To celebrate the release of Star Trek Into Darkness, the Flickering Myth writing team look back at the classic sci-fi franchise. Next up for Star Trek Month is Andy Naylor looking at Star Trek: Insurrection…. Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise learn of a conspiracy against the peaceful inhabitants of a distinctive planet, […]

Acclaimed director Joe Wright is no stranger to literary adaptations. As well as Ian McEwan’s Atonement, he is responsible for cinematic versions of classics like Pride and Prejudice, and more recently Anna Karenina. However, transforming raunchy bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey into a film would certainly be different territory for him. Variety broke the ‘news’ initially and […]

Yesterday we got our first look at the Foot Clan in the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action reboot thanks to a batch of set photos, and now today we may have discovered the identity of their master. According to Deadline, William Fichtner (The Dark Knight, Drive Angry) has joined the cast of the Michael […]

Martin Deer rounds up all the latest talking points from Man of Steel as we count down to the return of Superman this summer… Hans Zimmer’s Score The track list for the Man of Steel score was released online when it went on pre-order, and just this week the previous 30 second clips of each […]

Robb Ghag reviews Star Wars #5… “After their resupply mission for the Rebel Alliance is exposed to the Empire, Han Solo and Chewbacca seek refuge in the Coruscant underworld, where they are being hunted by Boba Fett.  Meanwhile at the construction site of the second Death Star, Darth Vader, having fallen from the Emperor’s favor, […]

In the first of a new series, Flickering Myth’s writing team discuss their all-time favourite piece of cinema alongside their most re-watchable film; first up is Helen Murdoch with The Devil’s Backbone and Velvet Goldmine… I was trying to think of my favourite film the other day and it came down to two choices – […]

Luke Owen reviews the second episode of The Apprentice Series 9… I said yesterday that Bopping Tim was one of my favourite candidates due to his Tigger like attitude. So it’s kind of sad to see him fired at this early stage of the game – especially when he shouldn’t have been the one to […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the latest issue of Marvel NOW!’s Avengers… “As Shang-Chi battles an ancient enemy, the Avengers hang out in Hong Kong’s swankiest casino.Captain Marvel, Black Widow and Spider-Woman find out it doesn’t pay to gamble in the spy business. Cannonball and Sunspot play craps with a bunch of Aim Agents. And Win!“ One […]

Star Trek Into Darkness, 2013. Directed by J.J. Abrams.Starring Chris Pine, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Alice Eve, Bruce Greenwood, and Peter Weller. SYNOPSIS: After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt […]

Jack Morris reviews The Private Eye #2… After such an explosive first issue, it is always going to be a task to try and keep a reader entertained and want to stick with the story for the long run; but it seems like Vaughan, Martin and Vicente have done just that with the second issue […]