Luke Owen looks back at the death of Brandon Lee on the set of The Crow… On March 30th 1993, Brandon Lee walked onto the set of The Crow in Wilmington, North Carolina. Less than 24 hours later, he was dead. Based on the comic of the same name, The Crow was to be Lee’s […]
Till All Are One: A Production History of The Transformers: The Movie
Luke Owen sits down with The Transformers: The Movie director Nelson Shin, composer Vince DiCola and “The Touch” singer Stan Bush to find out how the movie got made… In 1980, Takara Toys launched a series of action figures named Daiakuron (Diaclone), transforming vehicles and robots which were piloted by another of their toylines Mikuroman […]
The Greatest Transformers Movie of All-Time | Flickering Myth Podcast Mini
In this excerpt from The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, Tom Beasley and Luke Owen discuss why 1986’s The Transformers: The Movie is the greatest film in the Transformers franchise, as well as trashing the Michael Bay films; check it out below, or listen to the full podcast episode here… SEE ALSO: Till All Are […]
Six Things You Might Not Know About Tim Burton’s Batman on its 30th Anniversary
On its 30th anniversary, Luke Owen looks at a few things you might not know about Tim Burton’s Batman… Today marks the 30th Anniversary of Tim Burton’s Batman (or Batman ’89 as it’s known nowadays). It was a movie that changed the landscape of comic book movies, broke the mould that came before it and […]
Why Attack of the Clones is the worst Star Wars movie
Luke Owen looks back at Attack of the Clones… The year is 1999. The excitement and buzz surrounding the release of the first Star Wars movie since 1983 is at an all-time high. We’d recently just relived our love of the original trilogy via the 1997 Special Edition re-releases, and now here we are with […]
Movie Review – Ghost Stories (2017)
Ghost Stories, 2017. Directed by Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson. Starring Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Alex Lawther and Paul Whitehouse SYNOPSIS: Arch sceptic Professor Phillip Goodman embarks upon a terror-filled quest when he stumbles across a long-lost file containing details of three cases of inexplicable ‘hauntings’. With book adaptations, it’s often hard for film reviewers to separate the source […]
The Making of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – An Oral History
Luke Owen interviews the people behind 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider… These interviews are taken from Lights, Camera, GAME OVER!: How Video Game Movies Get Made – available now from all good book sellers. By the end of the 1990s, the idea of turning a video game into a movie wasn’t high on the list […]
The Week in Star Wars – Han Solo footage and synopsis, The Last Jedi Blu-Ray details, Liam Neeson talks franchise return and more
Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars returns with the latest from Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: The Last Jedi home entertainment details and box office, more from Rian Johnson’s new trilogy, Liam Neeson on a potential return and more… Let’s kick things off this week with Solo: A Star Wars […]
“You’re a Twat!” – How Mike Read Ruined ‘An Evening With Chevy Chase’
Dan Palmer reports from An Evening With Chevy Chase in London’s Hammersmith… Chevy Chase is primarily known for two things; his highly successful 1980s comedy career and being something of a prickly pear… emphasis on the prick. As a dyed-in-the wool fan of Mister Chase and his oeuvre (including such genuine comedic classics as Foul […]
The Week in Star Wars – More Solo: A Star Wars Story reshoots, The Force Awakens original ending, The Last Jedi passes $1.2 billion and more
Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars has the latest on those Solo reshoot rumours, the original ending for The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi’s box office performance and more… Let’s kick things off with the latest rumours from the troubled Solo: A Star Wars Story. The film hit a nasty bump in […]