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 […]

Acclaimed director Joe Wright is no stranger to literary adaptations. As well as Ian McEwan’s Atonement, he is responsible for cinematic versions of classics like Pride and Prejudice, and more recently Anna Karenina. However, transforming raunchy bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey into a film would certainly be different territory for him. Variety broke the ‘news’ initially and […]

Paul Risker reviews the seventh episode of Sons of Anarchy season 5… On reflection of this episode it is easy to recall the expression “made by its ending.” Toad’s Wild Ride does build to a climactic conclusion, so much so that the episode in hindsight is best remembered for its ending. But two things to […]

Much like vinyl of the 70s, VHS are becoming a nostalgic commodity within today’s society – and none more so than for Dale Lloyd of Viva VHS. Luke Owen sits down to have a chat with him… I’m sure you get asked this all the time and I apologise for being so cliché, but how […]

Person of Interest: The Complete First Season Created by Jonathan Nolan.Starring Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman and Michael Emerson. SYNOPSIS: A software genius and an ex-CIA operative work together to prevent violent crimes before they can happen. From Jonathan (brother of Christopher) Nolan and Star Wars: Episode VII director J.J. Abrams, Person of […]

Paul Risker reviews the sixth episode of Sons of Anarchy season 5… The curtain rises amongst the episode best described as the bloodbath of season five… And so the season five body count rises. As I write this I have no idea of the total number of souls mowed down by the pen of Kurt […]

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, 2013 Directed by Don ScardinoStarring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey, Olivia Wilde and Alan Arkin SYNOPSIS:When a street magician’s stunt begins to make their show look stale, superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton look to salvage on their act – and their friendship – by staging their own daring […]

As we all know, Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel appears to hold the key to a shared DC movie universe, with Warner Bros. seemingly holding off on making any firm decisions about its future DC plans until the studio’s accountants have tallied the box office returns for June’s hotly-anticipated Superman reboot. However, it’s also common […]