Now that young Damian Wayne has fallen in battle, The Dark Knight has a vacancy for a new Robin and while it was looking extremely likely that Harper Row was being lined up as the new Girl Wonder, an old favourite has now entered the race with the gatefold cover for Batman and Robin #19 […]

Legendary comic book artist and editor Carmine Infantino passed away yesterday, aged 87. Born in Brooklyn in 1925, Infantino began his career in the 1940s and would go on to become one of the most influential figures in the industry during the Silver Age, as well as enjoying an illustrious career spanning five decades. Contributing […]

Continuing our Comic Book Movie month here at Flickering Myth, Jack Morris explains why Superman III scarred him for life… Superman III was my first foray into comic book movies. I was shown it by my cousins who had it on VHS when we went to visit them in Leeds and it has forever stuck […]

The Flickering Myth writing team look at the trailer for Only God Forgives… Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling really made a name for themselves with 2011’s Drive and now they are back together again with the first red band trailer for Only God Forgives. And as one would expect, this is very dark, moody […]

A Late Quartet, 2012. Directed by Yaron Zilberman.Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Imogen Poots, and Mark Ivanir. SYNOPSIS:The cellist in a string quartet is diagnosed with Parkinson’s as they prepare for their final tour. The film’s title, A Late Quartet, relates to the string compositions Beethoven produced near the end of his […]

Paul Risker reviews the ninth episode of Sons of Anarchy season 5….A solemn family reunion and a plan that doesn’t come together… In what was not an uncommon occurrence, the previous episode of Sons of Anarchy closed on a typically dramatic note, at least as far as the fortunes of Chibs and Gemma was concerned. […]

Throughout April, we’re counting down to the release of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here’s #22….Ghost World, 2001. Directed by Terry Zwigoff.Starring Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Pay Healy, Illeana Douglas, Bob Balaban, Stacey Travis and Teri Garr.Terry Zwigoff’s comedy-drama Ghost […]

Renowned American film critic Roger Ebert has passed away today aged 70 after a long battle with cancer. Ebert, who rose to prominence through his long-running TV partnership with fellow film critic Gene Siskel, was the first film critic to receive a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, […]

Scott Furnell-Calvert reviews Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 1: Faces of Death… “As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics – The New 52 event, DETECTIVE COMICS is relaunched for the first time! Bruce Wayne returns as Batman – and sets his sights on the Gotham Ripper, who in turn has his sights on Batman. Meanwhile, […]

The Expatriate (a.k.a. Erased), 2012.Directed by Philipp Stolzl.Starring Aaron Eckhart, Olga Kurylenko, Liana Liberato, Neil Napier, Garrick Hagon and Alexander Fehling.SYNOPSIS:Ben Logan (Eckhart) and his daughter, Amy (Liberato) started a new life in Belgium after Ben’s job sent him overseas. He’s moved past the struggle of moving abroad and is at the top of his […]