The acclaimed horror The Babadook (which Flickering Myth deputy editor Luke Owen described as the best film of FrightFest) is set for its UK release in less than a week now, and so Icon Film Distribution has dropped a new ‘Police Station’ clip, which we’ve got for you here… Six years after the violent death […]

The Wind Rises (Japan: Kaze tachinu), 2013. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Starring Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Masahiko Nishimura, [For English dub]: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt and Martin Short. SYNOPSIS: A profile of Jiro Horikoshi (Anno/Gordon-Levitt), a Japanese engineer who designed fighter planes during World War II. The swan song of Hayao […]

Natural Born Killers, 1994. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Robert Downey Jr, Tommy Lee Jones, and Rodney Dangerfield. SYNOPSIS: Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. Natural Born Killers was selected as a special presentation at the 51st Chicago […]

Son of a Gun, 2014 Directed by Julius Avery. Starring Brenton Thwaites, Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander, Matt Nable, Damon Herriman, Nash Edgerton and Jacek Koman. SYNOPSIS: An incarcerated career criminal offers protection to a young inmate who has to return the favour by orchestrating his prison escape upon being released and assisting in a multimillion dollar gold heist. A 19 year old […]

In the latest edition of Comics to Read Before You Die, Jessie Robertson looks at John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 1: Original Sins… John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 1: Original Sins. By Jamie Delano, John Ridgway & Dave McKean. I wouldn’t have thought that a cranky Brit who constantly smokes would become a cult icon in the comic […]

We already know that Jim Corrigan, a.k.a. The Spectre, is heading to NBC’s upcoming DC TV series Constantine – with Emmett Scanlan (Guardians of the Galaxy) set to portray the character – and now executive producer David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel) has spoken about the possibility of delving further into […]

During the second episode of FOX’s Batman prequel series Gotham, eagle-eyed viewers may have noticed the Queen Consolidated logo from The CW’s Arrow, which naturally led to speculation about the possibility a crossover between the two DC Comics-based shows. Of course, with Gotham and Arrow on different networks it seemed highly unlikely, and now executive […]

A couple of weeks back, rumour resurfaced claiming that Jena Malone is reuniting with Sucker Punch director Zack Snyder for the role of Carrie Kelley (a.k.a. The Dark Knight Returns’ Robin) in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, stemming from the fact that the actress had died her hair red – much like the […]

The Imitation Game, 2014. Directed by Morten Tyldum. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Charles Dance, Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, Matthew Beard, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, and Allen Leech. SYNOPSIS: English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II. Just when you think every possible battle, pivotal moment, and time period of […]

While the 1960s TV series Batman featured virtually all of the Caped Crusader’s most iconic foes, one member of the Rogues Gallery who never made it to the small screen was that of Two-Face. Clint Eastwood was wanted for the role of the former D.A. (albeit reimagined as a disfigured news anchor), but the character […]