While much of Marvel Studios’ focus right now is on next month’s Eternals, we do have another MCU treat to enjoy before the end of the year, and just to remind us that Spider-Man: No Way Home is incoming, Entertainment Weekly has dropped a couple of new images from the Spidey sequel, offering a new […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Belfast
Belfast, 2021. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Jude Hill, Jamie Dornan, Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds and Colin Morgan. SYNOPSIS: In the midst of the Troubles, a young boy and his parents struggle with the idea that their future might have to lie somewhere other than the city they have always called home. Kenneth […]
Disney+ shares trailer, poster and images for Olaf Presents
Disney+ has released a poster, images and trailer for Olaf Presents, a series of shorts which sees Frozen’s loveable Snowman turn storyteller with his unique retelling of five Disney animated films – Tangled, Moana, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and The Lion King; check them out here… In “Olaf Presents,” Olaf steps into the spotlight and […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – 7 Days
7 Days, 2021. Co-written and directed by Roshan Sethi. Starring Karan Soni, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Mark Duplass. SYNOPSIS: As if their pre-arranged date, organized by their traditional Indian parents, wasn’t uncomfortable enough, Ravi and Rita are forced to shelter in place together as COVID-19’s reach intensifies. 18+ months into the pandemic, audiences can’t really be […]
Movie Review – Bergman Island (2021)
Bergman Island, 2021 Written and Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve. Starring Tim Roth, Vicky Krieps, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie, Wouter Hendrickx, Joel Spira, Clara Strauch, Hampus Nordenson, Anki Larsson, Kerstin Brunnberg, Melinda Kinnaman, and Stig Björkman. SYNOPSIS: A couple retreat to the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman to write screenplays for their upcoming films when […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, 2021. Written and Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. Starring Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, Shouma Kai, Fusako Urabe, and Aoba Kawai. SYNOPSIS: An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters […]
Scott Derrickson’s new horror The Black Phone gets a first trailer
Universal Pictures has released a trailer for The Black Phone, director Scott Derrickson’s (Sinister, Doctor Strange) upcoming adaptation of Joe Hill’s short story of the same name. The horror follows teenager Finney Shaw (Mason Thames) as he finds himself trapped inside the soundproof basement of a sadistic serial killer (Ethan Hawke), where he begins to […]
Exclusive Interview with Actor, Writer and Producer Riley J. Ewing
In an exclusive interview Flickering Myth sat down with Riley J. Ewing to talk about his latest film Unplugged releasing November 12th… Can you tell us about life before filmmaking, where did you spend your childhood? I grew up in Overland Park, Kansas (just outside of Kansas City). I was very much a theatre kid […]
October Horrors 2021 – The Witch (2015)
The Witch, 2015. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger and Lucas Dawson. SYNOPSIS: In 1630s New England, a family of puritan settlers confront evil forces besieging their new isolated home. Every culture is steeped in folklore and folk tale. The best of these old stories tinged […]
First trailer for George Clooney’s The Tender Bar starring Ben Affleck
The trailer for George Clooney’s drama The Tender Bar starring Ben Affleck has been released. Directed by Clooney, the film sees Affleck as the bar tender who provides his nephew, played by Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One), with several pieces of advice for life. Watch the trailer below… TENDER BAR[/caption] It tells the story of J.R., a […]
