Anghus Houvouras reviews the tenth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D… I’m giving the first half of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. a B-Minus.  It’s a good, solid series that is still getting by on the potential of what it could be.  The show is an awful lot like “Lola”, Coulson’s flying car.  It’s a great idea […]

Next year Hugh Jackman will make his seventh appearance as the Wolverine in director Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, while yesterday’s news about X-Men: Apocalypse coming in 2016 means there are three further potential outings for Logan on the horizon, including the X-Force movie from Jeff Wadlow and James Mangold’s sequel to The […]

Back in March, 20th Century Fox laid out the future of its Marvel properties by announcing that X-Men: Days of Future Past and The Fantastic Four would be joined by X-Men: Apocalypse, The Fantastic Four 2, an as-yet-unrevealed movie, and a sequel to last year’s The Wolverine. Assuming Hugh Jackman appears in Apocalypse (and doesn’t […]

A.K.A. Doc Pomus, 2013. Directed by Peter Miller and Will Hechter. Starring Willie Burke, Dr. John, Dion DiMucci, Ben E. King, B.B. King, Joan Osborne, Lou Reed and Doc Pomus (archival footage). SYNOPSIS: Paralyzed since childhood by polio Jerome Felder overcomes the crippling disease to become a renowned songwriter called Doc Pomus. Often a song […]

The Flickering Myth writing team give their thoughts on Gal Gadot’s casting as Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman…  In order to make sure The Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailer had as little impact as possible, Variety dropped a huge news story yesterday that Fast & Furious star Gal Gadot will be playing Wonder Woman in the upcoming […]

NBC is developing a new series based upon the classic Universal Monster movie The Wolfman with a view to the show joining the network’s supernatural programming block, which currently features Grimm and Dracula. According to Deadline, The Wolfman “is described as a supernatural thriller that explores what it means to be a man and to […]

Nosferatu the Vampyre, 1979. Written and Directed by Werner Herzog.Starring Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor and Walter Ladengast. SYNOPSIS: After taking over a small German village, Count Dracula attempts to spread his influence and activities to the rest of the world. All that prevents Dracula from continuing his demonic practices is the […]

Concrete Night (Finland: Betoniyö), 2013. Directed by Pirjo Honkasalo.Starring Johannes Brotherus, Jari Virman, Anneli Karppinen, Alex Anton and Iida Kuningas. SYNOPSIS: A fourteen-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother. Ostensibly about 14-year-old Simo (Johannes Brotherus) and his quest for self-discovery in the drudgery of his […]

Last night Family Guy left its audience in a state of shock by killing off the much-loved character Brian Griffin, in what executive producer Steve Callaghan has described as “a fun way to shake things up.” “Well, this was an idea that got pitched in the writers room and it sort of caught fire, and […]

Prince William was at BAFTA to promote a new campaign to encourage young people from all backgrounds to aspire to get into the film, television, and video game industries.  Entitled Give Something Back, the idea is that BAFTA members and winners to share their knowledge of the industry and craft through sccholarships, lectures, and internships. […]