Flickering Myth

Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games

Movie Review – Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

by

Alita: Battle Angel, 2019. Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Michelle Rodriguez, Keean Johnson, Jackie Earle Haley, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Skrein, Eiza Gonzalez, Mahershala Ali, Lana Condor, Casper Van Dien and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. SYNOPSIS: An action-packed story of one young woman’s journey to discover the truth of who she is and her […]

The Orville Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘A Happy Refrain’

by

Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of The Orville season 2… You could just look at this week as another exercise in relationship exploration as two people from diametrically apposed backgrounds are brought together. You might choose to go deeper and consider the concept of feelings and what makes us sentient, self-aware and therefore human. Then […]

Sundance 2019 Review – Fighting With My Family

by

Fighting With My Family, 2019. Directed by Stephen Merchant. Starring Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Jack Lowden, Vince Vaughn, and Dwayne Johnson. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY follows reformed gangster Ricky, wife Julia, daughter Paige and son Zak as they make a living wrestling together in tiny venues. When […]

Movie Review – To Dust (2018)

by

To Dust, 2018. Directed by Shawn Snyder. Starring Geza Rohrig and Matthew Broderick. SYNOPSIS: Grief stricken by the recent loss of his wife hasidic candor Shmuel (Geza Rohrig) is experiencing night terrors and concerns about how her rate of decomposition. Unable to find solace amongst the Jewish community and feeling pressured to move on, Shmuel […]

Comic Book Review – Newbury & Hobbes: The Undying #4

by

Calum Petrie reviews Newbury & Hobbes: The Undying #4… The final issue in the Undying series has the two titular characters facing off against a ghost from their past. Not only does the fate of the ever faithful man servant lie in the balance, but so too does the fate of every person who has […]

Movie Review – Cold Pursuit (2019)

by

Cold Pursuit. 2019. Directed by Hans Petter Moland. Starring Liam Neeson, Emmy Rossum, Julia Jones, Laura Dern, Tom Bateman, William Forsythe, Domenick Lombardozzi, Tom Jackson, and John Doman. SYNOPSIS:  A snowplow driver seeks revenge against the drug dealers he thinks killed his son. Liam Neeson’s latest special-set-of-skills warpath is an icy tale of Coloradoan drug […]

Movie Review – Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

by

Can You Ever Forgive Me?, 2018. Directed by Marielle Heller. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone, Gregory Korostishevsky, Jane Curtin, Stephen Spinella, Christian Navarro, Anna Deavere Smith, and Kevin Carolan. SYNOPSIS: Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) is a biographer who has fallen on hard times. Cantankerous, talented but defensive she hides behind […]

The Flash Season 5 Episode 12 Review – ‘Memorabilia’

by

Jessie Robertson reviews the twelfth episode of The Flash season 5… It’s family therapy time… inside a little girls’ memories The Good: Tonight focused on my new favorite character in all of Arrowverse, Nora West Allen. Her deep dark secret, that she’s working with Thawne, becomes dangerously close to being revealed to her parents in […]

Movie Review – Second Act (2018)

by

Second Act, 2018. Directed by Peter Segal. Starring Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens, Leah Remini, Treat Williams, Freddie Stroma, Charlyne Yi, Annaleigh Ashford, Milo Ventimiglia and Larry Miller. SYNOPSIS: A woman in her forties gets a new start in her career when a fake social media profile lands her a high-flying job at a cosmetics firm. […]