Desperate Measures, 2011. Directed by Steve Looker. Starring Stephen Lord, Ricci Harnett, Maxton G. Beesley and Steven Hillman. SYNOPSIS: A drink and drug addict is kidnapped and held on a remote farmhouse where his two captors put him through a brutal regime to get him clean. Based on a screenplay by producer Chris Green (who […]

The Superman Motion Picture Anthology, 1978-2006. Directed by Richard Donner, Richard Lester, Sidney J. Furie and Bryan Singer. Starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Terence Stamp, Susannah York, Richard Pryor, Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth. SYNOPSIS: The complete big-screen adventures of the Man of Steel. With […]

X-Men: First Class, 2011. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Lucas Till, Zoë Kravitz, Álex González, Caleb Landry Jones, Jason Flemyng, Oliver Platt and Ray Wise. SYNOPSIS: In their efforts to prevent Armageddon, a grave rift emerges between close friends Charles Xavier […]

Firstly, an apology. It’s not very often that I use Flickering Myth for the purposes of self-promotion and in fact, this could be the very first time, but darn it I’m excited and I just can’t contain myself any longer! Long time readers of this site may remember a three part article I put together […]

Gary Collinson selects his Five Essential Movie to Video Game Adaptations… If you’re a fan of movies and/or video games then chances are you’ll already be more than aware that the movie tie-in is little more than a recipe for disaster. It seems that in developer-land, the phrase “Official Video Game of the Movie” provides […]

Thor, 2011. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Colm Feore, Ray Stevenson, Idris Elba, Kat Dennings, Rene Russo, Anthony Hopkins, Jaimie Alexander, Joshua Dallas, Tadanobu Asano, Clark Gregg, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: The arrogant and reckless warrior Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is stripped of his powers […]

Dobermann, 1997. Directed by Jan Kounen. Starring Vincent Cassel, Tchéky Karyo and Monica Bellucci. SYNOPSIS: Following a brutal bank robbery, the charismatic criminal Dobermann (Vincent Cassel) is pursued by the Paris police, headed up by the sadistic renegade cop Christini (Tchéky Karyo). Coming off the back of his acclaimed performances in Jean-François Richet’s two-part crime […]

Killer’s Moon, 1978. Written and Directed by Alan Birkinshaw. Starring Anthony Forrest, Tom Marshall, David Jackson, Georgina Kean, Nigel Gregory, Jane Hayden, Alison Elliot and JoAnne Good. SYNOPSIS: Four drugged-up mental patients escape from the local asylum and seek refuge in a remote Lake District hotel where a class of stranded school-girls are staying. As […]

Warlock, 1989. Directed by Steve Miner. Starring Julian Sands, Richard E. Grant, Lori Singer and Mary Woronov. SYNOPSIS: A warlock comes from the past… to destroy the future. If you’re a fan of cult horrors then chances are you’ll be familiar with American filmmaker Steve Miner. An associate producer on the original Friday the 13th […]

Wake Wood, 2011. Directed by David Keating. Starring Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle, Timothy Spall, Amelia Crowley, Brian Gleeson, Dan Gordon, Ruth McCabe and Ella Connolly. SYNOPSIS: A married couple move to the Irish village of Wake Wood after the death of their daughter, where they discover an ancient ritual that can reunite them with their […]