Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

Gary Collinson

Nominations for the 2019 European Film Awards announced

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The European Film Academy has announced the nominations for the 32nd annual European Film Awards, with Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite, Roman Polanski’s An Officer and a Spy, Pedro Almodovar’s Pain and Glory and Marco Bellochhio’s The Traitor all securing four nominations apiece, including Best European Film alongside Nora Fingscheldt’s System Crasher and Ladj Ly’s Les […]

Sofia Boutella, Ed Skrein and more joins Nicolas Cage in Prisoners of the Ghostland

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Bloody Disgusting is reporting that Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Ed Skrein (Midway), Bill Moseley (3 from Hell), Young Dais (The Outsider) and Tak Sakaguchi (Re:Born) have joined Nicolas Cage and Imogen Poots in the upcoming action horror Prisoners of the Ghostland. Directed by Sion Sono (Love Exposure), Prisoners of the Ghostland sees Cage as Hero, […]

Acclaimed animated feature Away gets a trailer ahead of U.S. release

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Subliminal Films has announced the upcoming U.S. release of Away, the feature debut of Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis, who spent over four years single-handedly animated, scoring, editing and producing a film described by The Hollywood Reporter as “somewhere between Hayao Miyazaki and Terrence Malick”. The film, told entirely without dialogue, follows a young boy who […]

Shazam! director to adapt horror comic The Unsound for Netflix

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After injecting some comedy into the superhero genre with this year’s Shazam!, Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation director David F. Sandberg is heading back to the horror genre with an adaptation of the comic book series The Unsound, and Deadline is reporting that streaming service Netflix has landed the rights to the package after a […]

Get a first look at Archie vs. Predator II #4

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Archie Comics continues its Archie vs. Predator II crossover series this December with the penultimate fifth issue, and we’ve got an unlettered preview for you right here… Riverdale finds itself under an unexpected new leader as the New Predators wreak havoc on everything and everyone that comes across their paths. Archie vs. Predator II #4 […]

X-Men and Doomsday Clock lead bestselling comic books and graphic novels of October 2019

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Diamond Comic Distributors has once again announced its bestselling direct sales titles for the past month, with Marvel and DC sharing the spoils, the former topping the comic book chart with X-Men #1 and the latter leading the pack in terms of graphic novels with Doomsday Clock: Part 1. Bestselling Comic Books of October 2019 […]

Sandra Bullock reteaming with Netflix for Unforgiven

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After the success of Bird Box, which garnered over 80 million account views in its first month, Sandra Bullock is set to reunite with Netflix for a feature film adaptation of the 2009 British TV miniseries Unforgiven, with the actress set to star, as well as producing with Graham King (The Departed, Bohemian Rhapsody). Scripted […]

Marvel’s Loki series will tie in to Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness

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During Marvel’s Phase Four announcement at the San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that the upcoming WandaVision TV series will serve as a lead-in to Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, and it seems that the Elizabeth Olsen series won’t be the only required Disney+ viewing alongside the Doctor Strange sequel. In an interview […]

Leia was originally going to be ‘The Last Jedi’ in Star Wars: Episode IX

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As we’ve heard previously, Disney and Lucasfilm’s plan for the Original Trilogy heroes of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa was for each to come to the forefront in a different chapter of the Sequel Trilogy – Harrison Ford’s Han in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Mark Hamill’s Luke in Star Wars: The Last […]