Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

Four Director’s Cuts We’d Like To See

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Following on from the news that Zack Snyder’s Justice League is coming to HBO Max in 2021, Anghus Houvouras picks four director’s cuts he’d like to see… The idea of a Director’s Cut or ‘Extended Cut’ isn’t necessarily new. There was a time when letting the director back into the editing booth to take another […]

I Kind Of Love Batman Forever

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Anghus Houvouras on why he kind of loves Batman Forever… It was 25 years ago that the third modern Batman movie was released. An uncertain time for the character who just six years earlier had revolutionized the modern blockbuster, helped launch the modern age of comic book adaptations, and made an untold millions for Warner […]

Why does Spider-Man have to be black?

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Anghus Houvouras on the casting of the new Spider-Man… The notion of diversity in the superhero world isn’t nearly as black and white as some would have you believe. From the very moment we learned Sony got wise and agreed to share Spider-Man with Marvel, finally placing everyone’s favorite wall-crawler into the shared Marvel Cinematic […]

The overwhelming overreaction to Zack Snyder’s Justice League

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Anghus Houvouras on Zack Snyder’s Justice League… Pigs are flying. Hell has frozen over. Dogs and cats living together…. MASS HYSTERIA. Zack Snyder’s Justice League is actually going to happen. The legendary ‘Snyder Cut‘ will be released in 2021 courtesy of HBO Max. Once thought to be nothing more than a fever dream fuelled by […]

Dear Daisy Ridley: Here’s where the Star Wars love went

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Anghus Houvouras on where the Star Wars love has gone… If you had told me back in 1999 in the months that followed the release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace that one day Star Wars would be in a more perilous place (creatively speaking), I would have chucked. Worse than the […]

Comic Book Review – Johnny Red #1

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Anghus Houvouras reviews Johnny Red #1… Legendary British fighter ace, Johnny ‘Red’ Redburn, returns once more as the commander of the Falcons – a Russian fighter squadron battling the Nazis in the skies over Stalingrad. But dogfighting Messerschmitts is about to become the least of his troubles when the NVKD – the notorious Soviet secret […]

Comic Book Review – Old Man Logan #1

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Anghus Houvouras reviews Old Man Logan #1… Fifty years from now, Logan — the man who no longer calls himself Wolverine — will have endured many atrocities: The Marvel Universe’s villains will have banded together and rid the world of its heroes. Logan’s closest friend, Hawkeye, will have been murdered in cold blood right before […]

The Week in Disappointment – Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Star Wars: the Force Awakens, Indiana Jones

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Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “George Lucas calls Disney “white slavers”, suggests he’s not a fan of “retro” tone of Star Wars: The Force Awakens“ Remember when George Lucas accused film audiences of being racist because they didn’t turn out to see the awful Red Tails? And you cringed at […]

Batman ’89: The most influential film of the last 30 years

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Anghus Houvouras on Tim Burton’s Batman: The most influential film of the last 30 years…. The summer of 1989 was brimming with blockbusters. A number of high profile sequels were set to light up the box office. Massive franchises like Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters, and Lethal Weapon were debuting new installments guaranteed to rake in fat […]

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of Box Office Expectations)

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Anghus Houvouras on Birds of Prey and the box office… Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) hit theaters this weekend and is receiving praise from both audiences and critics. Great action sequences, scenery chewing performances from some amazing actors and a unique big budget comic book adaptation. This should be […]