Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

Flickering Myth is a digital media publisher and independent film production company established in 2009, covering movies, television, comic books, video games, and geek culture news. Known for authoritative entertainment journalism and original film projects, Flickering Myth serves a global audience of pop culture enthusiasts and industry professionals.

How Tomorrowland’s Bottom Line Informed My Viewing of Mad Max: Fury Road

by

Kat Kourbeti on how Tomorrowland’s bottom line informed her viewing of Mad Max: Fury Road… (SPOILER WARNING for both films within.) There’s something I need to get off my chest: I didn’t really like Mad Max: Fury Road. I mean, it’s not bad, it’s got things to say, and it’s got very interesting dystopian world-building […]

Arrow’s Willa Holland – exclusive interview

by

For our June edition, The Flickering Myth Movie Show decided to visit London MCM Comic Con. Because we can. And we’re slightly (ok, very) obsessed with Willa Holland (Thea Queen from Arrow). Not only did we get a chance to talk to her…we also chased down Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Iain de Caestecker (Leo Fitz) and […]

Interview: Carmen Ejogo talks Selma, meeting Coretta King and black actresses in Hollywood

by

Amon Warmann sits down with Selma’s Carmen Ejogo for the home entertainment release… Though the focus of Ava Duvernay’s Oscar-nominated Selma is rightfully on Martin Luther King, throughout there is a great emphasis on how a collective group can accomplish great change. Just as King was surrounded by a host of great men and women, […]

John Carpenter is “ambivalent” about the Big Trouble in Little China remake

by

It was announced last week that San Andreas lead and movie mega star Dwayne Johnson was going to produce and star in a remake of the cult classic Big Trouble in Little China. Since then, he has said that he wants to work with original director John Carpenter on the remake. But what does Mr. […]

Movie Review – Jurassic World (2015)

by

Jurassic World, 2015 Directed by Colin Trevorrow Starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, Omar Sy, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, Judy Greer, Irrfan Khan, Jake Johnson and B.D. Wong SYNOPSIS: Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. […]

Rumour: The villain in Power Rangers reboot revealed?

by

Following the reveal of its logo yesterday at the Las Vegas Licensing Expo, we now have a new rumour about who the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers  will be facing off with in the upcoming reboot. According to Heroic Hollywood, the villain of the movie will be fan-favourite Rita Repulsa, who is described as, “a huntress. A […]

Early draft of Star Wars reveals who really shot first

by

It is one of the larger debates within the Star Wars Universe (although most fans are on the same page). Who shot first? Han or Greedo? Well, according to a recently discovered early draft, it was definitely Han. The scoundrel! The script was discovered by Kristian Brown of the University of New Brunswick’s library, who stumbled upon […]

Jai Courtney “cringed” when he found out he was Captain Boomerang in Suicide Squad

by

It looks as though Jai Courtney was not the biggest fan of his character when he first signed on for Suicide Squad, saying in an interview that he “cringed” when he heard he was playing Captain Boomerang in David Ayer’s movie. “I hadn’t read a script at all when I signed on,” he told Spotlight Report […]