Another day, another Star Wars rumour… According to Ain’t It Cool News, Disney and Lucasfilm are looking to further expand the galaxy far, far away by developing yet another standalone Star Wars movie, this time focusing on a period of history we’re yet to see on the screen – the early days of the Old […]

Paul Risker reviews the third episode of Sons of Anarchy season five… The review for episode 3 of Sons of Anarchy will take a slightly different format to those that have preceded it and those that will follow. If the expression is true that you don’t miss anything until it is gone, then the same […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the first issue of Marvel NOW!’s Nova… The success of Marvel NOW! is readily apparent as their second  wave of titles launch and continue to be far more ‘hit’ than ‘miss’.  The revamped Nova is one of the most entertaining and endearing first issues I can remember.  Great characters, fantastic art well […]

David Bishop reflects on his 15 movie Godzilla marathon… If you’ve been reading fellow Flickering Myth writer Luke Owen’s various articles, you’ll know that Luke, our partner in crime Jon Lipscombe and I undertake a movie marathon each month. For February we chose Godzilla, or, more specifically, the first fifteen Godzilla movies. As there are twenty-nine altogether, […]

With A Good Day to Die Hard currently in cinemas, Tom Jolliffe revisits the original Die Hard… The fifth Die Hard has now exploded into cinemas. It’s been 25 years since the film world was introduced to Officer John McClane. The latest instalment has been pounded with a barrage of criticism and undisputedly called the […]

Paul Risker continues his Terry Gilliam retrospective… Brazil is the film that best represents the pinnacle of Gilliam’s career, and if not it would certainly feature in any such discussion. If I am permitted to express my subjective opinion, then I would land on the side of it being his masterpiece, comparable to both Orson […]

As well as launching Phase Two of its Cinematic Universe with the release of Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World, Marvel is also hoping to branch out into live-action television this year with S.H.I.E.L.D., the pilot episode of which has been co-written and directed by The Avengers mastermind Joss Whedon. Having wrapped filming […]

R.I.P Richard Briers The actor Richard Briers, best known for his role as Tom Good on the hit 70s BBC comedy The Good Life, has passed away at the age of 79. According to his agent the star died “peacefully” at his home in London on Sunday. In a fairly recent interview, Briers said that […]

Scott Davis reviews the second episode of Community season four… “Hallo-tine” (Halloween on Valentine’s Day) time on Community this week, as Season 4 does its season staple Halloween episode, hoping for the success of the previous episodes, all of which were undoubted highlights in each of the previous season. Sadly, the cracks are beginning to […]

Not content with dropping a major Star Wars scoop earlier today, Latino Review has now turned its attention to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to report that Jason Momoa has entered talks with Marvel Studios about joining the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy in the role of Drax the Destroyer. Momoa tested for the role […]