Having cut his teeth on the dance flicks Step Up 2: The Streets and Step Up 3D and concert movie Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, director Jon M. Chu has now turned his attention to classic 80s kids cartoons; at the moment, he’s currently putting the finishing touches to the delayed action sequel G.I. Joe: […]

Our Children (French: À perdre la raison), 2012. Directed by Joachim Lafosse.Starring Niels Arestrup, Tahar Rahim, Émilie Dequenne, Stéphane Bissot, Mounia Raoui and Redouane Behache. SYNOPSIS: A young woman struggles with depression as her four children, husband and father in-law’s personal demands take a toll. After leaving the screening for Our Children, I wondered how […]

That’s My Boy, 2012. Directed by Sean Anders.Starring Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, Will Forte, Blake Clark, Tony Orlando, Ciara, James Caan, Milo Ventimiglia and Nick Swardson. SYNOPSIS: While still in his teens, Donny (Adam Sandler) fathered a son, Todd (Andy Samberg), and raised him as a single parent until Todd’s 18th birthday. Now, […]

Inbred, 2011.Directed by Alex Chandon.Starring Jo Hartley, Seamus O’Neill, James Doherty, James Burrows, Neil Leiper, Chris Waller and Nadine Rose Mulkerrin.SYNOPSIS:A group of young urban offenders and their care workers embark on a community service weekend in a remote Yorkshire village. Their presence upsets the villagers and a conflict soon appears inevitable…A modern classic of […]

Eat Sleep Die (Swedish: Äta sova dö), 2012 Directed by Gabriela Pichler Starring Nermina Lukač, Milan Dragisic, Jonathan Lampinen and Peter Fält.   SYNOPSIS: The story of a young Muslim girl who gets laid off from her factory job in Sweden. Raša (Nermina Lukač) has an under bite that would make an Easter Egg island […]

Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects supervisors Jon Thum, Rudi Holzapfel and Sara Bennett about their work on Dredd 3D…“I met Alex Garland [28 Days Later], the writer/producer and main creative force behind Dredd 3D early on and helped him out on some ‘pitch-vis’ to get the it green lit,” states Visual Effects Supervisor Jon Thum […]

Zaytoun, 2012.Directed by Eran Riklis.Starring Stephen Forff, Alice Taglioni, Ashraf Barhom, Ali Suliman and Abdallah El Akal.SYNOPSIS:In 1982, a young Palestinian refugee and an Israeli fighter pilot form a tentative bond as they attempt to cross war-torn Lebanon in order to return home. Zaytoun is a historical drama depicting the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team count down to the release of Skyfall by discussing their favourite James Bond films; next up is Jake Wardle with On Her Majesty’s Secret Service…The more time has passed since the release of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, the more its reputation seems to have grown. It’s gone from being the […]

Jim Carrey is set to take on the role of David Scott Ghannt, the man who orchestrated one of the biggest bank heists in history, in Jared Hess’ (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre) new movie Loomis Fargo. Reports by Variety suggest that Carrey is in line to play Ghannt , a driver and vault supervisor at […]

Following the phenomenal success of Hollywood movies based on Marvel comic book adaptations such as Iron Man, Thor and The Avengers, it appears that Valiant Comics also want to grab a piece of the comic book action in Hollywood, with Deadline reporting that J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5, Thor) is set to write a script […]