Bill Willingham’s multi-Eisner Award-winning DC / Vertigo comic book series Fables is heading to the big screen courtesy of Harry Potter producer David Heyman and his production company Heyday Films, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Fables centres on a selection of fairy tale characters who are exiled from their homeland, forcing them to live in […]

To celebrate the release of Man of Steel this month, the Flickering Myth writing team are looking back over Superman’s previous screen adventures; next up is Tom Jolliffe with a review of 1983’s Superman III… As a kid growing up in the 80s, the Christopher Reeve Superman films were firm favourites. In my younger days […]

With all the news for Star Wars: Episode: VII falling fairly quiet as of late (apart from getting a director of course), it’s nice to see some stories about the original trilogy coming into our news desk. During An Evening with Al Pacino this last weekend in London, the actor talked about how the role […]

Villordsutch reviews the collected edition of Star Trek / Legion of Super-Heroes… “IDW Publishing and DC Comics are proud to present the greatest tale of the 23rd century! Or is that the 31st century? As you’ll see here, it’s both! Eisner-nominated writer Chris Roberson and Star Trek and Legionnaires veteran artist Jeffrey Moy partner up […]

John Lucking reviews the tenth episode of Hannibal…. It’s one thing to say that Will Graham is undergoing some kind of mental trauma, but how far in this direction can Hannibal really go? It’s a fragile subject and unless you’re going to do it justice one best left untouched, but this week’s macro-level focus on […]

Stephen Glass reviews Season 4 of Arrested Development…. Seven years of wishing and hoping and begging and praying on the part of innumerable hardcore Arrested Development fans came to an end last Sunday with the simultaneous release of 15 new episodes on Netflix, and early reviews all seem to agree; it’s different, it’s difficult, it’s […]

To celebrate the release of Man of Steel this month, the Flickering Myth writing team are looking back over Superman’s previous screen adventures; next up is Simon Columb with a review of 1980’s Superman II…. Watching Superman Returns, you imagine that Marlon Brando is integral to the original four films. In reality, the original theatrical […]

To celebrate the release of Man of Steel this month, the Flickering Myth writing team are looking back over Superman’s previous screen adventures; next up is Martin Deer with a review of 1978’s Superman: The Movie… Although being, undeniably, the most iconic Superhero and one of pop cultures most recognisable figures, Superman’s popularity in the […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Abram Browne writes for Forbes about the negative reviews for Arrested Development: “Critics pounded the reimagined series after Netflix on Sunday released long-awaited Season 4. Unlike past runs, this one returned over and over again to the same moments, each episode retelling the story from a different Bluth […]

Anghus Houvouras shifts his attention from the most disappointing films of all time to the most disappointing filmmakers; up first is M. Night Shyamalan… There are few directors I can think of that have experienced the dizzying highs and maddening lows as M. Night Shyamalan.  His career has been a bizarre mish-mash of both masterpieces […]