Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

Movie Review – Stan & Ollie (2018)

by

Stan & Ollie, 2018. Directed by Jon S. Baird. Starring John C Reilly, Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Nina Arianda and Rufus Jones. SYNOPSIS: In the mid-1950s, and with their glittering Hollywood career behind them, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a farewell tour of the UK.  Everybody thinks they’ve retired, so the […]

Comic Book Review – Fantastic Four #3

by

Allen Christian reviews Fantastic Four #3… “Truly awful.” Throughout my fandom of the Fantastic Four, having read the majority of the comics in existence with that name or logo somewhere on the cover, I have been disappointed numerous times. Good ideas squandered? Check. Those are legion. Wildly off-base characterization? I see you, Matt Fraction. Ideas […]

Movie Review – Snowflake (2017)

by

Snowflake, 2017. Directed by Adolfo J. Kolmerer and William James. Starring Reza Brojerdi, Erkan Acar, Xenia Assenza, David Masterson, Alexander Schubert, Adrian Topol, Gedeon Burkhard, Eskindir Tesfay, Selem Tadese, Martin Goeres, and Judith Hoersch. SYNOPSIS: Hunting down the murderer of their families in an anarchic Berlin of the near future, the outlaws Tan and Javid […]

Comic Book Review – Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown!

by

Red Stewart reviews Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown… One of the coolest things about the Peanuts animated specials was that Charles Schulz himself was heavily involved in their creation. In fact, he was so heavily involved that he made sure his animosity for the title “Peanuts” was heard, guaranteeing that every cartoon bore the name Charlie Brown […]

Movie Review – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

by

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, 2018. Directed by David Yates. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Zoe Kravitz, William Nadylam, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, David Sakurai, Brontis Jodorowsky, Kevin Guthrie, Victoria Yeates, Derek Riddell, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Cornell S. John, Alfie […]

Movie Review – The Clovehitch Killer (2018)

by

The Clovehitch Killer, 2018. Directed by Duncan Skiles. Starring Charlie Plummer, Samantha Mathis, Dylan McDermott, Madisen Beaty, Brenna Sherman, and Lance Chantiles-Wertz. SYNOPSIS: A picture-perfect family is shattered when the work of a serial killer hits too close to home. Dylan McDermott stars in this chilling portrait of all-American evil. *Note – There’s no way […]

Leeds International Film Festival 2018 Review – Night of the Dead Horror Marathon

by

The Leeds International Film Festival plays annual host to an overnight horror marathon, Night of the Dead, in which 300-ish gorehounds gather inside Leeds’ historic Hyde Park Picture House to hunker down with the latest and “greatest” in cult horror gems. 2018 marked the 18th Night of the Dead all-nighter, and it’s my 9th time […]

Movie Review – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

by

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, 2018. Directed by David Yates. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Zoe Kravitz, William Nadylam, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, David Sakurai, Brontis Jodorowsky, Kevin Guthrie, Victoria Yeates, Derek Riddell, Poppy Corby-Tuech, and Cornell S. John. […]

Star Wars Resistance Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Signal from Sector Six’

by

Ricky Church reviews the seventh episode of Star Wars Resistance, ‘Signal from Sector Six’… After the last couple of episodes taking more of a serious route and delving into the main plot of the series, Star Wars Resistance‘s ‘Signal from Sector Six’ offered more of a fun detour for Kaz and a returning Poe Dameron after […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek vs. Transformers #2

by

Villordsutch reviews Star Trek vs. Transformers #2… In last month’s opening issue of Star Trek Vs. Transformers, Kirk and the Away Team were introduced to the Transformers with a bang. As they answered a call for assistance at a Dilithium Mine, they were greeted by not only the Autobots but the Deceptions too.  Not being […]