With its release set for this coming Friday, John Wick: Chapter 2 has seen everything from Super Bowl TV spots to a spoof Fifty Shades of Grey poster and a world premiere where Keanu Reeves himself attended the festivities and stated that the sequel was created from fan feedback and made with love. Reeves is now starting to […]
Kristen Scott Thomas to make directorial debut with The Sea Change
Oscar-nominated actress Kristin Scott Thomas is stepping behind the camera to make her directorial debut on the romantic drama The Sea Change, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The project has been scripted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Ida), and follows “a group of people who re-evaluate loss, love, and human connection when they find themselves together on […]
Blu-ray Review – Willie Dynamite (1974)
Willie Dynamite, 1974. Directed by Gilbert Moses. Starring Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmas Rasulala, Joyce Walker, George Murdock, and Juanita Brown. SYNOPSIS : Willie Dynamite is the flashiest pimp in New York with all the glitz and glamour that the high life can offer. But can a tough social worker help change his mercenary ways? […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – Network over Rocky for Best Picture
Graeme Robertson on why Network should have won Best Picture at the 49th Academy Awards… The Oscars celebrating the best of 1976 were a rarity, in that, almost all of the nominees for Best Picture are truly excellent and have gone on to become celebrated classics. While Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky ultimately triumphed against its formidable […]
24: Legacy Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ’12:00 PM – 1:00 PM’
Ricky Church reviews the first episode of 24: Legacy… Even after so many years off the air, 24 continues to show it has some legs left with the rebooted series 24: Legacy. The series follows a new group of characters, but sets itself in the same universe as its predecessor. Legacy follows US Army Ranger […]
Resident Evil: In praise (and defence) of Paul W.S. Anderson’s billion dollar video game movie franchise
Luke Owen looks back at the Resident Evil franchise… NOTE: Comments from Paul W.S. Anderson are taken from Lights, Camera, GAME OVER!: How Video Game Movies Get Made, which is available for pre-order now. Regular listeners to the Flickering Myth Podcast will know that my movie tastes aren’t the norm when it comes to being […]
The Outsider’s Opinion: Who Can Play the New Doctor Who?
Tom Jolliffe with an outsider’s opinion on who could play the next Doctor in Doctor Who… There’s a certain level of fandom reserved for a select type of film or TV show. Think of Trekkies, or Star Wars nuts, or Adam Sandler fans…okay, forget Adam Sandler, but as well as those who know the exact […]
Movie Review – UK18 (2017)
UK18, 2017. Directed by Andrew Tiernan. Starring Shona McWilliams, Ian Hart, Jean-Marc Barr, Jack Roth, Tim Bentinck, and Jason Williamson. SYNOPSIS: A documentary film-maker suspects she is being brainwashed by a secret government organisation. Set in a not-so-distant, not-so-unrecognisable dystopian future, Andrew Tiernan’s faux surrealist documentary makes the case that conspiracy theorists were right all along, and […]
Movie Review – The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
The LEGO Batman Movie, 2017. Directed by Chris McKay. Featuring the voice talents of Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes, Mariah Carey, Jenny Slate, Billy Dee Williams, Hector Elizondo, Conan O’Brien, Jason Mantzoukas, Doug Benson, Zoe Kravitz, Kate Micucci, Channing tatum, Jonah Hill and Adam DeVine. SYNOPSIS: There are big changes […]
Hugh Jackman teasing classic Wolverine costume for Logan?
In the midst of a hectic day loaded with Super Bowl TV spots, Hugh Jackman took to Twitter to tease the notion of Wolverine’s classic costume making an appearance in his highly anticipated possible final outing for the superhero, Logan. The costume was first teased in a deleted scene from The Wolverine, which Logan director James […]
