To celebrate the release of Man of Steel this month, the Flickering Myth writing team are looking back over Superman’s previous screen adventures; next up is Anthony Stokes with a review of 1987’s Superman IV: The Quest for Peace…After the disappointing box office returns of Superman III and the spin-off Supergirl, nobody was in a […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews The Superior Spider-Man #11….“The Spider-Slayer is scheduled for execution and Mayor J. Jonah Jameson is leaving nothing to chance. To ensure that everything goes according to plan, Jameson’s called in the one man he can trust to oversee everything the Superior Spider-Man. Since the startling events of Superior Spider-Man #9, will anyone […]

Tom Jolliffe reviews the short film Jenny Ringo and the Cabaret From Hell… Here at Flickering Myth we like to do our bit for the UK film and TV industry and frankly those aspiring to do something a little different, and a little outside the box, who need a leg up wherever possible. From aspiring […]

Following this week’s home entertainment release of The Long Riders and Sweet Vengeance, Paul Risker looks at the evolution of the Western…One of the intriguing characteristics of the Western is the story of its evolution. From morality tales of heroes in white hats and villains dressed in black, to Sergio Leone’s distortion and subversion of […]

Chris Cooper reviews the latest of IDW’s TMNT ‘Color Classics’ reprints… “Devastated by a traumatic fight with the Foot and the Shredder, the TMNT retreat to Northampton. This issue serves as a poetic coda to the original, astounding run of Eastman & Laird on TMNT.” Damn Splinter is short! OK now I’ve got that out […]

This Is the End, 2013. Directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.Starring James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride, Michael Cera, and Emma Watson. SYNOPSIS: While attending a party at James Franco’s house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse. “And Jonah Hill?! You’re […]

With Christopher Nolan making a lot of money with his Dark Knight trilogy for Warner Bros., it would make sense for them to keep some sort of working relationship with the director, especially on his new sci-fi movie Interstellar. It was announced in January that both Warner Bros. and Paramount would be distributing the movie, […]

Oliver Davis reviews Spawn #232… 32 STRAIGHT ISSUES WITH SAME ART TEAM, declares the book’s front cover. It reads like the “3 days without an accident” board in The Simpsons. They are Spawn’s creator/writer Todd MacFarlane and Szymon Kudranski on pencils and inking. Hooray for consistency. Having never read Spawn, and starting at part four […]

To celebrate the release of Man of Steel this month, the Flickering Myth writing team are looking back over Superman’s previous screen adventures; next up is Victoria Welton with a review of 1984’s Superman spin-off – Supergirl…Opting to review Supergirl to celebrate the Superman Month for Flickering Myth, I hoped watching it this time around […]

Andy Naylor reviews The Colonized #3…“The zombie horde is growing, the aliens and humans are outmanned (and out-alienned), and the citizens of Carbon Falls are beset from all sides. Which all pale before the looming explosive threat brought on from one of their own!“The Colonzied follows the self-governed town of Carbon Falls and Huxley ‘Hux’ […]