Martin Carr reviews the tenth episode of Daredevil season 2… If anything was going to stop Jon Bernthal stealing Daredevil, that was going to be the re-emergence of Wilson Fisk. An embodiment of such menace and calculated restraint, there would be few willing to spend time alone with Vincent D’Onofrio in a locked room. Between […]
The Night Manager Cost How Much?!?!
Daniel J. Harris on The Night Manager… Sunday night sees the final instalment of the six-part BBC serial, The Night Manager, hit our screens. Starring Hollywood’s very own Tom Hiddleston in a return to British TV the adaption of John Le Carre’s novel costs an estimated £3 million plus per episode! Where on earth did […]
Better Call Saul Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Bali Ha’i’
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Better Call Saul Season 2… I’ll be honest this reviewer is not up to speed with Better Call Saul. Now before the diehards start getting upset let me just say that I did watch Breaking Bad religiously. Like a vast majority of the population it drew me in […]
Movie Review – The Unfolding (2016)
The Unfolding, 2016. Directed by Eugene McGing. Starring Robert Daws, Nick Julian, Lachlan Nieboer and Lisa Kerr. SYNOPSIS: A paranormal researcher and his girlfriend spend a few nights at a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor. Things soon start to go bump in the night and the couple, along with some fellow researchers, find […]
Gotham Season 2 Episode 15 Review – ‘Mad Grey Dawn’
Martin Carr reviews the fifteenth episode of Gotham season 2… These are dark days indeed for Jim Gordon. Never has a tagline for an episode been more apt than it is here with Gotham’s ‘Mad Grey Dawn’. Because as the sun comes up on another day in this grimy metropolis, things have never looked bleaker. […]
Supergirl Season 1 Episode 17 Review – ‘Manhunter’
Martin Carr reviews the seventeenth episode of Supergirl… There are echoes of Alien Nation and Predator in this week’s episode, which effectively employs flashback to fill in back story for everyone. Unlike other shows the technique is employed correctly to broaden and deepen our bond with these characters, while showing the true nature of others. […]
Daredevil Season 2 Episode 8 Review – ‘Guilty As Sin’
Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of Daredevil season 2… Once Elektra crossed that line in episode seven there was a wedge driven between Nelson, Page and Murdock the size of a Buick. Testimonies are thrown out, friendships are in tatters, while there is the small matter of that forty storey chasm at the end […]
Daredevil Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Regrets Only’
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Daredevil season 2… When you hit the mid-way point of any series there is the expectation that things will level out, as in hit that dry patch, slow down or ease up a second. Daredevil seems have different ideas, as if running at Mach ten and putting fire […]
Favourite Video Game Soundtracks – Final Fantasy VII
With the resurgence of vinyl, and many classic game soundtracks seeing a re-release on the format, the Flickering Myth writers look back at some of their favourites; next up is Eric Bay-Andersen with Final Fantasy VII… Before Final Fantasy VII came along, I thought of video games as an amusing way to spend time after school, […]
Movie Review – 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
10 Cloverfield Lane, 2016. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg. Starring John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Gallagher Jr. SYNOPSIS: A woman awakes in an underground bunker after being knocked unconscious in a car accident. Two men are with her, claiming the world up above has been devastated by a chemical attack. Back in 2007, a […]
