Sean Wilson asks his fellow Flickering Myth writers about the film experiences that shaped their childhoods… I was more than a little startled when hit with the recent revelation that nineties family classic Free Willy this year passed its 22nd birthday. It’s not a lengthy period in the grand scheme of things but for me […]
Sylvester Stallone denies involvement with female Expendables movie The ExpendaBelles
Way back in 2013, it was reported that a female Expendables spinoff – titled The ExpendaBelles – was in development, with Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde) signing on to direct and Sylvester Stallone and Avi Lerner said to be producing. Well, it seems that Stallone wants it made clear that he’s not involved , with one […]
Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya joins Steve McQueen’s Widows
Fresh from the box office success of Jordan Peele’s horror movie Get Out [read our review here], actor Daniel Kaluuya has signed on to star in Widows, the new film from Shame and 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen. Widows has been scripted by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn and is based upon the […]
Gerard Butler producing YA fantasy adaptation A Darker Shade of Magic
THR is reporting that Gerard Butler is teaming up with Neal Mortiz and Victoria Schwab to produce an adaptation of Schwab’s YA fantasy series A Darker Shade of Magic for Sony Pictures, who have snapped up the right after a bidding war. A Darker Shade of Magic follows Kell, “a magician who has the ability […]
IDW adapting James Sallis’ Drive as a four-part miniseries
IDW Publishing has announced that it is set to hit the sun-bleached streets of L.A. this summer with a comic book adaption of James Sallis’ modern noir classic Drive, which served as the inspiration for director Nicholas Winding Refn’s acclaimed film starring Ryan Gosling. The four part comic book series will be adapted by writer […]
Glittering cast assembles for The Modern Ocean, including Anne Hathaway and Daniel Radcliffe
Shane Carruth’s (Primer) first big budget film The Modern Ocean is gradually putting together a remarkable A-list cast, headlined by Anne Hathaway (The Intern), Keanu Reeves (Knock Knock) and Daniel Radcliffe (Victor Frankenstein). SEE ALSO: Primer and Upstream Color director Shane Carruth to helm nautical action adventure The Modern Ocean Carruth, best known for his […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming casts Michael Barbieri
Spider-Man: Homecoming has cast young actor Michael Barbieri in an unknown role. This news makes it the first new official announcement since Robert Downey Jr. revealed he will appear in the new Spider-Man film and rumours of Michael Keaton’s negotiations. While his role has not been stated yet, given his age it would be no […]
Elite Squad director to helm Arc of Justice
Deadline is reporting that director Jose Padilha (Elite Squad, RoboCop, Narcos) has signed on to helm an adaptation of historian Kevin Boyle’s award-winning 2004 non-fiction book Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights and Murder in the Jazz Age. Arc of Justice “tells the true story of a racial incident in 1925 Detroit […]
Movie Review – Demon Hunter (2016)
Demon Hunter, 2016. Directed by Zoe Kavanagh. Starring Niamh Hogan, Alan Talbot, Michael Parle, and Aisli Moran. SYNOPSIS: Taryn makes a deal with Falstaff to fight demons like the one who killed her sister, but finds herself fighting for her mind instead when Falstaff reveals his true intentions. You can’t change the past but when a […]
Sundance London 2016 – The Intervention (2016)
The Intervention, 2016. Written and directed by Clea DuVall. Starring Cobie Smulders, Natasha Lyonne, Melanie Lynskey, Clea DuVall, Jason Ritter, Ben Schwartz, Vincent Piazza and Alia Shawkat. SYNOPSIS: A weekend getaway for four couples takes a sharp turn when one of the couples discovers the entire trip was orchestrated to host an intervention on their […]
