The Helpers, 2012. Directed by Chris Stokes.Starring Kristen Quintrall, Denyce Lawton, Christopher Jones, JoJo Wright, Rachel Sterling, Dallas Lovato, Aubrey Allen, Black Thomas, Dustin Harnish, Cameron Diskin and Braxton Davis. SYNOPSIS: After breaking down on a road trip to Las Vegas, seven friends check into a rest-stop motel and wake up in their rooms to […]

With Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to the big screen in The Last Stand, the Flickering Myth writing team look back at their favourite Arnie movies. Next up, Piers McCarthy with 1994’s True Lies…Imagine a world where Arnie had not met James Cameron. Hating to build on his already huge ego, Arnie does owe a lot to The […]

House of Lies – The First Season Created by Matthew Carnahan.Starring Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell, Ben Schwartz, Donis Leonard Jr., Josh Lawson, Glynn Turman, Dawn Olivieri, Griffin Dunne and Richard Schiff. SYNOPSIS: Marty Kaan and his three associate consultants are brought in by companies to help solve problems in business. They are often tactful, intermittently […]

The Royle Family: Barbara’s Old Ring, 2012. Directed by Caroline Aherne.Starring Ricky Tomlinson, Sue Johnston, Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash. SYNOPSIS: Christmas is coming but Barbara is not happy. Not only has she lost her wedding ring but Jim has won on a scratch card she found down the back of the sofa whilst looking for […]

Unit One – Season 1. Created by Peter Thorsboe.Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Charlotte Fich, Lars Brygmann, Erik Wedersøe, Waage Sandø, Trine Pallesen and Lars Bom. SYNOPSIS: Based on actual, real-life crimes, Unit One follows an elite mobile police force as they are dispatched to assist local police in solving some of the most complex and high […]

Kirsty Capes reviews the third episode of Downton Abbey season 3… Thank the lord! The first episode this season that doesn’t include a wedding. About time too! There’s a lot going on both upstairs and downstairs this episode, so bare with me as I run you through it. First off, Sybil’s back again, yay! Our […]

Following the acclaimed World War II dramas Band of Brothers and The Pacific, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks are set to produce a third WWII miniseries for HBO, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the as-yet-untitled project “will explore the aerial wars through the eyes of enlisted men of the Eighth Air Force – known […]

With Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to the big screen in The Last Stand, the Flickering Myth writing team look back at their favourite Arnie movies. Next up, Scott Davis with 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day… I remember the day so vividly when I was first introduced to the world of The Terminator. My uncle, a young […]

Simon Columb attends the Roman Polanski retrospective at BFI Southbank… Roman Polanski remains a fascinating filmmaker to this day. Alongside Andrej Wajda and Jerzy Skolimowski, Polanski came to the fore in the late 1950s in Poland. The BFI in London are screening all of Polanski’s films during January and February 2013 and throughout January, essays […]

Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Black Panther, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Heroes for Hire, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Man of Steel, Arrow, Amazon, Batman: The Dark […]