Despite passing on the opportunity to helm Kick-Ass 2 and pulling out of the director’s chair on Fox’s upcoming sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past, it seems that British filmmaker Matthew Vaughn is keen to remain involved with the superhero genre. Vaughn is currently serving as producer on both sequels, and now we can add […]

Cloud Atlas, 2012. Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski.Starring Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Keith David, James D’Arcy, Xun Zho, Doona Bae and Zhu Zhu. SYNOPSIS: An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, […]

Mama, 2013. Directed by Andres Muschietti.Starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Isabelle Nélisse and Megan Charpentier. SYNOPSIS: Annabel and Lucas are faced with the challenge of raising his young nieces that were left alone in the forest for 5 years… but how alone were they? Since seeing Andres Muschietti’s Mama, the one question I’ve been asked […]

Fire in the Blood, 2012. Written and Directed by Dylan Mohan Gray. SYNOPSIS: An exploration of how the Western pharmaceutical companies have created a monopoly over medicine. Dylan Mohan Gray’s investigation spirals outward from the AIDS crisis on the African continent when PHARMA companies blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs. As a medium for entertainment, […]

Paul Risker reviews the third episode of Sons of Anarchy season five… The review for episode 3 of Sons of Anarchy will take a slightly different format to those that have preceded it and those that will follow. If the expression is true that you don’t miss anything until it is gone, then the same […]

Chris Cooper reviews the latest issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles… “Stranded on the planet Neutrino in Dimension X with Fugitoid, the TMNT find themselves on unfamiliar ground. Recognizing a mutual threat in Krang, the TMNT join forces with the Neutrino Resistance Force and make a last-ditch effort to save the captured Neutrino Royalty! ” […]

Gary Collinson reviews the first issue of Justice League of America… “Green Lantern! Green Arrow! Catwoman! Katana! Vibe! Hawkman! Stargirl! They aren’t the world’s greatest super heroes—they’re the most dangerous! But why does a team like the JLA need to exist? What is their ultimate mission? And who is pulling the strings? Plus: Find out […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the first issue of Marvel NOW!’s Nova… The success of Marvel NOW! is readily apparent as their second  wave of titles launch and continue to be far more ‘hit’ than ‘miss’.  The revamped Nova is one of the most entertaining and endearing first issues I can remember.  Great characters, fantastic art well […]

David Bishop reflects on his 15 movie Godzilla marathon… If you’ve been reading fellow Flickering Myth writer Luke Owen’s various articles, you’ll know that Luke, our partner in crime Jon Lipscombe and I undertake a movie marathon each month. For February we chose Godzilla, or, more specifically, the first fifteen Godzilla movies. As there are twenty-nine altogether, […]