Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Amy Kaufman writes for The LA Times about Hollywood’s Summer Big Bets:“Midway through a year of declining attendance and ticket sales, the major studios are betting heavily on big-budget spectacles that can fatten the bottom line if they succeed — or lead to write-offs and management shake-ups if […]

Last night Entertainment Weekly’s CapeTown Film Festival celebrated Star Wars Day (May 4th) with a special 30th anniversary screening of Return of the Jedi, which was followed by a surprise guest none other than Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill. During a Q&A (via IGN), Hamill refused to confirm outright the rumours that he’s signed on […]

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 Anghus Houvouras reviewing Star Trek V: The Final Frontier…Every Star Trek fan has to deal with the fact that every so often you will bear witness to […]

After a lengthy search which has seen a host of actors linked to the part, Relativity Media has finally ended its search for the lead in the remake of The Crow, with Deadline reporting that Welsh actor Luke Evans has signed on to play Eric Draven in director F. Javier Gutiérrez’s (Before the Fall) adaptation […]

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 J-P Wooding reviewing Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home…After the death of Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and his subsequent rebirth in Star […]

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 American […]

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 Spider-Man!““Wow” […]

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 […]