In the first of a new feature, Flickering Myth’s diverse team of writers chip in with their opinions on the latest releases, trailers and movie news. First up for debate is the Skyfall teaser trailer… The Skyfall trailer was released earlier this week to a general chorus of positive critical chatter. We’ve already had one […]

Arriving in cinemas on July 20th, The Dark Knight Rises promises to deliver ‘the epic conclusion’ to British filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed Batman saga. However, rather than being the ‘end’ of the legend, the eagerly-awaited sequel is but the closing stanza of the latest chapter in the illustrious history of the Dark Knight Detective. Created […]

Martin Deer on the first teaser trailer for 007’s latest adventure, Skyfall… This morning we got our first look at the upcoming 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall. And what is clear for all to see, 007 is back with a fiery bang, not with a splash (bad Quantum joke there). When I first heard that […]

What with Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy all in various stages of production, you would have thought that Marvel had plenty on its hands for the time being, but if The Daily Mail is to be believed, the studio is already turning its […]

Matt Smith chats with British writer-director Kieron Hawkes about his debut feature, Piggy… Piggy, set in modern day London, follows Joe (Martin Compston) as he attempts to get revenge against those who murdered his brother. He’s helped by the titular character Piggy (Paul Anderson), in a violence-fuelled quest to avenge. I’d pretty much stumbled into […]

Tom Jolliffe on the second coming of Jean-Claude Van Damme in The Expendables 2 and the muscular thunder he looks set to steal… Jean-Claude Van Damme was just a fresh faced young Belgian with a pocket full of dreams when he left his home to try his luck in America… and his pockets had plenty […]

Luke Graham dissects the latest trailer for Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man… So the third and presumably final trailer for Sony’s reboot of the Spider-Man franchise is now online… and I’m still feeling more apprehensive than amazed by what’s on show. To explain my problems with this project, let’s go through the trailer, which you can […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Academy Award-nominated visual effects supervisor Nick Davis… “It was more by accident that I fell into that side of the industry,” states British Visual Effects Supervisor Nick Davis when discussing his career choice which he made two decades ago. “It was a great place where you can learn all aspects of […]

Following on from the arrival of the third trailer for The Dark Knight Rises last week, I put together a short article for Robert Hale Book Blog about the various screen incarnations of the Caped Crusader. Full disclosure: it was written to promote the upcoming release of my book, ‘Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped […]

Gary Collinson presents an outlandish theory on The Dark Knight Rises… As I’m sure you’re already aware, a new trailer arrived online for The Dark Knight Rises this week and after months and months of speculation, we’re now starting to get some kind of idea about the story for the epic conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s […]