Last week the James Bond movie franchise celebrated its 50th anniversary in style when Skyfall surpassed James Cameron’s Avatar to become the highest-grossing film of all-time on home soil, and having returned to the top of both the UK and US box office charts at the expense of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part […]

The Flickering Myth writing team discuss the first teaser trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness… The internet came to a standstill last Thursday as Paramount Pictures presented us with the first footage from Star Trek Into Darkness with the release of an online exclusive teaser trailer that gave us a glimpse at what’s in store […]

Our weekly round up of all the latest news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Man of Steel, Justice League, The Dark Knight Rises, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Kick-Ass 2, Misfits, S.H.I.E.L.D., […]

The Cinema Snob Movie, 2012. Directed by Ryan Mitchelle.Written and starring Brad Jones.Also starring Jake Norvell, Noah Antwiler, Zachary La Voy, Jillian Zurawski. SYNOPSIS: When an exploitation filmmaker goes undercover as a pretentious film snob to obtain proper filming permits, he is thrust into a strange mystery surrounding the very secretive film commission. Regular visitors […]

In his latest ‘State of the Genre’ column, Martin Deer discusses the recent rumour about Joseph Gordon-Levitt being lined up for the role of the Dark Knight in Warner Bros.’ Justice League movie… Inevitably spoilers for The Dark Knight Rises are discussed here. Boy, did the internet explode yesterday.  If you avoided all forms of […]

This past weekend Man of Steel director Zack Snyder dropped the first hint that Warner Bros.’ planned Justice League feature could tie in to the studio’s wider DC universe by teasing the possibility of Henry Cavill reprising the role of Superman for the epic team-up. Now, if Drew McWeeny of HitFix is to be believed, it […]

Robert Downey Jr. is set to suit up once again this coming spring as Marvel Studios launches ‘Phase Two’ of its Cinematic Universe with the release its first post-Avengers offering, Iron Man 3. Directed by Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), Iron Man 3 will see Tony Stark’s Armored Avenger going up against his arch-nemesis […]

Another day, another twist in the Star Wars Episode VII director saga… Fresh from the news yesterday that Brad Bird (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) had joined reported Lucasfilm targets J.J. Abrams (Star Trek Into Darkness) and Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) in denying any interest in helming Disney’s first voyage to a galaxy far, far away, […]

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th – Sunday 18th November 2012… After three fantastic weeks atop the UK box office, it was inevitable that Skyfall’s reign would come to an end this past weekend as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (read our reviews here and […]

Skyfall, 2012 Directed by Sam Mendes.Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Albert Finney, Bérénice Marlohe, Helen McCrory, Rory Kinnear, Ola Rapace and Ben Whishaw.   SYNOPSIS: Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her.  As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and […]