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 Batman […]

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 self-sacrifice of Lucy […]

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 Helsinki home, as well […]

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. […]

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, 2013.Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Toby Jones, Paula Malcomson, Willow Shields, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, Lynn Cohen, Meta Golding, Amanda Plummer, and Jeffrey Wright.SYNOPSIS:Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of […]

Stuck in Love, 2012.Written and Directed by Josh Boone.Starring Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins, Logan Lerman, Nat Wolff, Kristen Bell and Liana Liberato.SYNOPSIS:A family of three writers all experience different kinds of love, respectively. The father, William (Kinnear) longs for the love of his ex-wife, whilst his children find love in their academic classes. […]

Circles, 2013.Directed by Srdan Golubovic.Starring Aleksandar Bercek, Leon Lucev, Nebojsa Glogovac, Nikola Rakocevic, Hristina Popovic, Boris Isakovic and Vuk Kostic.SYNOPSIS:In the midst of the Bosnian war, Marko a Serbian soldier witnesses a brutal attack against Haris, a Muslim civilian, by three fellow soldiers. Marko interferes and saves Haris, but is beaten to death by the […]

Villordsutch reviews An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield….I can’t recall many astronauts being entwined within popular culture. Yuri Gagarin obviously was the first but he sadly died seven years later; Neil Armstrong is probably the most famous but he shied away from the media frenzy and Buzz Aldrin gave his name […]