Anghus Houvouras on ‘The Joker Effect’ and its impact on modern movie villains… “Some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.” – The Dark Knight It’s difficult to fully comprehend just how much The Dark Knight […]

Gary Collinson reviews Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls… “After a series of deadly discoveries, Bruce Wayne has learned that the Court of Owls is real — and a deadly threat out to control Gotham City! Unleashing their deadly assassins known as the Talons, Batman must stop the insidious Court of Owls before they […]

Follwing our interview with Dale Lloyd of Viva VHS, Simon Columb looks back at his VHS memories…. My Mum and Dad did not appreciate videos. They would never buy such items – especially when you could easily record films and TV shows directly from the box. The re-runs of Beethoven, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (budget […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Edward Elmore writes for The Guardian about the recent US release of Spring Breakers, which is out on April 5th in the UK: “But what of Spring Breakers? It is by most standards Korine’s most mainstream work to date. The film, he says, was never meant to be […]

Ollie England on How the Internet has radically changed Sci-Fi movies…. Before the widespread availability of the Internet, there was a whole genre of movies known as Cyberpunk (Hackers / Jonny Mnemonic / Lawnmower Man amongst others) in which the future was a nightmarish blend of surveillance corporations and personal restrictions created through intrusive technology. […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team count down to the release of Trance by selecting their favourite Danny Boyle movies; next up is Tom Jolliffe with 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire…. Danny Boyle’s gift for storytelling and constant desire to push boundaries means that picking a favourite from his back catalogue was a tough ask. Trainspotting was an exceptional […]

Director J.J. Abrams has taken a break from putting the finishing touches to Star Trek Into Darkness to talk to Empire Online about his next project, which will see him heading to a galaxy far, far away for the first instalment in Disney’s upcoming Star Wars sequel trilogy, Star Wars: Episode VII. “I don’t know […]

Our weekly round up of all the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Iron Man 3, The Avengers 2, Ant-Man, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Deadpool, Justice League, Man of Steel, Superman Lives, Superman: Flyby, […]

Following our interview with Dale Lloyd of Viva VHS, Paul Risker looks back at his VHS memories…. I class myself as one of the VHS generation, a generation who finds a place to belong here at www.flickeringmyth.com. Whilst the world is turning Blu, there remains a part of my film obsessed heart – beating at 24 frames per second […]

In the next instalment of the ‘Late to the Show’ series, Luke Addison looks at the BBC’s Sherlock…. The BBC’s Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the clinical, uncaring Sherlock, with Martin Freeman as his initially crippled sidekick John Watson has been given critical acclaim by critics and viewers alike since it first aired two years […]