UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 1st – Sunday 3rd June 2012… Prometheus may not have received an out-of-this-world reception from critics, but that didn’t seem to deter audiences as Ridley Scott’s return to the sci-fi genre opened atop the UK box office chart with £6,236,580. This is the […]

This past Thursday Henry Tucker of Blueprint: Review was kind enough to write a nice ★★★★ review of my book Holy Franchise, Batman!; here’s an excerpt… Whatever your personal favourite [Batman incarnation], it will be in this rather excellent book by Gary Collinson. He has broken down Batman’s many appearances in chronological order from the […]

Last week Katie Szyszko of Midnight Review was kind enough to write a nice review for Holy Franchise, Batman!; here’s an excerpt… Holy Franchise, Batman!… is a companion to everything the humanity knows about the screen Batman, whom I do not have to introduce (I hope). From TV series through animations to film, Gary Collinson […]

More than a year after I first sat down and started working on the manuscript, Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen finally becomes a reality this Friday when the book comes out in the UK, and Paul Metcalf at Pissed Off Geek has been kind enough to post a rather nice […]

There’s just under three weeks to go until the release of my book, Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen, and a few websites have been kind enough to offer up some press in advance of its arrival. First of all, thanks to HorrorUnlimited, PissedOffGeek and Bat-Blog for posting news stories highlighting […]

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 […]