Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence has capped another fantastic year by securing the honour of being the highest grossing star of 2014, with her movies X-Men: Days of Future Past and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 earning a combined $1.4 billion in box office receipts. Chris Pratt claimed second place with $1.2 billion from The […]
Roberto Orci not writing Star Trek 3, reminds fans why he makes movies and we don’t
With Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 6) now signed on to direct Star Trek 3 as Roberto Orci’s replacement, it had been reported that Orci would remain involved in the project in a writing and producing capacity. However, Orci has now taken to the message boards on TrekMovie to clarify that he is not involved […]
Watch Max Landis’ new short film Jane LA
2015 is shaping up to be a busy year for Chronicle screenwriter Max Landis, with Victor Frankenstein, American Ultra, Me Him Her and Mr. Right all in various stages of production, but he’s still found time in his schedule to write and direct a new found footage short entitled Jane LA, which he describes as […]
Shazam movie will exist within the DC Cinematic Universe
Back in November, Dwayne Johnson cast some doubt about whether the upcoming Shazam movie (which will see him starring as Black Adam) would exist within Warner Bros.’ wider DC movie universe, tweeting that it was a co-production between New Line and Warner, and throwing in the hashtage #independence. However, it now seems that we have […]
Jenna Coleman signs on for another series of Doctor Who
Back in August, UK tabloid The Daily Mirror reported that Jenna Coleman would be leaving her role as companion Clara Oswald in last night’s Doctor Who Christmas Special. Of course, we now know that wasn’t the case, and the BBC has confirmed that the actress will be back alongside Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor when the […]
DVD Review – Sex Tape (2014)
Sex Tape, 2014. Directed by Jake Kasdan Starring Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Ellie Kemper, Rob Lowe and Rob Corddry. SYNOPSIS: After a tequila-filled night of sex, a married couple awakens to find they’ve mistakenly distributed their amateur adult film to the public and must go on a mission to suppress it from going viral. Sex […]
DVD Review – Bloodshot (2013)
Bloodshot, 2013. Written and Directed by Raoul Girard. Starring Danny Dyer, Keith Allen, Zoe Grisedale, Craig Conway and Jason Durr. SYNOPSIS: A young man who works for horror and action films falls in love with a strange and gorgeous model just arrived from America. However this mysterious woman hides a dark, moving secret in her […]
Comic Book Review – Strong Female Protagonist Book One
Michelle Herbert reviews Strong Female Protagonist Book One… Strong Female Protagonist is an ongoing web comic that has recently become a printed book after a successful Kickstarter campaign earlier this year. The story follows Alison Green who is trying to lead a normal life after four years of being the superhero known as Mega Girl. […]
Season’s Greetings from Flickering Myth, and a look ahead to the films of 2015
It’s Christmas! Well, almost… Just a quick note from everyone here at Flickering Myth to wish all of our readers a very Merry Christmas! We’ve had another fantastic year here at the site, what with the launch of Flickering Myth TV, the continued growth of the Flickering Myth Podcast, and more readers than we ever […]
Mark Ruffalo talks Avengers: Age of Ultron
During an interview with Total Film, Mark Ruffalo has shared a few details about Bruce Banner’s role in Avengers: Age of Ultron, as well of course as that of his alter-ego, The Incredible Hulk… “Banner’s been living in Stark Tower. They’ve been working side by side and Bruce has his own lab now. He’s doing […]
