Since the historic merger between between the Walt Disney Company and 20th Century Fox, the one question fans have been asking is if Fox’s Marvel characters will be integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During Disney’s Q3 earnings call, CEO Bob Iger reiterated that the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Deadpool are “part of Marvel Studios”, […]
Video Review – The Kitchen
The Kitchen, 2019. Directed by Andrea Berloff. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson, Common, and Bill Camp. This week sees the release of The Kitchen, a new film from Andrea Berloff based on the Vertigo comic book. In the video below, Flickering Myth critic EJ Moreno shares his feelings on McCarthy and […]
Kevin Feige pushed for Avengers: Endgame not to be Infinity War – Part 2
Writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely say that Marvel Studios boss, Kevin Feige, didn’t want Avengers: Endgame to be Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2. As many fans will remember, initially Avengers: Endgame was going to simply be Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2 before undergoing a change. However, Marvel decided instead to make it […]
Movie Review – Nekrotronic (2019)
Nekrotronic, 2019. Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner. Starring Monica Bellucci, David Wenham, Ben O’Toole, Caroline Ford, Tess Haubrich, Bob Savea, and Benedict Hardie. SYNOPSIS: A man who discovers that he is part of a secret sect of magical beings who hunt down and destroy demons in the internet. Given Kiah Roache-Turner’s statement debut Wyrmwood: Road Of […]
Exclusive Interview – Shane Ryan on the filmmaking process, upcoming projects, and the current state of cinema
Tom Jolliffe chats with indie filmmaker Shane Ryan in part two of our interview (read part one here)… Your directing process is pretty organic. To kind of pick up and shoot with whatever/whoever is available. As such you can pick up those inspired moments that come ‘in the moment.’ Do you enjoy the challenge to […]
Iron Man 3 screenwriter on The Mandarin’s introduction in Marvel’s Shang-Chi
Marvel Studios threw fans a major curveball back in 2013 when, after teasing his introduction in the promotional material, Iron Man 3 revealed that Ben Kingsley villain The Mandarin was actually a phony – a drunken British actor by the name of Trevor Slattery portraying a role created by AIM and Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce). […]
First trailer for horror Mary starring Gary Oldman
Ahead of its world premiere at FrightFest later this month, a trailer has been released for director Michael Goi’s upcoming horror Mary which stars Gary Oldman as struggling Captain who buys an abandoned ship at auction, only to discover its harbouring an evil presence which terrorises his family. Joining Oldman in the cast are Emily […]
Disney wants to make more Planet of the Apes movies
Disney is planning to make more Planet of the Apes movies according to a recent report. Disney’s purchase of 20th Century Fox has certainly increased its portfolio of high profile movie franchises. One of these is Planet of the Apes and now we know that Disney has every intention of continuing the series. Variety is […]
Blu-ray Review – The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
The Curse of La Llorona, 2019. Directed by Michael Chaves. Starring Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Marisol Ramirez, Patricia Velasquez, Roman Christou, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Tony Amendola. SYNOPSIS: When a social worker (Linda Cardellini) visits the home of a troubled mother suspected of child neglect, she puts her own family at risk by […]
Chris Morris’ The Day Shall Come gets a first trailer and poster
Entertainment One has debuted the first poster and trailer for director Chris Morris’ (Four Lions) new film The Day Shall Come which stars Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick, Kayvan Novak, Danielle Brooks, Denis O’Hare and Jim Gaffigan; take a look here… Based on 100 true stories, the explosive new film from Chris Morris (Four Lions, Brass […]
