When it was confirmed that Will Smith was not set to return for Independence Day: Resurgence, the sequel to 1996’s Independence Day, many were left wondering if/how the filmmakers would explain his character’s absence in the film. However, when a viral website for the film launched online only a day after the first official trailer […]
Movie Review – Le Mépris (1963)
Le Mépris, 1963. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli and Jack Palance. SYNOPSIS: Playwright, Paul Javal, is approached to write an adaptation for a film, directed by Fritz Lang. While he is conflicted about how he should proceed with such a commercial enterprise, his marriage to Camille is on the rocks and […]
Is Star Wars: The Force Awakens the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?
Anghus Houvouras on whether Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull… Fandom is forgiving. History has proven this again and again. A cultural phenomenon like Star Wars is an interesting experience because fans are forgiving to a fault. Kevin Smith once called The Phantom Menace […]
Jet Li, Tony Jaa and Deepika Padukone join Vin Diesel’s xXx: The Return of Xander Cage
The cast of Vin Diesel’s upcoming action threequel xXx: The Return of Xander Cage continues to come together, with Twitch Film reporting that Jet Li (The Expendables), Tony Jaa (Ong-Bak) and Bollywood megastar Deepika Padukone (Cocktail) have signed on to the film. xXx 3 will see Diesel back as super spy Xander Cage, alongside the […]
The Week in Spandex – Doctor Strange, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Black Panther, Daredevil, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Force, Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Doctor Strange, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Avengers, Infinity War, Ant-Man, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Agent Carter, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Force, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, The […]
R.I.P. Jason Wingreen, the original voice of Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back
Actor Jason Wingreen, who was perhaps best known for his work as the original, pre-Special Edition voice of Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back, has passed away aged 95, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Wingreen was a prolific character actor with over 200 credits to his name; he played Harry the bartender in seven […]
The Week in Disappointment – Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Star Wars: the Force Awakens, Indiana Jones
Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “George Lucas calls Disney “white slavers”, suggests he’s not a fan of “retro” tone of Star Wars: The Force Awakens“ Remember when George Lucas accused film audiences of being racist because they didn’t turn out to see the awful Red Tails? And you cringed at […]
Alien: Covenant will take place ten years after Prometheus
Considering that Ridley Scott’s initial comments about his Prometheus sequel suggested we’d be picking up the story of Elizabeth Shaw as she heads to the Engineers’ homeworld, it was something of a surprise when Noomi Rapace was absent from the official synopsis for Alien: Covenant. Scott has since revealed that Rapace will cameo in the […]
Disney’s Bob Iger says new Indiana Jones movie is coming
If all the recent talk from Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford wasn’t enough to convince you that Indiana Jones 5 was on the horizon, Disney’s CEO and Chairman Bob Iger has now confirmed that we will be getting a new adventure featuring the iconic adventurer in the wake of the box office success of Star Wars: […]
Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2015
Flickering Myth’s writing team present our top ten movies of 2015… As 2015 draws to a close, the writing team here at Flickering Myth have been voting on our favourite movies from the past twelve months. As always, each of our writers produces their own individual list, which we then use to calculate our overall […]
