The CW scored a ratings hit last year with Arrow, its Christopher Nolan-inspired take on DC Comics’ Green Arrow, and as the cast and crew gear up to go into production on season two, executive producer Marc Guggenheim (Green Lantern) has been reflecting on a hugely successful first season, as well as offering some hints […]

Prospects, 2013. Directed by Sebastian Duthy. SYNOPSIS: A documentary charting two boys’ struggle to reach the top of the amateur boxing world and the difficulties and successes that they experience over four years… Boxing in all its excitement, unpredictability and obvious risks is explored expressively in this well produced documentary. Following two young East London […]

Luke Owen reviews the second issue of Back to Back to the Future… Bob Gale and Melora Hardin have been sent back to 1984 – and on the set of Back to the Future! Now the pair must work out a way to keep Eric Stoltz in the movie, without causing a time paradox… Back […]

Luke Owen counts down to Pacific Rim by looking at some of his favourite giant monsters… Kaiju: The Japanese word for “strange beast”. However, the word Kaiju has been universally translated and defined into English as “monster” or “giant monster”.What did the little girl see that has scared her to the point of not talking […]

Hummingbird, 2013. Written and Directed by Steven Knight.Starring Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Vicky McClure, Benedict Wong, Ger Ryan, and Youssef Kerkour. SYNOPSIS: Former British serviceman Joey is homeless and on the run from a military court martial. Damaged by his experiences and living under the heel of society, he seizes an opportunity to assume another […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team countdown to the UK release of Monsters University by picking their favourite Pixar Movies; next up is Chris Cooper with Finding Nemo…. “Just keep swimming““Fish are friends not food““Mine““Oh, man. Hey, no hurling on the shell, dude, okay? Just waxed it““My bubbles!“ I could go on and on with this. But […]

Now You See Me, 2013. Directed by Louis Leterrier.Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mélanie Laurent, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Michael Kelly. SYNOPSIS: During a live performance, a group of magicians calling themselves The Four Horsemen somehow manage to rob a bank in another country and they give the […]

It’s fair to say that Iron Man 2 wasn’t exactly Marvel Studios’ finest hour, although one of the few bright spots from the 2010 sequel was Sam Rockwell’s turn as Tony Stark’s villainous rival industrialist Justin Hammer; during an interview with Vulture to discuss his new film The Way, Way Back, Rockwell has expressed an interest in […]

uwantme2killhim?, 2013. Directed by Andrew Douglas.Starring Jamie Blackley, Toby Regbo, Joanna Froggatt, Liz White, Jaime Winstone, Mark Womack, Amy Wren, Louise Delamere, James Burrows and Stephanie Leonidas. SYNOPSIS: A teenage boy’s descent into the dangerous world of the Internet and the harrowing consequences of his actions. A true story. The title of this put me […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Michael Wilkinson about the craft of costume design and collaborating with Zack Snyder on Man of Steel…. “There aren’t a lot of artists in my family, but I was raised in a supportive home and was encouraged to pursue my passions, for that I am grateful,” states Michael Wilkinson who was […]