American Hustle, 2013. Directed by David O. Russell.Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner. SYNOPSIS: The true story of con-man Irving Rosenfeld’s dealings with FBI Agent Richie DiMaso in exposing corrupt politicians takes dangerous turns when ego pushes them in to places they shouldn’t be. A brilliant cast of actors […]

American Hustle, 2013. Directed by David O. Russell.Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner. SYNOPSIS: A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia. […]

Anghus Houvouras on the Anchorman 2 publicity campaign and how it challenges the idea that there is no bad publicity… Somebody, somewhere once said there’s no such thing as bad publicity.   I don’t know who it was.  In my mind it’s some well dressed, finely coiffed advertising executive from the Mad Men era with a […]

The Drop, 2014. Directed by Michaël R. Roskam Starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, Elizabeth Rodriguez, James Frecheville and John Ortiz. SYNOPSIS: Bob Saginowski finds himself at the centre of a robbery gone awry. As the investigation deepens, horrors and enemies from the past come to the surface. The Drop opens with […]

Anghus Houvouras on Idris Elba’s recent comments about working on Thor: The Dark World… Most real actors would rather do a West End play than appear in a major Hollywood blockbuster. Does that surprise anyone? Is this a statement that would normally send cold shivers down the spine of those who read it? Idris Elba […]

A second series of the mega-popular ITV drama Broadchurch will air in January 2015 according to a new teaser that was released yesterday. Olivia Colman (Hyde Park on Hudson) and David Tennant (Doctor Who) will reprise their roles as DS Ellie Miller and DI Alex Hardy – who in the first series was tasked with […]

It was bound to happen sooner or later and with all the remakes/reboots of classic 80’s action movies in recent years The Running Man seemed ripe for the picking. At his recent Q&A session in London, Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke about some of his upcoming projects which feature a host of sequels and one that he […]

Sony Online Entertainment have confirmed that the beta for Planetside 2 remains on track and will be released this year. The company are also aiming for 1080p and 60fps. Creative Director of the game Matt Higby spoke to Eurogamer, saying that more would be revealed about the game during the Playstation Experience in Las Vegas […]

With 2013 coming to an end in just a few short hours, it’s that time of year where the the team here at Flickering Myth to reveal our picks for the very best cinematic offerings of the past twelve months. As usual, the writing team here have put together individual lists of their personal favourites, […]

For the second year running, HBO’s acclaimed fantasy series Game of Thrones has been named the most pirated TV show of the year, with TorrentFreak revealing that the season 3 finale was downloaded 5.9 million times via various illegal file-sharing series – more than its actual US TV viewing figures. In second place was Breaking […]