Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, 2011. Directed by David Yates. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Warrick Davis, Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith and Robbie Coltrane. SYNOPSIS: Harry Potter confronts the Dark Lord Voldemort for a final showdown in the epic conclusion to […]

The Tree of Life, 2011. Written and Directed by Terrence Malick. Starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain. SYNOPSIS: A spiritually adrift man seeks answers to the origin and meaning of life. Terrence Malick directed his first feature film, Badlands, in 1973 and subsequently has made only four films since then. Each is a […]

D’Artagnan’s Daughter (French: La Fille de D’Artagnan), 1994. Directed by Bertrand Tavernier. Starring Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noire, Sami Frey, Jean-Luc Bideau, Raoul Billerey and Claude Rich. SYNOPSIS: For sheltering a runaway slave in her convent, Eloïse D’Artagnan’s guardian is murdered – Eloïse vows revenge and sets off to find her famous father to ask for […]

The Devil’s Rock, 2011. Directed by Paul Campion. Starring Craig Hall, Matthew Sunderland, Gina Varela, Karlos Drinkwater and Luke Hawker. SYNOPSIS: On the eve of D Day, two Kiwi commandos discover an occult plot by the Nazis to unleash demonic forces to win the war. On paper The Devil’s Rock has a refreshing and promising […]

The Conspirator, 2010. Directed by Robert Redford. Starring James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, Tom Wilkinson, Evan Rachel Wood, Justin Long and Colm Meaney. SYNOPSIS: The lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln, Mary Surratt (Robin Wright) is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth […]

Henry of Navarre a.k.a. Henri 4, 2010. Directed by Jo Baier. Starring Julien Boisselier, Joachim Król and Andreas Schmidt. SYNOPSIS: After the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre, the Protestant Henry of Navarre must use all of his guile both to stay alive and maneuver for the throne of France. July the 4th is of course a […]

Transformers: Dark of the Moon, 2011. Directed by Michael Bay. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Patrick Dempsey, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, John Malkovich, Alan Tudyk, Frances McDormand, Peter Cullen, Leonard Nimoy and Hugo Weaving. SYNOPSIS: A mysterious event from Earth’s past erupts into the present day, threatening to unleash […]

Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill, 2008. Directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner. Starring David Kross, Christian Redl and Daniel Brühl. SYNOPSIS: A boy goes to work at a mysterious mill and learns the black arts from a sorcerer. After a ‘30 years war’, most of Europe is devastated and the people are suffering from […]

The Silent House, 2010. Directed by Gustavo Hernández. Starring Florencia Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, María Salazar and Gustavo Alonso. SYNOPSIS: A young woman and her father begin work on renovating a sleepy country cottage, which hides a dark secret. Whatever happened to traditional ghost stories set in creepy old houses? Modern horror has become a competition […]

Well, it’s that time of year again when we’re inundated with critics’ picks for the best films of the past twelve months and – after resisting the urge in 2009 – it’s about time we got in on the act here at Flickering Myth. Rather than presenting individual lists from our writing team we’ve taken […]