For those who believe that crowdsourcing site Kickstarter.com is only for funding unknown filmmakers, think again.  Rob Thomas who has attempted to bring his TV series Veronica Mars to the big screen ever since it was cancelled in 2007 struck a deal with Warner Bros that if he could raise $2 million from a Kickstarter […]

The Flickering Myth writing team look at yesterday’s red band trailer for Kick-Ass 2….This year’s superhero season kicks off next month with Shane Black’s Iron Man 3 (see the writing’s team reaction to that trailer here) and after that we’re treated to the sequel to 2010’s Kick-Ass in the form of Jeff Wadlow’s Kick-Ass 2.The […]

Evil Dead, 2013. Directed Fede Alvarez.Starring Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas and Elizabeth Blackmore. SYNOPSIS: Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods. “Dying wouldn’t be so bad right now, I […]

Matt Smith reviews the latest episode of The Following…So you’ve moved out of your old home to a new, bigger, better place. The rent’s got to be a killer, but the neighbour’s are nice. It’s like a real community. You all get on, you’ve got your son there with you, hopefully your wife’ll be arriving […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the third issue of Marvel NOW!’s Uncanny X-Men…“Everything has changed for Magneto in the last few weeks. Can he prove he is still the Master of Magnetism?“Has Scott Summers ever been this interesting?That was the question that kept coming to mind as I read the latest issue of Uncanny X-Men.  The third […]

The idea of a sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 breakthrough hit Beetlejuice has been floating around Hollywood for nigh on quarter of a century now, with the ultimately aborted Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian passing through the hands of writers such as Jonathan Gems (Mars Attacks!), Daniel Waters (Batman Returns) and Pamela Norris (Troop Beverly Hills) during […]

Luke Owen reviews the first episode of The Mimic…. If there is one thing in this world that I find incredibly entertaining, it’s someone who can do impressions. In fact, it’s the one skill I wish I had. I can do a fairly decent Arnie, but then who can’t? The problem impressionists have is that […]

Matt Smith reviews the latest episode of Elementary….Sherlock’s been having a hard time of it lately. First he has the man who murdered the love of his life, Irene Adler, in his grasp. He’s about to turn to the dark side and murder him for what he’s done. Then he realises the man he has […]

The creative minds of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Bryan Hitch have joined together to produce the fifth instalment of the devastating robotic revolution where heroes and villains must submit or perish.The few remaining members of Earth’s Mightiest must head to the Savage Land in the hopes of finding a way to survive and […]

Anghus Houvouras explains why the success of Damon Lindelof is troubling for the future of science fiction…I’ve been struggling with the work of Damon Lindelof (Lost, Prometheus) for some time.  He comes across like a passionate, energetic guy.  As a writer and a creative force, I’m beginning to wonder if he hasn’t done some fundamental […]