A Hijacking (Danish: Kapringen), 2012  Directed by Tobias Lindholm. Starring Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim, Roland Møller, Gary Skjoldmose Porter, Abdihakin Asgar and Amalie Ihle Alstrup. SYNOPSIS: A Danish cargo ship is taken over by Somali hijackers who hold the crew of the vessel for ransom. A speaker phone conversation opens the film where Mikkel Hartmann (Pilou Asbæk), the […]

For those seeking to have some butter with their popcorn, Carl Freedman studies the political and social underpinnings which can be explored in the crime genre with his sequel to The Incomplete Projects: Marxism, Modernity and the Politics of Culturepublished in 2002.   The crime genre is broken into three categories: Western, Mob, and Film Noir […]

The adaptations of Dan Brown’s novels have proven very lucrative for Sony. Sadly for fans of Robert Langdon the third book in the series, The Lost Symbol, was mired in development troubles. So much so in fact that Sony have decided to move onto the next book in the series, Inferno. Here’s the synopsis for […]

Trevor Hogg chats with production designer Alex McDowell about building worlds for Man of Steel…  “I did a talk at SIGGRAPH in Vancouver about how the ‘S’ formed the basis of an entire language,” remarks Alex McDowell [Fight Club] who was the responsible for the production design featured in Man of Steel (2013) which involved […]

Last week Sharknado caused quite a splash on social media. Its ridiculous premise had many people wondering what the execs at SyFy must be smoking. They clearly haven’t stopped. Set to air in the US on August 22nd, Ghost Shark takes things paranormal, with the ghost of a Great White able to appear anywhere there […]

Chris Cooper reviews the latest in IDW ‘Villains’ series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villains Micro-Series #4 – Alopex… “Alopex, the first mutant of the Foot Clan, has quickly become one of Shredder’s most useful agents. However, when she sets out to learn more about her past, she discovers a devastating truth that could have her […]

It’s been nearly twenty years since the original was released, but after lingering in development hell the Farrelly Brothers are returning to their popular characters Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne with Dumber and Dumber To. Development has been up and down, with Jim Carrey in particular speaking about his frustration with it all. But Universal have […]

After seemingly receiving a lot of questions regarding his role as Clark Kent’s biological father Jor-El in this summer’s Man of Steel, Russell Crowe (Gladiator), has taken to Twitter to to briefly address them. In between a multitude of sports related tweets Crowe has the following to say: “A lot of you are asking about […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team countdown to the UK release of Monsters University by picking their favourite Pixar Movies; next up is Chris Cooper with Finding Nemo…. “Just keep swimming““Fish are friends not food““Mine““Oh, man. Hey, no hurling on the shell, dude, okay? Just waxed it““My bubbles!“ I could go on and on with this. But […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Michael Wilkinson about the craft of costume design and collaborating with Zack Snyder on Man of Steel…. “There aren’t a lot of artists in my family, but I was raised in a supportive home and was encouraged to pursue my passions, for that I am grateful,” states Michael Wilkinson who was […]