The Comedian, 2012. Directed by Tom Shkolnik.Starring Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Elisa Lasowski and Edward Hogg. SYNOPSIS: A struggling stand up comedian becomes entangled in a love triangle. Maybe the most surprising feature of debut feature director Tom Shkolnik’s The Comedian is its title. Nominally the film is about thirtysomething comedian Ed (Edward Hogg). Living in London, […]

Luke Owen reviews issue 249 of Sonic The Hedgehog… The crossover mega-event reaches its half-way point! On the eve of Sonic the Hedgehog’s landmark 250th issue, Sonic, Tails, Mega Man and Proto Man are confronted by Drs. Eggman and Wily and the eight Roboticized Masters! Why do they look so familiar to Sonic? Do our […]

After getting Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe off to a fine start with the blockbuster sequel Iron Man 3, this week has brought rumours that all may not be well behind the scenes on Marvel Studios’ next offering Thor: The Dark World. According to a report on Film Score Monthly, composer Carter Burwell […]

As the countdown to Man of Steel continues, director Zack Snyder has appeared on Canada’s Breakfast Television to discuss the eagerly-anticipated Superman reboot, explaining a little about his reasons to sign on to the film, as well as discussing comparisons to The Dark Knight Trilogy, given that TDK supremo Christopher Nolan has helped to develop the […]

First rule of The Apprentice – never claim to be an expert in something, because you won’t be. And in the end, you will be exposed as a fraud. It seems every year we get a candidate who misses this memo and claims things like “this task was made for me”, “I’m brilliant at this […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the new season of Arrested Development… The distribution model has changed so much in the last ten years, it’s difficult to even figure out where everything went wrong.  Or in this case, right.  The Internet is strewn with posts from people begging to see their cancelled shows resuscitated on different networks or […]

Based on the fact that Bryan Singer has decided to add Quicksilver to the line-up of X-Men: Days of Future Past after Joss Whedon announced he was to use the character for The Avengers 2, it seems unlikely that we’ll be seeing any collaborations between 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios in the near future. […]

Luke Owen revisits Super Mario Bros…. Can you believe it’s been twenty years since the Super Mario Bros movie was released? I remember it so vividly being talked about in every magazine, comic and TV show that I watched. Even though I was a Sega kid through and through (Mega Drive Till I Die), I […]

Conan O’Brien has asked a thought-provoking question on YouTube (in the video below). How does Superman shave? In the trailers we’ve had for Man of Steel so far, there have been shots of bearded Superman and clean-shaven Superman. Grooming has taken place. But how? O’Brien’s not alone. The Flickering Myth writing team have been debating […]

Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever, 2012. Directed by Callum Waddell. Featuring Corey Feldman, Christopher Smith, Adam Green, Tobe Hooper, Tom Holland, Eduardo Sánchez and Felissa Rose. SYNOPSIS: A celebration of slasher cinema – from the early 1960’s beginnings  to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genre’s forgotten cult […]