After his exploits as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, Benedict Cumberbatch is joining the war effort once again, with the Sherlock star signing on for the fact-based World War II thriller The War Magician. The project has been written by Gary Whitta (The Book of Eli, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and will […]
Memorable Star Wars Moments – Mos Eisley Cantina
Flickering Myth’s writing team are counting down to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by discussing their most memorable Star Wars moments. Next up is Matt Spencer-Skeen with the Mos Eisley scene from A New Hope… I would like to point out that the scene before we meet Han Solo and Chewbacca was never […]
Movie Review – Point Break (2016)
Point Break, 2016. Directed by Ericson Core. Starring Édgar Ramírez, Luke Bracey, Ray Winstone, Teresa Palmer and Delroy Lindo. SYNOPSIS: A young FBI agent infiltrates a group of athletes he believes is responsible for a series of intricate robberies around the world. Many of us have fond memories of Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 thriller-slash-bromance (not least […]
J.J. Abrams explains why Leia isn’t a Jedi in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
I think it’s pretty safe to assume that following Return of the Jedi, the majority of fans expected Luke Skywalker to pass on what he had learned about the ways of the Force to his sister Leia. However, as we’ve seen from the marketing campaign of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Leia is not a Jedi, […]
Memorable Star Wars Moments – The Rancor Pit
Flickering Myth’s writing team are counting down to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by discussing their most memorable Star Wars moments. Next up is The Week in Star Wars’s Luke Owen with Luke Skywalker in the Rancor pit from Return of the Jedi… Return of the Jedi gets a lot of stick for having teddy […]
C. Robert Cargill writing Marvel’s Doctor Strange
Screenwriter C. Robert Cargill has announced that he’s reuniting with Sinister director Scott Derrickson as screenwriter of Marvel’s currently-in-production Phase Three origin story Doctor Strange. “It’s not a secret anymore,” states Cargill. “For those of you who don’t know what I’ve been doing for the past year, I’ve been writing Doctor Strange for Marvel Studios. […]
James Gunn says Captain America: Civil War is “one of the best Marvel movies ever”; calls Tom Holland “off the charts awesome”
Since Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has some time off for the holidays before he gets back to work on the sequel to his hugely successful Marvel film, he decided to host a live Q&A with his fans on Facebook, where he shared his thoughts on next year’s Captain America: Civil War. In […]
Full list of winners from BAFTA’s EE British Academy Film Awards 2016
The British Academy Film Awards took place in London tonight, with The Revenant picking up five awards in Best Picture, Best Director (Alejandro G. Inarritu), Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), Best Cinematography and Best Sound. Mad Max: Fury Road picked up four technical awards, while on the acting front there were also honours for Brie Larson […]
Golden Globe winner The Revenant opens to $38 million
Now officially released nationwide following a small-release last week, Golden Globe winner and Oscar contender The Revenant has opened to $38 million domestically. The film exceeded many expert expectations, with the film facing competition from newcomer The Forest and the box office juggernaut Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Not only that but Quentin Tarantino’s The […]
2015 Awards Race: Spotlight championed as Best Picture by Boston and Los Angeles Film Critics
Robert Kojder looks at the 2015 Awards Race… If you have been following along with my awards race musings, Spotlight taking home some major wins should not come as much of a surprise. I told you not to count this one out. despite the National Board of Review hailing Mad Max: Fury Road as the […]
