Tom Jolliffe reviews the short film Jenny Ringo and the Cabaret From Hell… Here at Flickering Myth we like to do our bit for the UK film and TV industry and frankly those aspiring to do something a little different, and a little outside the box, who need a leg up wherever possible. From aspiring […]

With Trance heading into cinemas next Wednesday, the Flickering Myth writing team look back at their favourite Danny Boyle movies. Next up, Luke Owen looks at 1996’s Trainspotting…. “Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a f***ing big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. […]

Paul Risker reviews the eighth episode of Sons of Anarchy season 5…. From “Player” to kingship or escape… Earlier this season Pope complimented Jax by saying he was an impressive young man, acknowledging his ability to find, “the hidden advantage in an unfortunate circumstance; using pain to take it to the next level.” He added, […]

In case the above headline hasn’t given it away already, this post contains MAJOR spoilers for Man of Steel, so if you haven’t seen the film yet, turn back now… So, there’s been quite a lot of controversy surrounding certain aspects of Man of Steel; we’ve already posted some comments today from David S. Goyer […]

Luke Owen looks at Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #15…DEATH IN THE RANKS! Rodimus and his crew are confronted by the enemy within—and not everyone will survive the encounter. Everything has been building to this: all-out war aboard the Lost Light! Read the previous issue review here. After months and months of below average […]

Thale, 2012. Directed by Aleksander Nordaas.Starring Silje Reinåmo, Erlend Nervold, Jon Sigve Skard, Morten Andresen, Roland Astrand and Sunniva Lien. SYNOPSIS: When two crime scene cleaners are called out to a remote forest cabin they come across more than just the dead body of a man ripped in two. In the cellar of the cabin […]

Earlier this year fans of Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy series were given a glimmer of hope that the third instalment might finally become a reality, before del Toro seemingly hammered a nail in the coffin by stating that he’d been unable to secure financing for the long-rumoured sequel. Well, the on-off saga has taken another […]

Yesterday, fans of Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy series were given renewed hope that the long-rumoured third chapter could become a reality courtesy of Legendary Pictures, the production company behind del Toro’s upcoming kaiju homage Pacific Rim, and now we have a few more words from star Ron Perlman, who says that the scope of Hellboy […]

Following our interview with Dale Lloyd of Viva VHS, Paul Risker looks back at his VHS memories…. I class myself as one of the VHS generation, a generation who finds a place to belong here at www.flickeringmyth.com. Whilst the world is turning Blu, there remains a part of my film obsessed heart – beating at 24 frames per second […]

Amour, 2012 Written and Directed by Michael Haneke.Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert SYNOPSIS: An elderly couple’s bond of love is severely tested after one of them suffers a stroke. Simple, tragic, at times beautiful and others overly long. That is the easiest way to sum up Michael Haneke’s Oscar winning Amour. One […]