Oliver Davis reviews the ninth episode of Game of Thrones Season Three (spoilers ahoy)…. The Rains of Castamere. Directed by David Nutter. Written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. It’s number nine time, historically the most significant episode in each series so far. Season one had Ned’s execution. Season two staged the Battle of Blackwater […]

Oliver Davis reviews Batman, Incorporated #11… Issue #10 ended on a cliffhanger. Bruce had injected himself with the Man-Bat serum, bulging his body into a monstrosity of rage. Soaring in a giant, robotic suit with wings of flesh, the Bat-Batman of Vengeance flew towards Talia al Ghul atop her fortress for their epic, final showdown, […]

Oliver Davis reviews the eighth episode of Game of Thrones Season Three…. Second Sons. Directed by Michelle MacLaren. Written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. It’s the ante-penultimate episode (the one before the one before last). Episode 8 is usually the build-up for the season’s main event in Episode 9. In series one, it laid […]

Fast & Furious 6, 2013. Directed by Justin Lin.Starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Luke Evans, Michelle Rodriguez, Elsa Pataky, Jordana Brewster and Gina Carano. SYNOPSIS: The gang of car thieves and illegal street racers are brought out of retirement to face a global menace…and track down a long-lost member. “That was ridiculous,” remarked […]

Oliver Davis reviews the seventh episode of Game of Thrones Season Three…. “Go Lannisters!” The Bear and the Maiden Fair. Directed by Michelle MacLaren. Written by George R.R. Martin. I didn’t have the chance to review last week’s episode of Game of Thrones. I was out of the realm, across the Shivering Sea, where they […]

To celebrate the release of Star Trek Into Darkness, the Flickering Myth writing team look back at the classic sci-fi franchise. Next up for Star Trek Month is Oliver Davis reviewing Star Trek: Generations…. Generations begins with a single object floating through space, tumbling like a bowling pin hurtled through the air. Initially it appears […]

Our Superman Month continues as Oliver Davis looks at the Top 5 Superman Things Not Actually From the Comics…. Superman’s history in popular culture might have began in the comic book – Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Action Comics #1 from June 1938 – but his appearances in radio serials, television shows, video games and […]

Oliver Davis reviews Spawn #232… 32 STRAIGHT ISSUES WITH SAME ART TEAM, declares the book’s front cover. It reads like the “3 days without an accident” board in The Simpsons. They are Spawn’s creator/writer Todd MacFarlane and Szymon Kudranski on pencils and inking. Hooray for consistency. Having never read Spawn, and starting at part four […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #3… “Death’s reign of terror over THOSE WHO RULE continues, as the forces of the END TIMES continue to work to bring about the Apocalypse. It’s the END OF THE WORLD: Someone dies, someone lives, and someone falls in love.” WHO IS THIS WOMAN, THE ONE THAT CONQUERED DEATH? […]

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone, 2013. Directed by Shane Meadows. Starring Ian Brown, John Squire, Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield and Alan ‘Reni’ Wren. SYNOPSIS: Documentary detailing the reunion of seminal Manchester rock band, The Stone Roses. At first, a documentary about The Stone Roses doesn’t seem to mesh with Shane Meadows’ recent run of autobiographical […]