The Superman Motion Picture Anthology, 1978-2006. Directed by Richard Donner, Richard Lester, Sidney J. Furie and Bryan Singer. Starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Terence Stamp, Susannah York, Richard Pryor, Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth. SYNOPSIS: The complete big-screen adventures of the Man of Steel. With […]

X-Men: First Class, 2011. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Lucas Till, Zoë Kravitz, Caleb Landry Jones, Álex González, Jason Flemyng, Oliver Platt and Ray Wise. SYNOPSIS: Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lensherr (Michael Fassbender) work together to try and prevent […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary filmmaker George Lucas in the first of a six part feature… “I was as normal as you can get,” stated American filmmaker George Lucas when reflecting upon his childhood. “I wanted a car and hated school. I was a poor student. I lived for summer vacations and got […]

As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me, 2001. Directed by Hardy Martins. Starring Bernhard Bettermann, Iris Böhm and Anatoliy Kotenyov. SYNOPSIS: A German soldier escapes a Siberian labour camp and must brave 8,000 miles of unforgiving terrain, freezing temperatures and constant danger to reunite with his wife and child. Last year Peter Weir made […]

Dominic O’Brien selects his Five Essential Guilty Pleasure Childhood Movies of the 80s… Oh how I love 80s filmmaking. Honestly no other decade within film (at least to my knowledge) contains more cult film features that span from kids films, through to long forgotten action and horror films. One such sub-genre which seems to have […]

Trevor Hogg reviews Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson… Writing in a breezy and plain manner, Daniel H. Wilson, who obtained a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon, has entered into the realm of science fiction thriller. If Wilson is able to channel his youthful and mischievous enthusiasm into more polished adult yarns he could become […]

The Halfway House, 1944. Directed by Basil Dearden. Starring Mervyn Johns, Glynis Johns and Sally Ann Howes. SYNOPSIS: A group of strangers take shelter at a remote Welsh Inn during a storm where they are soon brought together by a series of unsettling events. If you are yet to enter the competition here at Flickering […]

Our weekly round-up of all the big talking points from the world of movie superheroes… The big news is of course the release of Matthew Vaughn’s Cold War-era mutant prequel X-Men: First Class, which I have to say I found to be a little over-rated. Don’t get me wrong, it’s enjoyable, but in my opinion […]

Super 8, 2011. Written and Directed by J.J. Abrams.Starring Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Riley Griffiths, Noah Emmerich and Glynn Turman. SYNOPSIS: A group of kids making a film on their ‘Super 8’ camera witness a freight train crash that releases ‘something’, causing the military to shut down their town and setting a series […]

X-Men: First Class, 2011. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Lucas Till, Zoë Kravitz, Álex González, Caleb Landry Jones, Jason Flemyng, Oliver Platt and Ray Wise. SYNOPSIS: In their efforts to prevent Armageddon, a grave rift emerges between close friends Charles Xavier […]