Hollywood is set to reboot a number of 80s classics over the next few years, including the likes of Flight of the Navigator, Highlander, RoboCop and Short Circuit, and now according to Vulture we might soon be able to add another to the list, with Warner Bros. said to be in negotiations with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment […]

Kirsty Capes reviews the fifth episode of Downton Abbey season 3… After the tragic climax of the most recent episode of Downton, this episode pauses for some reflection on the death of Sybil, something which many fans never suspected in a million years. The result is a contemplative episode where the writing focuses very much […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Dawn C. Chmielewski writes on February 1st, 2013 (the first day of release for House of Cards) about the change in viewing habits for TV: “House of Cards is sparking thousands of mentions every hour, according to analysis by social media research firm Fizziology. About 62% of the […]

david j. moore chats with composer Imran Ahmad about his work on the Ford Brothers’ The Dead… Classic zombie films don’t always produce classic scores, but occasionally a classic zombie opus features music that helps define the film. Imagine George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead or Day of the Dead without the iconic source music […]

Anghus Houvouras picks his top five five directors whose output is getting progressively worse and rates their chances of redemption… Some filmmakers age like fine wine.  Others ferment.  Every filmmaker has an occasional miscue or a film that doesn’t live up to expectations.  But there are others who consistently work and yet seem to be […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the third issue of The Superior Spider-Man… It was inevitable.  After making the decision to fundamentally change Spider-Man, there was the lingering suspicion that Marvel Editorial would either try to hit the reset button on the whole concept or give us a more sympathetic and ultimately more endearing Doctor Octopus.  For some […]

Paul Risker reviews the first episode of Sons of Anarchy season five… “Something happens at around 92mph. Thunder headers drown out all sound. Engine vibration travels at a heart’s rate. Field of vision funnels into the immediate, and suddenly you’re not on the road, you are in it, a part of it. Traffic, scenery, cops; […]

The Flickering Myth team share their thoughts about the news that J.J. Abrams will direct Star Wars: Episode VII… It’s been just under a week since the news officially broke that Star Trek Into Darkness director J.J. Abrams was to take on one of sci-fi’s most iconic franchises. This news, which could very well be […]

In his latest ‘State of the Genre’ column, Martin Deer on the reaction to David S. Goyer’s recent comments on Man of Steel… This week David S. Goyer has been speaking to Empire about Man of Steel as we get closer to it’s release on June 14th. For some reason his latest comments, despite being […]

You’d have thought that Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was stacked full of characters, but a tweet yesterday from the director could be teasing an appearance of another one… His tweet simply said “Day 3 #happybirthday” with a photo of a metallic locker. While this may seem like an innocent tweet, the lockers themselves […]