killer Kid Movies You Need To See
Casey Chong with a selection of killer kid movies you might have missed… Children are generally pure and innocent, but they can be scary too. This is especially true with plenty of movies depicting these kids as horror antagonists. We’ve seen them in notable titles like The Bad Seed, The Omen and of course, the […]
Movie Review – The Choral (2025)
The Choral, 2025. Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Roger Allam, Amara Okereke, Simon Russell Beale and Thomas Howes. SYNOPSIS: A choral society’s male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr. Guthrie to recruit teenagers. Together, they experience the joy of singing while the young boys grapple with their impending conscription […]
The Top 10 Batman: The Animated Series Episodes
Simon Thompson presents his picks for the top ten episodes of Batman: The Animated Series… To describe Batman as a pop culture institution would, quite frankly, be an understatement. Ever since his creation by Bill Finger and Bob Kane (who it turns out took a tonne of credit and profit from his creative partner but […]
