Rental Family, 2025. Written and Directed by Hikari. Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Akira Emoto, and Shannon Gorman. SYNOPSIS: Fraser plays an American actor adrift in Japan, hired by a rental family agency to “perform” roles in the lives of strangers. A father connecting to a daughter he doesn’t know, a second player […]
10 Conspiracy Thrillers You May Have Missed
Flickering Myth’s Casey Chong presents a curated selection of conspiracy thrillers ready for you to untangle… Cinema has been drawn to the intrigue of the conspiracy thriller for decades, given its fascinating exploration of misplaced trust, power and paranoia. Conspiracy thrillers are commonly explored to expose something that is off in the political or corporate […]
Movie Review – The Running Man (2025)
The Running Man, 2025. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Michael Cera, Colman Domingo, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, William H. Macy, Emilia Jones, David Zayas, Katy O’Brian, Daniel Ezra, Karl Glusman, Sean Hayes, Thalía Dudek, Matt Ramos, Martin Herlihy, George Carroll, Sandra Dickinson, Georgia Goodman, and Sophie Simnett. SYNOPSIS: A man joins […]
Movie Review – The Carpenter’s Son (2025)
The Carpenter’s Son, 2025. Written and Directed by Lotfy Nathan. Starring Nicolas Cage, Noah Jupe, FKA twigs, Isla Johnston, Souheila Yacoub, and Kaiti Manolidaki. SYNOPSIS: A remote village in Roman-era Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their child are targeted by supernatural forces. Inspired by events in the Infancy Gospel […]
Movie Review – Now You See Me: Now You Don’t (2025)
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, 2025. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, Ariana Greenblatt, Rosamund Pike, Morgan Freeman, Mark Ruffalo, Daniel Radcliffe, Sebastian Eugene Hansen, Thabang Kamogelo Molaba, Myah Banton, Lyssandra Skye Arias, Paisley Day Herrera and Mali McEwan. SYNOPSIS: The Four […]
Movie Review – Keeper (2025)
Keeper, 2025. Directed by Osgood Perkins. Starring Tatiana Maslany, Rossif Sutherland, Birkett Turton, Eden Weiss, Logan Pierce, Claire Friesen, Christin Park, Tess Degenstein, Glen Gordon, Erin Boyes, Erin Tipple, Gina Vultaggio, Evelyn Burke, and Ella Wejr. SYNOPSIS: A romantic anniversary trip to a secluded cabin turns sinister when a dark presence reveals itself, forcing a […]
Movie Review – Trap House (2025)
Trap House, 2025. Directed by Michael Dowse. Starring Dave Bautista, Bobby Cannavale, Kate del Castillo, Jack Champion, Sophia Lillis, Whitney Peak, Tony Dalton, Inde Navarrette, Zaire Adams, and Blu del Barrio. SYNOPSIS: A DEA agent and his partner pursue thieves: their own rebellious teens, who began robbing the cartel using their parents’ tactics and classified […]
Movie Review – Arco (2025)
Arco, 2025. Directed by Ugo Bienvenu. Featuring the voice talents of Juliano Krue Valdi, Romy Fay, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Will Ferrell, Andy Samberg, Flea, Roeg Sutherland, America Ferrera, Zoya Bogomolova, and Wyatt Danieluk. SYNOPSIS: In 2075, a girl witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. He comes from an […]
Movie Review – Alpha (2025)
Alpha, 2025. Written and Directed by Julia Ducournau. Starring Mélissa Boros, Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani and Emma Mackey. SYNOPSIS: Alpha, 13, is a troubled teenager who lives alone with her mother. Their world comes crashing down the day she comes home from school with a tattoo on her arm. Julia Ducournau’s astonishing debut Raw and […]
Suspense thriller Death Among the Pines unveils trailer and poster
We’re delighted to debut the official trailer and poster for Death Among the Pines, the new suspense thriller from Flickering Myth Films, Shepka Productions and Jolliffe Productions. Available to stream now exclusively in the US via Prime Video ahead of a full release in early 2026, the film is directed by Nathan Shepka (Dead Before […]