Flickering Myth’s writing team discuss their favourite movie soundtracks; next up is David Bishop with The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford… How many times have you left the cinema and immediately said “I need to buy the soundtrack.”? Chances are, not that often. While Andrew Dominik’s poetic take on the Wild […]

Anthony Stokes has some suggestions for the Hollywood studios striving for that magical one billion mark at the box office… Movie budgets are ever increasing, and that’s been particularly evident this summer. The norm of $150 million for a blockbuster has increased to around $200 million over the course of the last few years. I’ve […]

Although Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm has resulted in the green light being given to a new theatrical Star Wars trilogy, it has left question marks hanging over a number of previously-announced projects. We’ve already seen the cancellation of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Seth Green’s proposed comedy Star Wars: Detours, as well as the […]

Anghus Houvouras looks at the reported contenders for the next Dark Knight in Warner Bros.’ Superman and Batman movie… Since the announcement last month of a World’s Finest movie, the internet has been going into overdrive with speculation about who will take over the mantle of the Dark Knight.  The Hollywood Reporter recently ran a […]

Villordsutch confesses his love for Mamma Mia!… I have on occasion been called a “film snob”, and I freely admit that my snorts of disgust are not restrained when the likes Taken, Taken 2 and Gerard Butler are heard.  I have on occasion been known to argue with people when the mention they’ve watched (for […]

With Tom Cruise (Edge of Tomorrow) and Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained) both passing on the role, director Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class) has turned to a comic book movie veteran for the villain in his upcoming adaptation of The Secret Service, with Variety revealing that Samuel L. Jackson (The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) […]

Anthony Stokes on what The Wolverine got right…. The Wolverine has been released to mild critical and commercial success. It’s certainly not setting the world on fire, but the general consensus seems to be “I’m glad I saw it” and “it’s okay”. As easy as it is to be cynical – and as much as […]

With Matt Damon seemingly still against a return to the Bourne franchise, Universal Pictures has decided to push ahead with a fifth instalment in the spy series with Deadline revealing that the studio has hired Anthony Peckham (Sherlock Holmes) to pen a second outing for Jeremy Renner’s Aaron Cross, star of last year’s spin-off The […]

Robb Ghag reviews Batman Annual #2… “A special ZERO YEAR tie-in! Bruce Wayne’s first year as the Dark Knight has just barely begun…and already dangerous elements are coalescing, leading Bruce toward his final destiny.” Scott Snyder once again delivers in the second Batman annual from the New 52 Universe, titled “Cages”. Once again, we are […]

Anghus Houvouras is baffled by director Lee Daniels’ recent comments in promotion of his new film The Butler… I’ll never pretend to be any kind of expert on the subject of racial diversity in Hollywood. However, there’s been a slew of comments recently from director Lee Daniels about his new film that I found so […]