Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… John Patterson interviews Elizabeth Olsen for The Guardian, with an attention-grabbing headline of “I never got a job because of my sisters!”. The quote comes from one frank discussion about the issue: “[At the age of 10] My parents made me write down a pros and cons list. […]

Emperor, 2012. Directed by Peter Webber. Starring Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Toshiyuki Nishida, Masayoshi Haneda and Kaori Momoi. SYNOPSIS: After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the American occupying forces led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur must decide whether to execute Emperor Hirohito as a war criminal. The American military occupational force under the command of General Douglas MacArthur (Tommy Lee Jones) […]

Our weekly round up of all the latest news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including The Avengers 2, S.H.I.E.L.D., Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: The Dark World, Doctor Strange, Iron Man 3, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Incredible Hulk, Ant-Man, The Dark Knight Rises, Justice League, Man of Steel, Lobo, Arrow, Wonder […]

Here Comes the Boom, 2012. Directed by Frank Coraci.Starring Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Melissa Peterman, Reggie Lee, Greg Paul, Greg Germann, Gary Valentine, Bas Rutten and Charice. SYNOPSIS: A high school biology teacher enters the world of mixed martial arts in order to raise money for his cash-strapped school. Since The King of […]

Dredd 3D, 2012. Directed by Pete Travis.Starring Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Langley Kirkwood, Wood Harris, Luke Tyler, Junior Singo, Jason Cope, Domhnall Gleeson and Rakie Ayola. SYNOPSIS: A feared lawman takes on a vicious gang of drug dealers in the sprawling urban jungle of Mega City One. Anyone who thought the 1995 Sylvester […]

Oliver Davis with five actors in desperate need of a career reboot… Reboots and remakes, they’re all the rage. Universal Studios recently announced that they’ll be concentrating on franchises going forward; more Bournes, which recently got ‘rebooted’ (Bourne Again, anyone?); at least another Ted; and a barrel-load of animation films. Superhero films are particularly susceptible. […]

The actor who used to play Quentin, the werewolf brother to vampire Barnabus Collins on the original ABC television series Dark Shadows, has been transformed into Commissioner James Gordon for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. To mark the arrival of Part 1, Warner Home Video has released a Q&A with the man behind the voice […]

Rhino Season, 2012. Directed by Bahman Ghobadi. Starring Behrouz Vossoughi, Monica Bellucci, Yilmaz Erdogan, Belçim Bilgin, Caner Cindoruk, Arash Labaf and Ali Pourtash. SYNOPSIS:After spending 30 years in an Iranian prison, a poet searches for his wife. Inspired by a friend who was incarcerated during the Islamic Revolution in Iran, filmmaker Bahman Gobadi tells a […]

Luke Owen wonders whether the WWE should have stopped Raw this past Monday after Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler suffered a heart attack during the live TV broadcast… While I know that Flickering Myth is a dedicated film and TV website, this has been something that has been playing on my mind for the last few […]

British filmmaker Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) caused quite a stir back in July when he screened a reel of test footage for his long-in-development Ant-Man adaptation during Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International. For those of us not fortunate enough to attend the SDCC, Marvel […]