The Amazing Spider-Man, 2012. Directed by Marc Webb. Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Irrfan Khan and Chris Zylka. SYNOPSIS: A brilliant but troubled young man is bitten by a genetically altered spider, changing him forever. We know this story, don’t we? We’ve heard it all before, so […]

Transit, 2012. Directed by Antonio Negret. Starring Jim Caviezel, James Frain, Elisabeth Röhm, Diora Baird, Sterling Knight, Ryan Donowho, Jake Cherry and Harold Perrineau. SYNOPSIS: A gang of bank robbers use a suburban family as unwitting couriers to move millions of dollars of stolen money past a police roadbloack. What happens when four bank robbers […]

The Amazing Spider-Man, 2012. Directed by Marc Webb. Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Irrfan Khan and Chris Zylka. SYNOPSIS: Peter Parker develops superhuman powers after being bitten by a genetically engineered spider. $114,844,116. Hands up if you know what significance this number has in film history. That’s […]

Berberian Sound Studio, 2012. Written and Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Toby Jones, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Susanna Cappellaro and Cosimo Fusco. SYNOPSIS: A mild-mannered English foley artist is drafted in to the production of a 70s Italian horror movie. Entirely unused to either Italian passions or the horror genre, he struggles to find his place. Berberian […]

Killer Joe, 2011. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Gina Gershon, Juno Temple and Thomas Haden Church. SYNOPSIS: In debt to a local gangster, a small-time drug dealer puts out a hit on his own mother to collect her life insurance, which attracts the interest of a policeman who moonlights as a […]

Exit Elena, 2012. Directed by Nathan Silver. Starring Nathan Silver, Kia Davis, Jim Chiros, Barbara White, Gert O’Connell, Cindy Silver and Lawrence Balin. SYNOPSIS: Elena, a newly qualified live-in nurse, moves in with the Akerman family to nurse their aging grandmother. Unfortunately, the clingy mother makes it difficult for her to stay professional. Exit Elena […]

The Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan, 2012. Directed by Paul Tanter. Starring Nick Nevern, Simon Phillips, Rita Ramnani, Peter Barrett, Ricci Harnett, Rebecca Ferdinando, Roland Manookian and Billy Murry. SYNOPSIS: A casual football hooligan is sucked into the murky world of credit card fraud and soon becomes seduced by the money and […]

Anghus Houvouras asks whether movies are getting needlessly longer… “No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.” – Roger Ebert A very apt statement, and yet I feel like modern filmmakers are challenging this concept.  I’ve been in a number of conversations this year over the sheer length of so […]

The Flickering Myth team predict the winners of the British Academy Film Awards…. It’s that magical time of year again where loads of famous people gather around to perpetuate how great they are. They don’t call ’em celebrate-ories for nothing. This Sunday plays host the the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, or, […]

Cleanskin, 2012. Directed by Hadi Hajaig. Starring Sean Bean, Abhin Galeya, Charlotte Rampling, James Fox, Tuppence Middleton, Shivani Ghai and Michelle Ryan. SYNOPSIS: A secret service agent deep undercover in London’s criminal underbelly is tasked with eliminating a terrorist cell. After the 9/11 attacks, the movie industry took a different stance in portraying its terrorists […]