Douglas Norton selects his five essential films of Woody Allen… Despite public scandal, unpredictable box-office returns, and a healthy mistrust of the “Hollywood system,” the man born Allen Stewart Konigsberg is one of the most prolific and gifted of modern filmmakers, writing and directing roughly one feature a year since his debut in 1966. He […]

Martin Deer shares some concerns about the Man of Steel franchise now that Warner Bros. plans to throw The Dark Knight into the mix for a Batman / Superman movie… As announced at Comic-Con this month, the first on-screen appearance of both Batman and Superman together will be taking place in 2015 – and I’m […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team discuss their favourite movie soundtracks; next up is Jackson Ball with Reservoir Dogs… Love him or hate him, there’s no denying Quentin Tarantino knows his way around a movie soundtrack. Known for his excessive use of popular music, QT’s films have amassed an impressive catalogue of great songs; from contemporary rap […]

Yesterday it was reported that J.J. Abrams might be leaving a galaxy far far away, and that new writers were close to being attached to his previous star baby for Star Trek 3. Well… maybe not. Overnight, Lucasfilm issued a sternly worded rebuttal to IGN (who didn’t originally report the story) about the rumours that J.J. […]

Whilst the internet was busy breaking with the announcement that Batman and Superman will be sharing the big screen in 2015 for the first time, some other news went generally unnoticed. Of course plenty could change, so don’t take this as Gospel, but whilst Warner Bros. haven’t given the Man of Steel sequel a name, […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the first two issues of The Crow: Curare… “Retired Detroit cop Joe Salk was a good cop, but after a little girl’s murder, his wife left him because of his obsession to find her killers.” The Crow is one of those wonderfully simple ideas where tales of sorrow and revenge are woven […]

Ed Doyle reports from yesterday’s London press conference for RED 2…. Even stowed away on board the baking interior of elegant river-cruiser ‘Symphony’, moored at Embankment Pier on another day of blistering heat, most were helpless but to speculate on the imminent arrival of the royal baby elsewhere. No one was more curious than Dame […]

With Warner Bros. announcing a Superman/Batman movie at Comic-Con, Anthony Stokes provides a few suggestions on how a World’s Finest movie could work… Out of Brilliance or Sheer Desperation In a move of either brilliance or sheer desperation, Warner Bros. has announced a Superman/Batman team up movie – and with Warner Bros., it’s probably the […]

It’s the question that never seems to have an answer – will there ever be a Ghostbusters III? With a pre-production that has been off and on more times than Ross and Rachel, we’ve now got some new information about Ghostbusters III, some of which seems to go against what Dan Aykroyd was saying back […]

With Hugh Jackman’s latest X-Men outing The Wolverine set to open in cinemas this week, Ozzy Armstrong chats with Rila Fukushima about her role as the deadly assassin Yukio…  Ozzy Armstrong: First of all I watched the film last night… Rila Fukushima: And how did you like it? OA: I’m a big fan of X-Men […]