Maps to the Stars, 2014. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack, Olivia Williams, Sarah Gadon and Evan Bird. SYNOPSIS: A tour into the heart of a Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts. Some plot details lie below… Watching Maps To The […]

Those clamoring for a little originality have got to have their interest piqued by the latest film from acclaimed director Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance). The movie stars Michael Keaton as a washed up actor named Riggan Thompson most famous for playing a superhero, kind of like the real Michael Keaton who […]

We’ve already had one Birdman clip this week featuring Michael Keaton (Batman) and Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man 2) [see here], and now we have a second, which you can see below… “Birdman is a black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Michael Keaton) – famous for portraying an iconic superhero – as […]

Mark of the Devil, 1970. Directed by Michael Armstrong. Starring Herbert Lom, Udo Kier, Olivera Katarina, Reggie Nalder and Herbert Fux. SYNOPSIS: Apprentice witch hunter Udo Kier comes to realise that his mentor Herbert Lom may not have the best of intentions when it comes to deciding who is guilty of witchcraft. A notorious folk […]

Thomas Roach previews Little Big Planet 3 at EGX…. I was very excited to play Little Big Planet 3 at EGX. I had actually not played the series since the first game but due to the fact that the latest instalment is on the next generation, I was more than willing to get back into […]

Marta Abromaityte reviews Look Who’s Back by Timur Vermes… Look Who’s Back is a satirised account of the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler whom to his dismay awakens in modern Berlin in the year 2011. Surprisingly 1940’s Hitler adapts relatively quickly to contemporary surroundings and after failing to locate his bunker, he reluctantly begins residing in […]

Thomas Roach on the rumours that Marvel might split The Avengers 3 into two movies…. Even though Avengers: Age of Ultron is yet to be released, or even have its first trailer, many Marvel fans are speculating into what may be included in Avengers 3. Without a doubt Marvel is currently on a roll with […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb…. Flickering Myth‘s Gary Collinson covered the recent news from the X-Men camp, and the changes to be made within X-Men: Apocalypse: “Writer-producer Simon Kinberg has spoken about having to recast the likes of James Marsden, Halle Berry and Famke Janssen with younger incarnations of the original X-Men trilogy characters: […]

A few days ago we heard a rumour suggesting that William Shatner is wanted for a cameo as James T. Kirk in the upcoming third instalment of Paramount’s rebooted Star Trek franchise, and while Shatner subsequently took to Twitter to deny the speculation, he has now admitted that he has been approached by producer J.J. […]

The Equalizer, 2014. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Denzel Washington, Chloe Grace Moretz, Marton Csokas, David Meunier, Bill Pullman, Haley Bennett, Melissa Leo, David Harbour and Robert Wahlberg. SYNOPSIS: A man believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and has dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets a […]