Tom Jolliffe on the cinematic legacy of Prince… This time last year the world lost one of the music industry’s most influential artists. A man of immense musical talent, capable of producing utter brilliance. Like many musical artists who hit the highest peaks of stardom, there is the lure of diversifying their abilities and heading […]
Logan Marshall-Green’s Spider-Man: Homecoming villain role revealed
We’re just a few months away from the release of Sony and Marvel’s Spidey reboot Spider-Man: Homecoming, and thanks MCU Exchange we now have some details on another comic book villain set to do battle with Tom Holland’s webslinger in the hotly-anticipated movie. We already know that Peter Parker will be going up against The Vulture (Michael Keaton), Shocker […]
Book Review – All Our Wrongs Today by Elan Mastai
Michelle Herbert reviews All Our Wrongs Today by Elan Mastai… Tom Berren, has messed up the present, or at least his present, as he now inhabits the present we have always known. Tom grew up in what we would think of as a post-scarcity utopia. People still work in that reality, but they work to […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer
The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the first trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi… Yesterday at Star Wars Celebration, Lucasfilm unveiled the very first trailer for December’s hugely-anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and much like the rest of the internet, the team here at Flickering Myth was giddy with excitement! […]
Rumoured character breakdowns may reveal new characters for Jessica Jones season 2
With filming now underway, MCU Exchange has revealed four character breakdowns for potential new characters in the second series of Netflix’s hit Marvel TV series Jessica Jones, which reportedly come by way of a casting call for the new season: [DR. KIRBY] 60s, male, open ethnicity, scientist & freethinker SERIES REGULAR – ONE YEAR DEAL [PRESLEY] Late 30s, Male, […]
Exclusive Interview with Follow the Money writer Jeppe Gjervig Gram
Paul Risker chats with Follow the Money writer Jeppe Gjervig Gram… “Back when we did Borgen everyone told us that it would not be possible to take boring Danish coalition politics and make it into a drama – it couldn’t be done” remembers series writer Jeppe Gjervig Gram. From the drama of Danish politics that […]
Exclusive Interview with Julia Ducournau, director of Raw
Thomas Harris chats with Raw director Julia Ducournau… There’s currently an unprecedented buzz around Julia Ducournau’s feminist, cannibal-come-coming-of-age horror, Raw. It helps in part that during its debut screening at Toronto film festival last year, it was met by audience members fainting, vomiting and a collective sea of shock gasps. Rather proudly, I was not one […]
DVD Review – Caltiki, The Immortal Monster (1959)
Caltiki, The Immortal Monster, 1959. Directed by Riccardo Freda & Mario Bava. Starring John Merivale, Didi Sullivan, Gérard Herter, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Gail Pearl, and Daniela Rocca. SYNOPSIS: A group of scientists investigating the disappearance of an ancient Mayan civilisation discover a remnant of an alien species that infects one of their crew. Caltiki, The […]
Brie Larson discusses her take on Captain Marvel
During an interview with SciFi Now (via Reddit), Oscar-winner Brie Larson has been speaking about her upcoming role as Captain Marvel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, discussing her interpretation of Carol Danvers and the character’s motivations and abilities. “To be fair, there are a lot of iterations of her, so there’s going to be some […]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was originally conceived as an idea for TV
During an interview with Comic Book Resources to promote the home entertainment release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, ILM’s John Knoll has revealed that he originally conceived the idea as a potential pitch for an episode of Star Wars: Underworld, the live-action Star Wars TV project that was in development at Lucasfilm following the […]
