The Transformers: The Movie, 1986. Directed by Nelson Shin. Featuring the voice talents of Peter Cullen, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Stack, Frank Welker, and Orson Welles. SYNOPSIS: Beyond good. Beyond Evil. Beyond your wildest imagination… As the war between the Autobots and Decepticons rages on a new enemy emerges – Unicron, a giant, planet-devouring […]

City Rats, 2009. Directed by Steve M. Kelly. Starring Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Ray Panthaki and Susan Lynch. SYNOPSIS: A low-budget British drama focussing on eight interconnected characters who struggle to deal with their personal demons throughout the course of a single day. Looking at the DVD cover for City Rats it would be easy […]

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, 1982. Directed by Nicholas Meyer. Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley and Ricardo Montalban. SYNOPSIS: After years in exile on a barren world, a genetically-engineered superhuman warrior seeks revenge against the man who sent him there. Following the cancellation of the Star Trek television series in 1969 […]

Commando, 1985. Directed by Mark L. Lester. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Vernon Wells. SYNOPSIS: In a race against time, a retired special forces commando must track down his daughter’s kidnappers and gain revenge on the exiled dictator of a small South American country. Catapulted to stardom following the success of James Cameron’s sci-fi […]

With the release of the highly anticipated movie adaptation of Watchmen now less than a week away, and the return of Hugh Jackman as everyone’s favourite feral mutant in May’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which film will reign supreme? Welcome to Superhero Showdown 2009! 2008 was the year that Hollywood legitimised the comic-book genre. With the […]

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Former Simpsons showrunner Mike Scully, now co-developer, producer and writer for Napoleon Dynamite, talks to Flickering Myth’s Simon Moore about the freedom of animation, small-town traditions and what fans can look forward to in future episodes… Simon Moore: Forgive the shamelessly direct opening question, but where did the idea to make an animated TV sitcom […]

Oliver Davis with five actors in desperate need of a career reboot… Reboots and remakes, they’re all the rage. Universal Studios recently announced that they’ll be concentrating on franchises going forward; more Bournes, which recently got ‘rebooted’ (Bourne Again, anyone?); at least another Ted; and a barrel-load of animation films. Superhero films are particularly susceptible. […]

Avi Arad, the founder of Marvel Studios (he no longer works there), has confirmed that Sony is developing a Metal Gear Solid movie based on the video game series by Hideo Kojima. The announcement was made at the Metal Gear Anniversary event in Tokyo with both Arad and Kojima present. Snake!? Snaaaaaaaaake! The popular and […]

Luke Owen takes in a Nightmare on Elm Street movie marathon… Number of films – 8 (6 original, 1 spin-off, 1 remake) Estimated time of completion – 12 Hours The first thing I ever wrote for Flickering Myth was a retrospective on the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. I’m a huge fan of the franchise […]