Tony Black discusses Star Trek Beyond, and whether anyone really cares…If you took a straw poll of the general population, how many of them would know there was a new Star Trek movie dropping this summer? The chances are not nearly as many as there should be. Star Trek Beyond, the third movie of the […]
Die Hard Rebooted: 10 Other Franchise Reboots That Failed to Launch
Luke Owen looks at the failed franchise reboots…Rebooting a franchise isn’t just an idea anymore, it’s a formula. If you have a pre-existing franchise with a pre-existing audience, reboot it. And then if that doesn’t work, just reboot it again. We live in a world where we have three different attempts at creating a sustaining Spider-Man […]
The Week in Disappointment – Ghostbusters, Wolverine, Matt Damon as Daredevil, Prometheus 2, Hayden Christensen returning to Star Wars and more
Every week the entertainment world provides us with the unfortunate, the inexcusable, and the questionable. Here are this week’s disappointments.Annie Potts and Sigourney Weaver to appear in Ghostbusters reboot.None of this is surprising or even worthy of mention. When they figure out how to get Harold Ramis to appear in the film, wake me up.Hugh […]
Halloween: 5 Best Horror Films of 2016 So Far
Samuel Brace with the five best horror films of 2016 so far… 2015 gave us its own set of fantastic horror films. Knock Knock and It Follows being two that spring instantly to mind. Horror is having somewhat of a renaissance of late. The embrace of the art house aspect of the genre is a […]
Why Disney’s firm grip on Star Wars is choking the life out of Rogue One
Anghus Houvouras on why Disney’s firm grip on Star Wars is choking the life out of Rogue One… Recently I wrote the following statement about film franchises in my review for Star Trek Beyond: Franchises are whores. They always have been—painted trollops far more interested in money than meaning. Any amount of love or passion obtained […]
Interview: River star Adeel Akhtar
Paul Risker chats with River star Adeel Akhtar… The creative process is often spoken of in the context of a never-ending voyage of discovery, alongside which filmmaking is contextualised as a vast collaboration. For Adeel Akhtar who plays John Rivers (Stellan Skarsgård’s) straight laced partner in the BBC One mini-series River, both the learning and […]
Sundance at the Oscars
Gary McCurry on the Sundance movies that have enjoyed success at the Oscars…Since 1984, the Sundance Film Festival as we know it today has been shining a light on independent movies. Held annually in Park City, Utah, Sundance has become the largest independent film festival in the United States. Many notable directors have came through […]
When Actors Stop Acting And Start Living A Role
This week, Neil Calloway argues that method acting is often unnecessary…This week it was revealed that Jared Leto sent pornography and condoms to his Suicide Squad co-stars in preparation for his role as the Joker. When I did that with my work colleagues I got arrested, but it turns out to be OK if you’re […]
“Musical Black Ops”: Castle and Buffy composer Robert Duncan talks soundtracks with Flickering Myth
Sean Wilson chats exclusively to multiple Emmy nominee Robert Duncan, veteran composer of shows as diverse as Castle, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lie to Me, getting to the heart of the essential question: what makes a truly great soundtrack? Robert, it’s a privilege to chat to you. To begin with, you were born into […]
Flickering Myth’s #7FavFilms
If you’re a user of Twitter, you may have noticed that the hashtag #7Fav has been doing the rounds, ranging from movies to TV shows to video games and even comics. Well we decided to collate the Flickering Myth writing staff’s picks, which you can view below. Twitter is awash with #7favfilms at the moment. […]
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