Anthropoid, 2016. Directed by Sean Ellis Starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon, Anna Geislerova and Toby Jones. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Anthropoid details the successful assassination of SS General, Reinhard Heydrich during World War II by a small group of Czech resistance fighters deployed by parachute near Prague. In line with […]
Movie Review – Anthropoid (2016)
Anthropoid, 2016. Directed by Sean Ellis. Starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Anna Geislerová, Charlotte Le Bon and Alena Mihulová. SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of WWII’s Operation Anthropoid, where resistance fighters in Czechoslovakia attempted to assassinate “Butcher of Prague,” SS General Reinhard Heydrich. According to Oxford Dictionaries, “anthropoid” means “resembling a human being in form.” In Sam […]
Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5 now on indefinite hold due to Ridley Scott’s Alien: Paradise Lost
The Internet was abuzz last year when it was announced that District 9 and Chappie director Neill Blomkamp was working with 20th Century Fox on a new sequel to Alien starring Sigourney Weaver and Micheal Biehn, but it now looks like that movie is in trouble. Following the announcement that Ridley Scott was making three sequels […]
Carrie Henn to star as Newt’s mother in unofficial Alien tribute film Alien Identity
With Sigourney Weaver and – potentially Michael Biehn – set to reprise the roles of Ripley and Hicks for Neill Blomkamp’s Alien sequel/reboot, it’s now been announced that Carrie Henn will be returning to the Alien universe for the unofficial fan film Alien Identity from director Adam Sonnet. Henn – who portrayed Newt in 1986’s […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger: No Predator sequels have been “satisfactory”
After failing to reignite his career with the likes of The Last Stand, Escape Plan and Sabotage, Arnold Schwarzenegger has went back to the well, reprising his signature role as The Terminator for this month’s Terminator Genisys, as well as having sequels to another two of his 80s hits on his upcoming slate in The […]
Alison Sudol to star in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that singer-songwriter Alison Sudol (Dig) is set to make her feature film debut in the Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Sudol is set to portray Queenie, the younger sister of Tina (Katherine Waterston), a character who runs into Eddie Redmayne’s magiczoologist Newt Scamander during his […]
Toby Kebbell wants Doctor Doom to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe
A couple of days ago we brought you some comments from Toby Kebbell about his upcoming role as Doctor Doom in Fox’s superhero reboot Fantastic Four, and now the British actor has been speaking to Cinema Blend about the film, during which he said he’d like to see the Latverian villain joining the Marvel Cinematic […]
Pierce Brosnan on turning down Tim Burton’s Batman
Last year, Pierce Brosnan revealed that he’d turned down the opportunity to play Batman in Tim Burton’s 1989 reinvention of The Dark Knight, and now the former 007 has spoken about his decision in an interview with Details. “It was the beginning of these huge movies, and I just thought, Batman?” states Brosnan. “Batman held […]
DVD Review – The Phoenix Incident (2015)
The Phoenix Incident, 2015. Written and Directed by Keith Arem. Starring Troy Baker, Elise Muller, James C. Burns, Karl Girolamo, William Goldman and Mason Shea Joyce. SYNOPSIS: A number of ‘missing person’ cases are reported in Phoenix, Arizona when an unexplained light appears in the sky one night in 1997. When talent such as Keith […]
Top 10 Movies of 2015 So Far
Achievement Unlocked: the year is now over 50% complete. To celebrate the arbitrary passing of 180 days (not 182.5 days like in this article’s first draft – cheers Google), the Flickering Myth team have compiled the Top 10 Movies of 2015 So Far (based on UK release dates, to make things easier). Here’s a spoiler: […]
