Jordan Schwarzenberger on ‘The Tarantino Factor’… Since 1992, Quentin Tarantino has been an everlasting light in cinema. Post the release of his quirky, cleverly written and still brilliant Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino has risen in both power and international prowess to become one of the most recognized directors of our time, and to me, the most […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team count down to the release of Trance by selecting their favourite Danny Boyle movies; next up is Anghus Houvouras with 2002’s 28 Days Later…Danny Boyle has always been a fearless cinematic presence. There are few directors in the modern era of cinema who have presented such a wide variety of films. […]

Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel, screenwriter of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and director of the Oscar-nominated A Royal Affair, has reportedly been tapped by Dreamworks to helm the upcoming remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s  classic 1940 psychological thriller Rebecca.Based upon the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Marier, Rebecca was Hitchcock’s U.S. […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews The Superior Spider-Man #6….“The new super villain duo, Jester & Screwball, are punking heroes across the internet. And now they’ve set their site on the Superior Spider-Man (who is SO not good with that).“Superior Spider-Man has been slowly building towards the inevitable confrontation between the more violent, aggressive wall crawler and his […]

Mrs. Brown’s Boys – Series 3 Created by Brendan O’Carroll.Starring Brendan O’Carroll, Jennifer Gibney, Paddy Houlihan, Fiona O’Carroll and Danny O’Carroll. SYNOPSIS: The third series of the Dublin-set sitcom depicting the life and times of Mrs Agnes Brown and her unruly brood. This reviewer’s knives are out for Mrs Brown’s Boys series three before the […]

There’s just over a month to go until Marvel Studios begins Phase Two of its Cinematic Universe as Robert Downey Jr.’s Armored Avenger returns for Iron Man 3, and a new series of interviews with the cast and crew have been released, which offer up quite a few spoilers from the hotly-anticipated solo sequel. So, […]

Following our interview with Dale Lloyd of Viva VHS, Chris Cooper looks back at his VHS memories…I have a slightly different take on this. My strongest and one of my most cherished memories of VHS is more about what came with the movie and the experience than either the film itself or the cassette.The recording in question […]

Fans of Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt’s Oni Press comic book series The Sixth Gun will be disappointed to hear that NBC has opted against picking up the show for a full season order, with Deadline revealing that the network has passed on the pilot, which has been executive produced by Carlton Cuse (Lost).According to […]

Tom Jolliffe takes in a Patrick Swayze badass double bill of Point Break and Road House… The late great Patrick Swayze had quite the impact on film history. His most iconic roles were of course his two iconic chick flick leading man roles in Dirty Dancing and Ghost. One might assume with such particular favourites […]

Luke Addison on CGI and 3D effects in film….When you compare television and film over the years, it’s clear that for the most part, they have come on leaps and bounds. The special effects laden Hollywood blockbusters that we see nowadays would never have been possible twenty or thirty years ago, as the technology simply wasn’t there […]