The Flickering Myth team react to the first trailer for Marvel’s Inhumans… Marvel’s Inhumans series dropped its first trailer yesterday [watch it here] and the online reaction has been overwhelmingly negative. What did the Flickering Myth staff think of this first look? Read on to see how much our writers matched up with public opinion… Shaun […]
Top 10 Films of 2017 (So Far)
The Flickering Myth team vote… July marks the second half of 2017, can you believe it’s been half a year already? We’ve seen so much already! Audiences have been wowed by the movies approved by the Academy, Beauty and the Beast earned $1 billion, we’ve seen Fate of the Furious push the franchise to whole […]
Rumour: James Bond Cinematic Universe being considered
We’ve got the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DC Extended Universe, the Dark Universe, the MonsterVerse, The Conjuring Universe, and if rumours are to be believed, we may soon be able to add the James Bond Universe to the ever expanding list. Now, this should probably be taken with a pinch of salt, but according to […]
Movie Review – Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Spider-Man: Homecoming, 2017. Directed by Jon Watts. Starring Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Keaton, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Michael Keaton, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Bokeem Woodbine, Tyne Daly, Michael Barbieri, Abraham Attah, Hannibal Buress, Kenneth Choi, Angourie Rice, Michael Chernus, Michael Mando, Logan Marshall-Green, Jennifer Connelly, Gwyneth Paltrow, and […]
Comic Book Review – Wonder Woman #25
Ricky Church reviews Wonder Woman #25… Writer Greg Rucka weaves together the threads of “The Lies,” “Year One,” “The Truth,” and “Godwatch”—every story in WONDER WOMAN since the start of the DC Universe Rebirth era—in this extra-sized anniversary issue! SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of Wonder Woman #25 here Greg Rucka’s time on Wonder […]
Preacher Season 2 Episode 2 Review – ‘Mumbai Sky Tower’
Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Preacher season 2… Hunted by the gun totting personification of William Munny, Jesse Custer and company remain ‘Unforgiven’. Layering film homages five foot deep like a cholesterol packed cinematic sandwich, Preacher is at once self-referential and subtly sardonic. Moments of heart breaking pathos elicit genuine emotion amongst the […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2017 reveals its full line-up
Horror Channel FrightFest has today announced the full line-up for the 18th year of the world-renowned horror and fantasy film festival, which will run between August 24th and August 28th at Cineworld Leicester Square and the Prince Charles Cinema, and features 64 films including 20 World, 22 European and 18 UK Premieres. The festivities will […]
Marvel’s Spider-Man to take over Disney XD in the UK this July, new animated short released
Coinciding with his big screen return in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Marvel and Disney have announced that the wall-crawler will be taking over the Sky and Virgin Disney XD +1 channels this July for an entire month beginning July 3rd. The content will include the premiere of six Spider-Man Origin shorts leading into the new animated series […]
Comic Book Review – Mother Panic Vol. 1: A Work in Progress
Ricky Church reviews Mother Panic Vol. 1: A Work in Progress… There’s a new vigilante on the streets of Gotham City, and she’s got her own brand of violent justice. Enter Mother Panic! By day, Violet Paige is a celebutante with a bad attitude and a temper to match, whom no one suspects of having […]
Christopher McQuarrie teases major Mission: Impossible 6 stunt sequence
The Mission: Impossible series has become well known for its jaw-dropping stunt set pieces, and with the currently-in-production sixth instalment, director Christopher McQuarrie has promised something that will top the insanity of the Burj Khalifa and plane sequences in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. What this sequence we don’t […]