Flickering Myth’s writing team count down to the UK release of Monsters University by picking their favourite Pixar Movies; next up is Villordsutch with Brave…Brave is a fantastic film set in my ancestor’s home of Scotland. I’m half Scottish / half Dutch (all Viking) and worry about my history being altered either by anti-Semitic drunken […]

With Pacific Rim already being labelled a flop before it even hits cinemas, Anghus Houvouras believes the media is helping to murder movies….Does negative box office perception affect potential ticket buyers?  Five years ago I would have said ‘no’.  Now I’m not so sure.Crucifixion Principle: When critics and entertainment writers gang up to brutally murder […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team count down to the UK release of Monsters University by picking their favourite Pixar Movies; next up is Martin Deer with WALL·E…. As the ninth feature film to be released by Pixar, WALL·E had a lot to live up to, and the tiny little robot stands tall and proud. There are […]

Ten years after their big screen appearance, Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s Victorian-era heroes The League of Extraordinary Gentleman are set to return, with Fox placing an off-season order for a TV pilot from writer-producer Michael Green (Green Lantern, Heroes). Starting its run in 1999, the comic book series focusses on a group of Victorian […]

Villordsutch reviews The X-Files Classics Vol. 1…“The truth is… in here! Team up with Mulder and Scully as they unravel mysteries only seen in comic books! This first collection features stories like ‘Not to be Opened Until X-mas’, ‘Firebird’, ‘Trepanning Opera’, ‘Silent Cities of the Mind’ and more.”I can recall many moons ago when the […]

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 played […]

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 in colour […]

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.The […]