He’s been linked to Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange and Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad in recent days, and now The Wrap is reporting that 20th Century Fox is also courting Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) for one of its own superhero projects, with the site claiming that the British actor is wanted for the role […]
DVD Review – The Wind Rises (2013)
The Wind Rises (Japan: Kaze tachinu), 2013. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Starring Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Masahiko Nishimura, [For English dub]: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt and Martin Short. SYNOPSIS: A profile of Jiro Horikoshi (Anno/Gordon-Levitt), a Japanese engineer who designed fighter planes during World War II. The swan song of Hayao […]
Police Station clip from The Babadook
The acclaimed horror The Babadook (which Flickering Myth deputy editor Luke Owen described as the best film of FrightFest) is set for its UK release in less than a week now, and so Icon Film Distribution has dropped a new ‘Police Station’ clip, which we’ve got for you here… Six years after the violent death […]
American Horror Story: Freak Show – Episode 2 Review
Alice Rush reviews episode two of American Horror Story: Freak Show…. This week on Freak Show saw some pretty horrifying scenes unfold as new characters were introduced and the heat was turned up. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon was back at the director’s helm and so we were treated to his signature stylised visual style as well as […]
More rumours that Jena Malone is playing Robin in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
A couple of weeks back, rumour resurfaced claiming that Jena Malone is reuniting with Sucker Punch director Zack Snyder for the role of Carrie Kelley (a.k.a. The Dark Knight Returns’ Robin) in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, stemming from the fact that the actress had died her hair red – much like the […]
David S. Goyer on whether we’ll see Swamp Thing, Doctor Occult and Zatanna in Constantine
We already know that Jim Corrigan, a.k.a. The Spectre, is heading to NBC’s upcoming DC TV series Constantine – with Emmett Scanlan (Guardians of the Galaxy) set to portray the character – and now executive producer David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel) has spoken about the possibility of delving further into […]
Don’t expect to see a crossover between Gotham and Arrow
During the second episode of FOX’s Batman prequel series Gotham, eagle-eyed viewers may have noticed the Queen Consolidated logo from The CW’s Arrow, which naturally led to speculation about the possibility a crossover between the two DC Comics-based shows. Of course, with Gotham and Arrow on different networks it seemed highly unlikely, and now executive […]
Two-Face to make his Batman ’66 debut in The Lost Episode
While the 1960s TV series Batman featured virtually all of the Caped Crusader’s most iconic foes, one member of the Rogues Gallery who never made it to the small screen was that of Two-Face. Clint Eastwood was wanted for the role of the former D.A. (albeit reimagined as a disfigured news anchor), but the character […]
DVD Review – Dark Touch (2014)
Dark Touch, 2014. Directed by Marina de Van. Starring Missy Keating, Marcella Plunkett, Padraic Delaney, Richard Dormer and Charlotte Flyvholm. SYNOPSIS: A young girl witnesses the death of her parents when the furniture in their house starts moving around all on its own but in the aftermath nobody believes her. In the opening scenes of […]
Scarlett Johansson offered lead in Ghost in the Shell
Last month it was reported that Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) was in talks to join DreamWorks’ adaptation of the anime classic Ghost in the Shell, but it seems those negotiations have fallen through as Deadline is reporting that the studio has made Scarlett Johansson (Lucy) a $10 million offer to lead the […]
