Last October, it was announced that Arnold Schwarzenegger would return to one of his previous characters as part of his big screen comeback, reprising the role of Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Cimmerian for The Legend of Conan. Although things have fallen quiet on the sequel over the past year it seems that Universal are […]

When Millennium Films’ Conan the Barbarian hit cinemas last year, it seemed that any hope of seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to his breakthrough role as Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Cimmerian had been well and truly shattered.The promised sequel King Conan: Crown of Iron spent many a year in development hell, passing through the hands […]

Having repaired some of the damage caused by X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine with the 2010’s ‘pre-boot’ X-Men: First Class, 20th Century Fox’s plans for the X-Men franchise have been dealt a blow today with the surprising news that that British filmmaker Matthew Vaughn has chosen to pass on the upcoming sequel […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the second issue of Marvel NOW!’s Avengers…“The greatest heroes in comics together on one unbeatable team! The Avengers ‘go large,’ expanding their roster and their sphere of influence to a global and even interplanetary level. When Captain America puts out his call – who will answer? Big threats, big ideas, big idealism […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team count down to the release of Skyfall by discussing their favourite James Bond films; next up is Anghus Houvouras with Quantum of Solace…I’m a Bond fanatic. Officially “in the tank” for a good spy thriller with action, espionage and criminally attractive women. The Bond series has been through a creative rollercoaster […]

Luke Owen reviews the first issue of The Hollows… “An all-new series from the creator of The Maxx and the co-creator of Zombies vs Robots! Sam Kieth and Chris Ryall transport you to a near-future Japan, where burned-out husks—the Hollows—wantonly devour souls throughout the city. Far above, a segment of society lives safely in giant […]

Luke Owen counts down to Halloween by reviewing horror movies from the last 60 years; next up is Psycho (1960)… I was originally going to review the George A. Romero classic Night of the Living Dead but with the recent release of the trailer for Hitchcock, I felt it was only right to review one […]

Anghus Houvouras reviews the first two issues of Marvel NOW!’s FF…“In the Fantastic Four’s absence, a hand-picked substitute squad—Ant-Man, Medusa, She-Hulk and Miss Thing—must guard Earth and the fledgling Future Foundation for four minutes. What could go wrong?“I love a good comic book that isn’t afraid to not take itself too seriously.  Mike Allred has […]

Nafissa Jeetoo gets ready for the apocalypse by looking at ways the world might end according to the movies… December 21st 2012, the last day on the Mayan calendar. It seems the apocalypse is now. But what is an apocalypse meant to be? We live our lives in fear of death, danger and doomsday, but […]

This will come as a surprise to pretty much no one after the announcement that Disney had purchased the rights to the Star Wars franchise, but it seems that the comics are moving over to Marvel (also owned by the House of Mouse) in 2014.According to reliable Disney blog Blue Sky Disney, there will be […]