Alien: Covenant, 2017. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Carmen Ejogo, Demian Bichir, Jussie Smollet, Cassie Hernandez, Amy Seimetz, Nathaniel Dean, Alexander England, Benjamin Rigby, Uli Latukefu and Tess Haubrich. SYNOPSIS: The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a […]
Second Opinion – King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, 2017. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Charlie Hunnam, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Djimon Hounsou, Aidan Gillen, Jude Law, Eric Bana, Annabelle Wallis, David Beckham and Poppy Delevingne. SYNOPSIS: Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he […]
Walton Goggins set for Them That Follow
Deadline is reporting that Walton Goggins (The Hateful Eight) has been cast in Them That Follow, a dramatic thriller from writer-directors Brittany Poulton and Daniel Savage. Them That Follow is set in the wilds of Appalachia where believers handle death-dealing snakes to prove themselves before God. Goggins is set to play Lemuel Childs, “an unshakable preacher determined […]
R.I.P. Michael Parks (1940 – 2017)
American actor Michael Parks, a frequent collaborator of directors Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and Kevin Smith has passed away aged 77, with Smith breaking the rather sad news on Instagram… https://www.instagram.com/p/BT6pvD2AONY/ Parks’ career began back in the 1960s and he scored his first major role as the star of the series Then Came Bronson, […]
Movie Review – Miss Sloane (2016)
Miss Sloane, 2016. Directed by John Madden. Starring Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, John Lithgow, Jake Lacy and Sam Waterston. SYNOPSIS: Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most in-demand political lobbyist in Washington DC. Famous for her ruthless cunning, she’s poached from a large agency by a smaller one, headed Rodolfo Schmidt (Mark Strong) to […]
Exclusive Interview: Alien: Covenant star Michael Fassbender
Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant opens in the UK this Friday, and in the build up to the release Flickering Myth Thomas Harris was fortunate enough to speak to some of the cast about their roles in the hotly-anticipated sci-fi horror. Yesterday we brought you interviews with Katherine Waterston (Daniels), Danny McBride (Tennessee) and Billy Crudup […]
Movie Review – Jawbone (2017)
Jawbone, 2017. Directed by Thomas Napper. Starring Johnny Harris, Ian McShane, Ray Winstone, Michael Smiley. SYNOPSIS: Boxer Jimmy McCabe (Johnny Harris) has hit rock bottom. A former youth boxing champion he agrees to an unlicensed fight up north, much to the disapproval of former friends Bill (Ray Winstone) and Eddie (Michael Smiley). When he begins […]
Bruce Lee-inspired Warrior gets straight-to-series order from Cinemax
Last year it was announced that Justin Lin (Star Trek Beyond) and Jonathan Tropper (Banshee) were teaming up to develop Warrior, a TV project based on original material written by martial arts legend Bruce Lee, and now comes word that the project has received a straight-to-series order. Deadline reports that Warrior is described as “a […]
Authorised Bruce Lee biopic Little Dragon finds a director
Bruce Lee Entertainment has found a director for its authorised biopic of the iconic martial artist, with Variety reporting that Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth) is set to helm Little Dragon. The site reports that the project is described as “a contemporary dramatization of the 1950s Hong Kong social and political forces that shaped Bruce Lee into […]
Check out the outstanding Chicago Critics Film Festival lineup and its guest appearances
It goes without saying that Flickering Myth is primarily a UK based multimedia website, but Chicago is also quickly becoming our second home so to speak. As a critic writing for this site coming up on three years now, it is truly an honor to be a part of the Chicago Critics Film Festival for […]
