Earlier today Flickering Myth co-editor Luke Owen got the chance to sit down and chat with The World’s End director Edgar Wright (you can listen to the interview in the latest Flickering Myth Podcast), but sadly any Ant-Man questions were off limits.However, it seems the long-gestating superhero movie might finally be close to securing its […]

With Marvel Studios branching out its Cinematic Universe onto the small screen with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the upcoming Netflix miniseries, and Warner Bros. seemingly stepping up its DC Comics superhero ambitions with Batman vs. Superman alongside a range of TV offerings, there’s been plenty of speculation as to whether DC’s big and small screen […]

Our weekly round up of all the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Aquaman, Arrow, The Flash, Teen Titans Go! and more….Sony has […]

We know that Robert Rodriguez is bringing one of his previous films to the small screen, with a TV adaptation of From Dusk Till Dawn currently filming, and now it’s being reported by The New York Times (via ComicBookMovie) that The Weinstein Company is looking to branch out into the TV business and could be […]

With The Wolverine becoming the second-highest grossing instalment of the X-Men franchise, it came as little surprise when it was announced that Fox had tapped director James Mangold to develop a treatment for a sequel, which is expected to see Hugh Jackman returning for an eighth – or ninth, should X-Force beat it into cinemas […]

From the moment that Benicio del Toro (Sin City) and Edgar Ramirez (Elite Squad) were linked to the role of the villain in Star Trek Into Darkness, the fact that Chris Pine’s Kirk would find himself up against his nemesis Khan Noonien Singh in the sequel to the 2009 reboot was perhaps the worst kept […]

The Innocents, 1961.Directed by Jack Clayton.Starring Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave,Clytie Jessop,  Pamela Franklin and Martin Stephens.SYNOPSIS:A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.Is it real or is it all in your mind? When Deborah Kerr’s Governess takes on the position in Bly Mansion, she […]

Arriving this Christmas at 7:30pm on BBC One  is the final Doctor Who adventure for Matt Smith as both he and Jenna Coleman (The Impossible Girl) bring our Christmas spirit to a rather unhappy ending with ‘The Time of the Doctor’.  After four years at the rickety controls of the TARDIS, Smith will be handing […]

Simon Columb reviews About Schmidt from BFI Southbank’s Alexander Payne retrospective…About Schmidt is about America. Jack Nicholson is front and centre in Alexander Payne’s 2002 dramatic comedy about a man coping with retirement and the loss of his wife. As Election became a bigger and bolder statement about democracy, About Schmidt is a reflection on […]

Thomas Harris reviews Sideways… Sideways is arguably Alexander Payne’s most conventional film. However, under the guise of a different director, the film could have been conventional in a mundane way, however, through his deft eye for realism, Sideways is one of few American classics released in the noughties. Impeccably acted, witty and incredibly gentle, the […]