Flickering Myth’s writing team count down to the UK release of Monsters University by picking their favourite Pixar Movies; next up is Tom Jolliffe with Ratatouille…When Toy Story burst on the scene, the name Pixar became synonymous with quality. It looked like nothing we’d seen on the big screen, but had all the wonderful story […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team discuss their favourite movie soundtracks; next up is Rohan Morbey with Taxi Driver… A militaristic snare drum beats. Brass instruments enter and leave like the ebb and flow of the sea on the shore, hinting that something is coming through the steam of a New York sewer. A beautiful, haunting melody […]

Andy Naylor reviews Judge Dredd Classics #1… “Re-presenting classic Judge Dredd tales monthly, with all-new colors by Charlie Kirchoff! Up first, 30 pages of “Block Mania,” which will lead to the beloved Apocalypse War!“ Judge Dredd Classics #1 is a re-issue of the classic 1981 Block Mania story arc, featuring the first 30 pages and […]

Filming on Guardians of the Galaxy may have kicked off here in the UK a couple of weeks ago, but so far Marvel Studios has remained tight-lipped about the trio of villains set to tackle the cosmic superhero team in next year’s space-set comic book adaptation. However, Den of Geek has reportedly uncovered the identity […]

Anghus Houvouras on the best comic books of the year so far…. Hard to believe, but the year is half over.  So far it’s been a great year for comics.  Sure, there have been some disappointments.  I’m looking at you Age of Ultron.  For the avid comic reader, there are great titles to be found. […]

Robb Ghag reviews Detective Comics #22… “Meet The Wrath! In Gotham City, he’s the anti-Batman, and the body count is about to shoot through the roof! And in the backup story, Man-Bat makes a startling discovery!” ‘Targeting the Shield’.  The title says it all in this latest issue of Detective Comics.  After the Man-Bat outbreak […]

Following the release of A Field in England, Brogan Morris believes director Ben Wheatley has already established himself as a unique filmmaker, and an auteur for the future… So, Ben Wheatley’s A Field in England screened on Film4 on Friday night (and saw simultaneous release on DVD, VOD and in cinemas the same day, officially […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb…. Charles Arthur writes for The Guardian about the BBC’s decision to stop funding their venture into 3D television: “… the corporation will stop making programmes in the new format at the end of this year at least until 2016 following “disappointing” takeup. Despite an estimated 1.5m households in […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team countdown to the UK release of Monsters University by picking their favourite Pixar Movies; next up is Ryan O’Neill with Up…. Up was released in 2009, sandwiched between the equally ambitious and creative Wall-E and Toy Story 3. At this time, it seemed almost everything Pixar Animation Studios touched turned to […]

Anghus Houvouras thinks that creative freedom isn’t all it’s cracked up to be… I’m under the working theory that every filmmaker does their best work when they are given certain limitations. Every great filmmaker had a time when they were forced to be creative because of budget concerns or limited technologies.  Rather than just throw […]