Paul Risker continues our American Mary feature by chatting with star Katharine Isabelle… No American Mary feature would be complete without an interview with American Mary herself Katharine Isabelle. It was at FrightFest the 13th that I had the opportunity to sit down with the perceptive Katharine Isabelle to discuss her instinctive approach to acting, […]

British filmmaker Michael Winner has passed away aged 77 at his home in Kensington, his wife has confirmed today. Born in Hampstead, London in 1935, Winner began his career as a showbiz columnist before securing his first writing credit in 1958, penning the script for Montgomery Tully’s Man with a Gun. Several writing and directing […]

David Bishop on the controversy surrounding The Impossible… One of the biggest releases currently in cinemas is The Impossible. Based on true events, it’s a harrowing depiction of one family’s attempt to survive the devastating Tsunami that hit Thailand in 2004. Unfortunately, it has attracted a great deal of controversy. The family, on which the […]

Well, Star Wars really is under new ownership. Rather than milking every last penny from the series, Deadline has revealed that Disney and Lucasfilm have made the decision to delay the planned 3D re-releases for Episodes II through VI in order to focus on “rebooting the franchise” with Star Wars: Episode VII, which is of […]

With Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to the big screen in The Last Stand, the Flickering Myth writing team look back at their favourite Arnie movies. Next up, Piers McCarthy with 1994’s True Lies…Imagine a world where Arnie had not met James Cameron. Hating to build on his already huge ego, Arnie does owe a lot to The […]

Cartoon Network has announced its schedule for 2013-2014, which includes the premieres of several new shows including Beware the Batman and Teen Titans Go!, which are expected to join the network’s DC Nation programming block, along with three LEGO Star Wars specials entitled The Yoda Chronicles. Here’s the official information on the three new shows… […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the third issue of Marvel NOW!’s Avengers… “The New Adam is born! And on Mars, the battle between the Avengers and the Garden comes to its dramatic conclusion!“ The third issue of the re-launched Avengers series is kind of a puzzler.  Writer Jonathan Hickman has wrapped up his interplanetary threat in record […]

House of Lies – The First Season Created by Matthew Carnahan.Starring Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell, Ben Schwartz, Donis Leonard Jr., Josh Lawson, Glynn Turman, Dawn Olivieri, Griffin Dunne and Richard Schiff. SYNOPSIS: Marty Kaan and his three associate consultants are brought in by companies to help solve problems in business. They are often tactful, intermittently […]

Kirsty Capes reviews the fourth episode of Downton Abbey season 3… The Crawley girls aren’t having a good time of it at the moment. This episode Mary and Matthew are still worrying about the fact they haven’t conceived yet, and Matthew starts to wonder if it’s down to him. When Sybil goes into labour and […]

Matt Smith reviews the pilot episode of the new US TV drama The Following… All I’ve seen of Kevin Bacon recently are those fantastic, but let’s face it, nonsensical, adverts for a mobile (pronounced ‘mobbl’) phone. As much as I love the ads (though doesn’t Footloose Kevin Bacon look old!?), it was time for something […]