This week, Neil Calloway argues that method acting is often unnecessary… This week it was revealed that Jared Leto sent pornography and condoms to his Suicide Squad co-stars in preparation for his role as the Joker. When I did that with my work colleagues I got arrested, but it turns out to be OK if […]
Second Opinion – The Purge: Election Year (2016)
The Purge: Election Year, 2016. Directed by James DeMonaco. Starring Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Edwin Hodge, Mykelti Williamson and Raymond J. Barry. SYNOPSIS: On the eve of another annual ‘Purge’, a Senator running for President, intent on stopping the violent ‘holiday’ for good, is targeted for political assassination amidst a wave of horror across Washington […]
Movie Review – Jane Got a Gun (2016)
Jane Got a Gun, 2016. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Starring Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Noah Emmerich, Rodrigo Santoro, Boyd Holbrook, and Ewan McGregor. SYNOPSIS: A woman asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him. Poor Natalie Portman. What looked on paper like a somewhat […]
Richard E. Grant joins Wolverine 3 as a mad scientist villain
Earlier this month it was announced that Boyd Holbrook (Narcos) has joined the cast of Wolverine 3 as the main villain, and now 20th Century Fox has added another bad guy to the ranks, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Richard E. Grant (Withnail & I) is set to portray a “mad scientist”. SEE ALSO: Rumour: […]
Jon Bernthal, Imogen Poots and more join thriller Sweet Virginia
Director Jamie Dagg has found his cast for the upcoming thriller Sweet Virginia, with Jon Bernthal (Daredevil), Imogen Poots (Roadies), Christopher Abbott (James White), Rosemarie DeWitt (Poltergeist) and Odessa Young (The Daughter) all set to appear in the film. Deadline reports that the project, which is based on a Black List script from Ben and […]
Flickering Myth’s #7FavFilms
If you’re a user of Twitter, you may have noticed that the hashtag #7Fav has been doing the rounds, ranging from movies to TV shows to video games and even comics. Well we decided to collate the Flickering Myth writing staff’s picks, which you can view below. Twitter is awash with #7favfilms at the moment. […]
James Mangold and Elle Fanning teaming up for Patty Hearst biopic
According to Variety, Logan director James Mangold has signed on to direct Elle Fanning (The Neon Demon) in an as-yet-untitled biopic of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, who was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, only to reemerge as a member of the terrorist group. The project is based upon Jeffrey Toobin’s bestselling book American Heiress, […]
Spy thriller The Rhythm Section starring Blake Lively lands 2019 release date
Blake Lively’s spy thriller The Rhythm Section has been given a 2019 release date. Paramount purchased the rights to The Rhythm Section back in August with Reed Morano, the executive producer for The Handmaids Tale, on board to direct the movie. The screenplay has been written by Mark Burnell with Bond producers Michael G. Wilson […]
Tom Hanks to star in sci-fi robo drama Bios
The nicest man on the planet, Mr. Tom Hanks, stepped into the sci-fi flecked world of The Circle earlier this year with pretty disastrous results. Now Variety are reporting that he is to have another crack at the genre with Bios. Game of Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik is attached to direct the story of a robot that […]
Olivia Munn to replace Zoe Saldana in Hummingbird
A few months ago Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 star Zoe Saldana was cast in the action thriller Hummingbird, but now it has been announced that she will now longer be starring in the film. Instead, she will be replaced by X-Men: Apocalypse’s Olivia Munn in the lead the role, Deadline has revealed. The reason for the change […]
