With the release of the anticipated Disney sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass only a few days away across both sides of the Atlantic, Flickering Myth’s Scott J. Davis got the chance to sit down with the film’s director James Bobin (The Muppets, Flight of the Conchords) to discuss the making of the sequel. SEE […]
DVD Review – The Big Short (2015)
The Big Short, 2015. Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt, Finn Wittrock, Max Greenfield, Melissa Leo, Rafe Spall, Hamish Linklater, Tracy Letts, John Magaro, Jeremy Strong, Marissa Tomei, Karen Gillan, Stanley Wong, Byron Mann, Margot Robbie, and Selena Gomez. SYNOPSIS: Four denizens of the world of high-finance predict […]
Movie Review – Money Monster (2016)
Money Monster 2016 Directed by Jodie Foster Starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Dominic West, Caitriona Balfe, Giancarlo Esposito SYNOPSIS: Flamboyant TV host Lee Gates (George Clooney) is fronting his daily show about the financial markets when he’s taken hostage by a distraught investor (Jack O’Connell), who bursts into the studio armed to the […]
X-Men: Apocalypse enjoys $103.3 million international opening weekend
Despite some mixed reviews, 20th Century Fox’s latest X-Men offering has enjoyed a solid opening at the international box office, with X-Men: Apocalypse pulling in a debut weekend of $103.3 million. X-Men: Apocalypse, which is once again directed by Bryan Singer, opened on 20,596 screens across 75 markets, and took top spot in 71 of […]
Interview: Writer-director Andrew Steggall talks about his debut feature Departure
Kat Kourbeti sat down with the writer and director of Departure, Andrew Steggall. Here’s what they discussed… KK: First of all can I just say that I absolutely loved your film, it blew me away. For a first feature as well, it’s such an impressive feat, there’s just so much to take away from it […]
Movie Review – Kindergarten Cop 2 (2016)
Kindergarten Cop 2, 2016. Directed by Don Michael Paul. Starring Dolph Lundgren, Fiona Vroom, Aleks Paunovic, Andre Tricoteux, Bill Bellamy and Sarah Strange. SYNOPSIS: Assigned to recover sensitive stolen data, a gruff FBI agent goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher, but the school’s liberal, politically correct environment is more than he bargained for. “It’s not […]
Rumour: Black Panther casting call details supporting characters
With pre-production on Marvel’s Black Panther heating up for T’Challa’s debut in Captain America: Civil War, an alleged casting call has arrived online, which claims to detail the supporting characters set to feature in the Ryan Coogler-directed film: • ULYSSES KLAW (played by Andy Serkis) – Murderer and betrayer of T’Chaka and personal archenemy of […]
Interview: Steve Carell talks The Big Short
With the release of the Academy Award-winning comedy-drama The Big Short released today in the UK on Blu-ray and DVD, Steve Carell (Anchorman 2, Cafe Society) has been talking about the film, working with Adam McKay and his career in both comedy and drama. Could you explain the housing crisis in a sentence? No more […]
Kickstarter campaign launches for film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s Lullaby
Chuck Palahniuk is a difficult author to adapt for the screen. Following the success of Fight Club, studios were quick to snap up the rights to his other properties – including those of popular novels Invisible Monsters and Survivor. However, it wasn’t until 2008’s Choke, which starred Sam Rockwell, that we would see another one […]
Second Opinion – X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
X-Men Apocalypse, 2016. Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Issac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Evan Peters, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Lucas Till and Kodi Smit-McPhee. SYNOPSIS: With the emergence of the world’s first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan. Going to see a […]
