The Flickering Myth writing and editorial staff react to the news that Twin Peaks is returning in 2016… The news broke yesterday that David Lynch was returning to Twin Peaks for a new series on Showtime in 2016. We’ve already read Simon Columb’s thoughts on Sunday’s Commenting on the Critics, but what did the rest of […]

What We Do In The Shadows, 2014. Directed by Jemaine Clement Starring Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer and Stuart Rutherford SYNOPSIS: A group of vampires invite a New Zealand camera crew into their home where they observe them do everything from feeding on the blood of virgins to deciding who does the dishes. Vampires […]

After The Purge: Anarchy outperformed the first movie, we expected a third film in the series, and it is now official that writer and director James DeMonaco will be returning for the third instalment. The film series follows the day of an event called The Purge in which all crime’s are legal for 12 hours. […]

Thomas Roach on why people need to get over Michael B. Jordan’s casting as The Human Torch in The Fantastic Four…. As many people will be aware Fox is currently developing a reboot to The Fantastic Four which has finished shooting and gone into post production. Many fans and frankly haters are slamming the film […]

Despite the fact that principal photography has been underway for a couple of months, Marvel’s Ant-Man has added a new name to its cast, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Martin Donovan (Insomnia) has joined the Phase Three superhero movie in a secret role which is apparently pivotal to the plot. Armed with the astonishing […]

Ahead of its series premiere tomorrow night, The CW has released a new trailer for the Arrow spin-off The Flash, which you can check out right here…. “After a particle accelerator causes a freak storm, CSI Investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightning and falls into a coma. Months later he awakens with the power […]

Dead Snow 2, 2014. Directed by Tommy Wirkola Starring Vegar Hoel, Ørjan Gamst, Martin Starr   SYNOPSIS: After encountering a unit of Nazi zombies and barely escaping with his life, a terrified Martin (Vegar Hoel) makes his way back to town, but it’s not long until trouble follows him there. If your film’s pitch ends […]

Andy Naylor reviews Alien: Isolation… HOW WILL YOU SURVIVE? Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger. Fifteen years after the events of Alien™, Ellen Ripley’s daughter, Amanda enters a desperate battle for survival, on a mission to unravel the truth behind her […]

Tokyo Tribe, 2014 Co-written and directed by Shion Sono Starring Ryôhei Suzuki, Hitomi Katayama, Shôta Sometani, Akihiro Kitamura, Tomoko Karina, Akihiro Kitamura, Riki Takeuchi, Shunsuke Daitô, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Shôko Nakagawa, Mika Kanô, Ryûta Satô SYNOPSIS: Five years after the Shibuya riots, the Tribes of Tokyo have been enjoying a period of relative peace, until Kim and two […]

Garth of Izar is a personal hero to one Captain James T. Kirk. The character is briefly seen and mentioned in The Original Series episode “Whom Gods Destroy” and is responsible for defeating the Klingons in the Four Years War (we can understand why Kirk reveres him so) and the ambitious fan film Star Trek: […]