After the shock departure of Edgar Wright following years of development on Ant-Man, Marvel Studios brought in Peyton Reed (The Break-Up) as his replacement in the director’s chair, while Adam McKay (Anchorman) also signed on to rework the script by Wright and his writing partner Joe Cornish (Attack the Block). Filming on the Phase Three […]

Disney have been hard at work rebooting and remaking some of their classic movies recently and next on the list is Pete’s Dragon. According to THR Robert Redford is in early talks to join the fray as a local who ‘tells tall tales involving dragons that no-one believes’. The remake of the 1977 classic will […]

Not only is he a multi Oscar nominated actor but recently Leonardo DiCaprio has been working hard behind the scenes and his latest venture Virunga – which he is executive producing – will see him team up with streaming giants Netflix. Virunga is a feature documentary that tells the story of the ‘conflict between park rangers […]

There’s been a few sites chipping in this week with shortlists for the lead role in Doctor Strange – with names such as Ewan McGregor (Star Wars), Ryan Gosling (Drive), Ethan Hawke (Sinister), Matthew McConaughey (Interstellar), Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: Episode VII), Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) and Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler) bandied about – and […]

He’s been linked to Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange and Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad in recent days, and now The Wrap is reporting that 20th Century Fox is also courting Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) for one of its own superhero projects, with the site claiming that the British actor is wanted for the role […]

The Wind Rises (Japan: Kaze tachinu), 2013. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Starring Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Masahiko Nishimura, [For English dub]: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt and Martin Short. SYNOPSIS: A profile of Jiro Horikoshi (Anno/Gordon-Levitt), a Japanese engineer who designed fighter planes during World War II. The swan song of Hayao […]

The acclaimed horror The Babadook (which Flickering Myth deputy editor Luke Owen described as the best film of FrightFest) is set for its UK release in less than a week now, and so Icon Film Distribution has dropped a new ‘Police Station’ clip, which we’ve got for you here… Six years after the violent death […]

Natural Born Killers, 1994. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Robert Downey Jr, Tommy Lee Jones, and Rodney Dangerfield. SYNOPSIS: Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. Natural Born Killers was selected as a special presentation at the 51st Chicago […]

Son of a Gun, 2014 Directed by Julius Avery. Starring Brenton Thwaites, Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander, Matt Nable, Damon Herriman, Nash Edgerton and Jacek Koman. SYNOPSIS: An incarcerated career criminal offers protection to a young inmate who has to return the favour by orchestrating his prison escape upon being released and assisting in a multimillion dollar gold heist. A 19 year old […]

Alice Rush reviews episode two of American Horror Story: Freak Show…. This week on Freak Show saw some pretty horrifying scenes unfold as new characters were introduced and the heat was turned up. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon was back at the director’s helm and so we were treated to his signature stylised visual style as well as […]