It’s Star Trek Month here at Flickering Myth, but as J.J. Abrams prepares to swap the Federation for a galaxy far, far away, Ozzy Armstrong celebrates Star Wars Day by looking towards the future of the franchise with Star Wars: Episode VII…. When people talk about Star Wars, most people immediately think back to the […]

Now that he’s finished up with the Dark Knight trilogy, Christopher Nolan is gearing up to go into space for his next effort, the sci-fi epic Interstellar, and according to Deadline Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) is in talks about joining the film as the “third lead”. Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike) was the first name […]

Steven Spielberg has selected his next project post-Lincoln, and it’s not the previously announced and subsequently delayed Robopocalypse; instead, Spielberg will turn his attention to another biopic, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the legendary filmmaker is to direct Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook, The Hangover Part III) in American Sniper. Based upon the book […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews The Superior Spider-Man #9… “It Ends Here! ‘Superior No More!’ The hottest comic in comics comes to a turning point that will get you angrier than you were after Spidey #700! The time has come to see who will live, who will die, and who will emerge as the one, true Superior […]

After making his feature film debut with the low-budget super-powers hit Chronicle, director Josh Trank is now turning his attention to Marvel’s First Family for 20th Century Fox’s The Fantastic Four. According to The Wrap, the reboot could see Trank reuniting with Chronicle star Michael B. Jordan, who has apparently met with the studio several […]

Matt Smith reviews episode 20 of Elementary… Change can be a stressful thing. A new place to live, a new job. Maybe even a new person. Sometimes it gets lost in the sofa. Okay, maybe that’s the wrong change, but it’s annoying and sometimes you just want a couple of pennies so you can buy […]

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 Villordsutch reviewing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan…. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a landmark Trek film for two reasons: 1. Spock dies […]

The Flickering Myth writing staff look at the news of a possible sixth Die Hard movie…. In 1988, Bruce Willis starred in a movie that made him a bonafide blockbuster action star. The fearless cop John McClane took down a group of terrorists and the evil Hans Gruber by himself in John McTiernan’s Die Hard […]

It was announced last week that MTV is developing on a TV series based on the mid-90s slasher genre spoof Scream. No doubt being bombarded with questions from fans, the movie’s creator and director spoke out on Twitter last night about his involvement: “A lot of you have asked about the Scream TV series. It’s […]

Alice Rush reviews episode 7 of the Psycho prequel series Bates Motel… After last week’s violent confrontation, ‘The Man In Number 9’ gets off to a slow start, with Sheriff Romero explaining to the Bates’ just how they are going to spin this whole saga to the public. Though Dylan is outraged at this blatant […]