Flickering Myth

Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games

Meet the Jedi Knights of Star Wars: The High Republic

by

Back in February, Lucasfilm announced Star Wars: The High Republic, a new publishing initiative featuring books and comics set some 200 years prior to the events of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, and now we’ve got our first details on some of the Jedi Knights and Jedi Masters who inhabit this previously-unexplored […]

Exclusive Interview – Author Mike Fury on penning new book, Life of Action II, featuring Zoë Bell, Frank Grillo, Tony Jaa, Michael Jai White, Gareth Evans & more

by

Mike Fury discusses his new book Life of Action II… Following his 2015 book Life of Action: Interviews with the Men and Women of Action Cinema, Mike Fury has penned a second book, chatting in-depth with a brand-new cast of subjects. Adding to his writing portfolio, Fury has worked in the stunt department on movies […]

Book Review – M by Samm Deighan

by

Rachel Bellwoar reviews M by Samm Deighan… Fritz Lang’s M is a horror film. There are other genres that would happily claim M as one of their own, but they’re not the reason the film has a Devil’s Advocates monograph. Devil’s Advocates is a series that focuses on horror movies from Auteur Publishing. Other films […]

Exclusive Interview – William Shaw on Doctor Who: The Rings of Akhaten, the surprising similarities between Neil Cross & Chris Chibnall, and more (Part Two)

by

Alex Moreland interviews William Shaw about The Rings of Akhaten, the wider work of its writer Neil Cross, and more… I recently sat down with William Shaw – a writer and blogger originally from Sheffield, now based in London, whose work has appeared in Star*Line, Space & Time, The Martian Wave, The Oxford Culture Review, […]

Book Review – The Plague Stones by James Brogden

by

Michelle Herbert reviews The Plague Stones by James Brogden… The Plague Stones is a haunting story with a dark history, that reaches into the class divisions of the present day. The story switches between different characters’ perspectives, although the main focus is on Trish and her family, and there is a large cast of characters […]

Titan to publish Predator: If It Bleeds anthology

by

Titan Books has announced the upcoming release of Predator: If It Bleeds, a new anthology book edited by Hugo Award-nominated author Bryan Thomas, which features sixteen brand new, never before seen stories featuring the Predators throughout space and time. SEE ALSO: Order via Amazon US or Amazon UK Over the centuries, extraterrestrial hunters of the […]

Book Review – Speccy Nation Vol. 2 “The Digital Decade”

by

Villordsutch reviews Speccy Nation Vol.2 “The Digital Decade”… The ZX Spectrum and myself go back a long way.  Anyone who has stumbled across any homebrew gaming reviews or interviews of mine will see that I have an affinity with this classic, rather fantastic, Great British home computer and when the ability comes around to review something else […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens background characters to be explored in new ebooks

by

As Disney and Lucasfilm continue on the Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it looks like we’ll be getting some insight into some of the minor characters from December’s hotly-anticipated film. Per Entertainment Weekly, the female character to the right of the above image, Bazine, will be explored in Delilah S. Dawson’s eShort Star Wars: […]

Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens with Star Wars: Aftermath

by

Last week Lucasfilm teased its new publishing initiative Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens – which is set to bridge the gap between Return of the Jedi and Episode VII – by releasing a promo image for the Marvel Comics series Shattered Empire, and now the official Star Wars site has debuted the cover […]