Peaches Does Herself, 2012 Written and directed by PeachesStarring Peaches, Dannii Daniels and Sandy Kane SYNOPSIS: Peaches Does Herself is an electro rock opera stage show that tells a mythical history of the musician Peaches. You remember that episode of Spaced where they go and watch Vulva’s stage show? Well Peaches Does Herself is exactly […]

Paul Risker on Katniss Everdeen and the dystopian sci-fi role model…. Woman, says Caroline Williams, has been a “prize, there to be defeated, destroyed or possessed.” Regardless a number of female protagonists have provided a strong representation of femininity, from the inaugural “Final Girl” Jamie Lee Curtis, Alien’s Ellen Ripley, The Silence of the Lambs’ […]

Mud, 2012 Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols.Starring Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon and Michael Shannon. SYNOPSIS: Two teenage boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the bounty hunters on his trail and to reunite him with his true love. Matthew McConaughey can do no wrong at […]

The Witches, 1966. Directed by Cyril Frankel.Starring Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen, Ann Bell and Ingrid Boulting. SYNOPSIS: Returning home to England following a harrowing and life threatening encounter with the occult in Africa, schoolteacher Gwen Mayfield takes up the position of headmistress in a quaint English village. In a distinctly English fashion, Hammer’s […]

In a World…, 2013. Written and Directed by Lake Bell.Starring Lake Bell, Fred Melamed, Demetri Martin, Michaela Watkins, Ken Marino and Rob Corddry. SYNOPSIS: An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voiceover star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets […]

Earlier in the week former Deadline editor-in-chief Nikki Finke dropped a scoop claiming that Max Landis (Chronicle) had been brought in to work on the script for the long-gestating Ghostbusters 3, only for Landis to immediately shoot the report down as false. However, he has now taken to Twitter to reveal what his pitch for […]

Paul Risker chats with Person of Interest star Kevin Chapman… Recently Flickering Myth had the privilege to speak with Person of Interest’s Kevin Chapman aka Detective Lionel Fusco. As I eagerly await the second season of Person of Interest, the sound of Lionel’s… Sorry Kevin’s voice on the other end of the phone line was […]

The Look of Love, 2013 Directed by Michael Winterbottom. Starring Steve Coogan, Imogen Potts, Anna Friel, Tamsin Egerton, Chris Addison and James Lance. SYNOPSIS: The life of Paul Raymond, the controversial entrepreneur who became Britain’s richest man. With Michael Winterbottom at the helm and Steve Coogan in the leading role, The Look of Love was […]

There’s been an absolute tonne of names banded about these last couple of weeks for the role of The Dark Knight in Warner Bros.’ Man of Steel sequel Superman vs. Batman, and one of those who seemed to find some support online was Scott Adkins, the British martial artist and star of films such as […]

Last month it was confirmed by the man himself that Max Landis was no longer involved with 20th Century Fox’s planned sequel to 2012’s box office success Chronicle, and now the screenwriter has been speaking about his idea for the follow-up to the low-budget super powers flick, revealing that he wanted to take the film […]