Last week we heard that the race for the role of Kyle Reese in Thor: The Dark World director Alan Taylor’s Terminator: Genesis was down to two contenders and now we have a winner, with Jai Courtney (A Good Day to Die Hard) securing the part of the time-travelling hero against competition from Boyd Holbrook […]

The Flickering Myth writing team look at the trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy…. It’s had a mostly positive reaction (apart from that one guy on our Facebook page who hated it), but the Guardians of the Galaxy has taken the world by storm. People who had no idea of who or what the Guardians […]

Her, 2013. Written and Directed by Spike Jonze.Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Olivia Wilde, Chris Pratt and Rooney Mara. SYNOPSIS: A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that’s designed to meet his every need. Spike Jonze’s Her made a lot of waves upon its release in the […]

Jackson Ball reviews the fifth episode of House of Cards season 2…This season’s explosive beginning is now just a distant memory as we start to enter its meaty core. Francis ‘Frank’ Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his loving wife/partner-in-crime Clare (Robin Wright) have already overcome most of the obstacles laid down in the season’s opening third, […]

By now, I’m sure you’ve had a chance to watch the first trailer for Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy (if you haven’t, you can see it here), and now director James Gunn has provided Total Film with a trailer breakdown, giving us further insight into Marvel’s cosmic superhero ensemble…Indiana Jones Influence – “There is […]

Since his controversial casting as The Dark Knight in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman, we’ve heard a lot of people coming out in support of Ben Affleck as the latest incarnation of the Caped Crusader. However, it seems that not everyone in Hollywood is on board with Batfleck, with Robot Chicken […]

Matthew McConaughey’s career has enjoyed a huge resurgence over the past few years, and could culminate with an Academy Award next month for his acclaimed role as Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club. And the actor is showing little signs of slowing down; along with the hit HBO series True Detective, his next film will see him […]

It’s been a long while since we’ve heard anything about The Irishman, which would tell the story of Frank ‘The Irishman’ Sheeran, a trade union official suspected of over 25 mob murders, including – allegedly – that of Jimmy Hoffa. The project has Robert De Niro attached in the lead role, with Martin Scorsese linked to the director’s chair […]

Andy Naylor assesses the current state of the Next-Gen War…It’s now been 3 months since the launch of the next generation of console gaming. So far, the PS4 leads the way with 5.3 million sales worldwide, compared to the Xbox One back on 3.6 million. The differences between the two consoles and how they work […]

While director Sam Mendes, screenwriter John Logan and star Daniel Craig are set for to reunite on the upcoming Bond 24, it seems that one key component of 2012’s blockbuster Bond adventure Skyfall is going to be absent from the reunion. According to Kristopher Tapley of Hitfix, acclaimed cinematographer Roger Deakins (The Shawshank Redemption, No Country […]