Christopher Nolan’s (Interstellar) second film, reverse chronological thriller Memento, is set to get the remake treatment according to The Hollywood Reporter. SEE ALSO: Warner Bros. rumoured to be planning Akira trilogy with Christopher Nolan SEE ALSO: Christopher Nolan’s next film set for 2017 Released in 2000, Memento put Nolan on the map as a filmmaking […]
Is Spectre the worst James Bond movie?
Anghus Houvouras on Spectre… Sweet, sweet hyperbole. Where would we be without you? Let’s just put it out there: Spectre was terrible. A lazy, lifeless, sloppily put together excuse for a 007 outing. It had all the elements of a 007 outing: action, espionage, scenic locations, beautiful women. However, none of it seemed to click. […]
Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 cheat sheet – catch up with the franchise so far…
The final movie of the Hunger Games franchise is out now, so here’s Flickering Myth’s cheat sheet for the story so far. Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay – Part 1…may the facts be ever in your favour. Listen to the audio version below on Soundcloud, watch it on YouTube, follow us on Stitcher or […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Black Mass (2015)
Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Johnson. SYNOPSIS: The true story of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, the notorious gangster who used his status as a FBI informant under John Connolly to take over South Boston. Black Mass is a very strange film. It’s a […]
Blu-ray Review – Closely Observed Trains (1966)
Closely Observed Trains (Ostre sledované vlaky),1966. Directed by Jiří Menzel. Starring Václav Neckár, Josef Somr, Vladimír Valenta, Alois Vachek and Ferdinand Kruta. SYNOPSIS: An apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter and becomes despondent when he is unable to perform. Growing up sure isn’t easy. When you add World War II and Nazi occupation into the […]
What we learned from the Doctor Strange concept trailer
Luke Owen reports on the concept trailer for Marvel’s Doctor Strange… With Doctor Strange now in production (see set photos and videos here, here, here and here), we were lucky enough to be shown the concept art trailer for the movie which was shown at a sneak peek of Disney’s 2016 slate of films that also […]
Adele to make acting debut in Xavier Dolan’s The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
British singer Adele is set to make her acting debut in The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, which will reunite her with filmmaker Xavier Dolan, who helmed the music video for her single Hello. Speaking to the Daily Mail last month about her work with Dolan on Hello, Adele had stated that: “I […]
Tracy Morgan to play Redd Foxx in the Richard Pryor biopic
Variety is reporting that Tracy Morgan has joined the cast of The Weinstein Company’s Richard Pryor biopic, where he’ll portray the comedian Redd Foxx, who was known for his role in the classic sitcom Sanford and Son, as well as his raunchy nightclub stand-up act and explicit comedy records. The biopic – titled Richard Pryor: […]
Cate Blanchett to star in Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
With the romantic comedy drama The Rosie Project falling apart last month, Boyhood director Richard Linklater has now set an adaptation of Maria Semple’s 2012 bestseller Where’d You Go, Bernadette? as his next project, with Oscar winner Cate Blanchett in talks to star. The project has been written by screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (Paper […]
David S. Goyer to produce Max Landis script Deeper
Deadline is reporting that David S. Goyer’s Phantom Four and Addictive Pictures has snapped up the rights to Deeper, a new script from Max Landis (Chronicle, American Ultra). The project is a drama which sees “a disgraced astronaut embarks on a mission to reach the bottom of a newly discovered oceanic trench, theorized to be the lowest […]
