Toy Story 4, 2019. Directed by Josh Cooley. Featuring the voice talents of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Madeleine McGraw, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Ally Maki, Jay Hernandez, Lori Alan, Joan Cusack. SYNOPSIS: When a new toy called “Forky” joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside […]
Movie Review – Robert the Bruce (2019)
Robert the Bruce, 2019. Directed by Richard Gray. Starring Angus Macfadyen, Anna Hutchison, Zach McGowan, Brandon Lessard, Talitha Bateman, Gabriel Bateman, Daniel Porter and Jared Harris. SYNOPSIS: Wandering the wilderness as an outlaw, Robert the Bruce bonds with a peasant family, who inspire him to continue his fight against the English. There hasn’t exactly been […]
Defending X-Men: Dark Phoenix… Sort Of | Flickering Myth Podcast Review
20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise imploded this month with X-Men: Dark Phoenix tanking at the box office and pulling in the worst reviews of the near-20 year mutant superhero series. With Fox looking at a loss in excess of $100 million, Dark Phoenix will go down in history as one of the biggest disasters ever, […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek vs. Transformers
Ricky Church reviews Star Trek vs. Transformers… IDW’s latest crossover features something that is actually fairly easy to imagine as Captain Kirk and the rest of the crew of the USS Enterprise encounter a new lifeform in the galaxy: Cybertronians, or better know as the Transformers. Veteran Transformers writer John Barber and Star Trek author Mike Johnson […]
Movie Review – The Captor (2018)
The Captor, 2018. Directed by Robert Budreau. Starring Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Mark Strong, Christopher Heyerdahl, Bea Santos, Mark Rendall and Thorbjørn Harr. SYNOPSIS: A slightly bumbling bank robber forms an intimate bond with one of his hostages. The term ‘Stockholm syndrome’ is a famous one, referring to the phenomenon in which a hostage or […]
Movie Review – Child’s Play (2019)
Child’s Play, 2019. Directed by Lars Klevberg. Starring Mark Hamill, Gabriel Bateman, Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry, Beatrice Kitsos, Ty Consiglio, David Lewis, Marlon Kazadi and Tim Matheson. SYNOPSIS: A teenager bonds with a high-tech doll given to him by his mother, but the doll becomes dangerously attached to him, with fatal consequences. The horror […]
Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Worlds Apart’
Hasitha Fernando reviews the second episode of Swamp Thing… An investigation into Alec Holland’s mysterious death is launched by the local law enforcement, but to no avail. Abby however is convinced that Alec survived and decides to follow her hunch with the assistance of Mathew Cable (Henderson Wade) her friend in the police force. A […]
Video Game Review – My Friend Pedro
Shaun Munro reviews My Friend Pedro… The low-fi indie shooter is certainly a crowded sub-genre these days, so what better way to stand out in a busy field than compel players to slaughter hundreds of anonymous goons at the command of a disembodied, sentient banana? That’s pretty much all the set-up you need in this […]
Movie Review – Brightburn (2019)
Brightburn, 2019. Directed By David Yarovesky. Starring Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones, and Meredith Hagner. SYNOPSIS: What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister? As much as folk might want to wring their […]
Video Review – Toy Story 4
Toy Story 4, 2019 Directed by Josh Cooley. Featuring the voice talents of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Madeleine McGraw, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Ally Maki, Jay Hernandez, Lori Alan, and Joan Cusack. This week sees the release of Toy Story 4, the latest installment in the iconic […]