According to Deadline, Avengers: Infinity War directors Anthony and Joe Russo have won a bidding war for the rights to Simon Stalenhag’s illustrated novel The Electric State, with It helmer Andy Muschietti in talks to direct. The Kickstarter-funded book is described as “a re-imagined low tech apocalyptic mid 90s vision of the American West.” The […]
Rob Lowe set for gender-swapped remake of The Bad Seed
According to Deadline, Rob Lowe has signed on to direct and star in a remake of the Oscar-nominated 1956 psychological horror The Bad Seed, with Lifetime currently in negotiations to secure the rights. Described as a “reimagining”, the film – which has been scripted by Barbara Marshall (Wish Upon) will see Lowe playing “a father […]
An Unsubstantiated Opinion: Rian Johnson’s perplexing relationship with Star Wars: The Last Jedi critics
Anghus Houvouras on Rian Johnson’s perplexing relationship with Star Wars: The Last Jedi critics… When forging our opinions, we spend a unnecessary amount of time worrying about being on the ‘right’ side of an argument. When it comes to cinema, there is no ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. There are only widely varying feelings of the entire human […]
Rian Johnson talks about Luke’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi fate and involvement in Episode IX
Warning: Spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi follow… One of the biggest issues fans have taken with The Last Jedi is how it dealt with the character of Luke Skywalker, including the character’s apparent death at the film’s end. Of course death isn’t quite the same for a Jedi as it is for everyone […]
The Problem With Fan Expectations
Henry Bevan on the problem with fan expectations… I love Spider-Man. Spider-Man 2 is my favourite superhero film, I was addicted to 1990s TV show. Tobey Maguire is an underrated actor. But, I didn’t like Spider-Man: Homecoming, at first. I hated how Peter’s quest to be a hero relegated the supporting characters and I felt […]
Star Wars fan launches petition to have The Last Jedi removed from official canon
Despite earning rave reviews from critics, fans are split on Star Wars: The Last Jedi, with many expressing their disappointment at the latest chapter in the iconic space opera. However, one fan – Henry Walsh – is so outraged by the movie that he’s launched a petition to have The Last Jedi removed from official […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi deleted scenes detailed by Rian Johnson
Despite being the longest Star Wars movie to date with a running time of 2 hours and 32 minutes, director Rian Johnson previously revealed that his first cut of Star Wars: The Last Jedi ran for three hours, and now in an interview with Collider the filmmaker has been teasing some of the material that […]
The Most Disappointing – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Anghus Houvouras on Star Wars: The Last Jedi (major spoilers follow)… It’s all been done. That song by Canada’s eighth best band Barenaked Ladies was bouncing around my head as I watched the latest installment of the Star Wars saga. A galaxy, far, far away isn’t nearly as exciting as it used to be. Not […]
Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2017
Flickering Myth’s writing team present our top ten movies of 2017… With 2017 drawing to a close in just a few hours, the writers here at Flickering Myth have been voting on our favourite films of the past twelve months, in order to present our top ten movies of the year. As with previous years, […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi debuts to second-biggest ever opening day at the box office
After starting its North American theatrical run with the second biggest ever Thursday preview takings, Star Wars: The Last Jedi has carried that into its first full day at the box office, with the movie grossing $100.4 million on Friday, second only to Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ $119 million. Having been tracking a $200 […]
