10 Cloverfield Lane, 2016. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg. Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr. and John Goodman. SYNOPSIS: After surviving a car accident, a woman wakes up in an underground cellar. She fears she has been abducted by a survivalist, who tells her he saved her life, and that a worldwide chemical attack has […]
Jake Johnson and Annabelle Wallis join Tom Cruise in The Mummy reboot
According to The Hollywood Reporter, New Girl star Jake Johnson is the latest actor to join Tom Cruise (Edge of Tomorrow) and Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service) in the upcoming reboot of The Mummy and Universal’s larger cinematic monster universe. The shared universe, which the studio seems to be building in a fashion similar to the Marvel […]
Leslie Jones threatens to quit Twitter over Ghostbusters hate
The first trailer for the Ghostbusters reboot hasn’t gone down all that smoothly with fans of the series or certain aspects of the movie going audience [read the Flickering Myth reaction here]. As was probably to be expected, Paul Feig and his cast of new Ghostbusters have been getting a lot of abuse on social […]
DVD Review – Experimenter (2015)
Experimenter, 2015. Written and directed by Michael Almereyda. Starring Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder, Anthony Edwards, John Palladino, Jim Gaffigan, Harley Ware, John Leguizamo and Anton Yelchin. SYNOPSIS: In 1961, famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans willingness to obey authority. Michael Almereyda’s biopic about Stanley Milgram’s […]
Ocean’s Eleven is Back: A Celebration of the Franchise
In recent years, Hollywood has come under increasing pressure to address what’s seen as a huge gender inequality issue within the movie industry. With an overwhelmingly positive response to Paul Feig’s upcoming all-female remake of Ghostbusters, and now the news of a possible Ocean’s Eleven reboot, this time with an all-star female cast, it’s looking […]
WGN America gives pilot order to Scalped adaptation
Back in April of last year it was announced that WGN America was in development on an adaptation of the acclaimed DC / Vertigo comic book series Scalped, and now it has been confirmed that the network has placed a pilot order for the project. Created by writer Jason Aaron and artist R.M. Guera and […]
Geena Davis joins Fox’s Exorcist TV pilot
Geena Davis has become the latest addition to Fox’s small screen adaptation of The Exorcist, joining a cast that includes Brianne Howey (Scream Queens), Ben Daniels (House of Cards) and Alfonso Herrera (Sense8). Deadline reports that Davis will play Angela Rance, who is described as follows: “Naturally beautiful, regal and proud but weighed down by […]
First Impressions – The Culling
Mike Mc Grath with some first impressions of The Culling… If you’ve ever seen The Hunger Games and thought “I’d like to participate in this from the comfort of my home” then The Culling is the game for you. The basic premise is 16 people are dropped into a walled off area of a jungle […]
Supergirl looking likely for season 2 renewal at CBS
It looks like Supergirl fans can get set for more adventures with Melissa Benoist’s Kara Zor-El, as CBS CEO Les Moonves suggesting today that the network is planning to renew the DC series for a second season. “We have about five new shows on this year,” said Moonves at the Deutsche Bank Media, Internet & Telecom Conference. “Of […]
Flickering Myth’s WrestleMania Retrospective: WrestleMania V
In the build-up to WrestleMania 32, the Flickering Myth writers look back at previous installments of the ‘Showcase of the Immortals’. The Card: Hercules vs. King Haku w/Bobby Heenan The Twin Towers vs. The Rockers Ted Dibiase w/Virgil vs. Brutus Beefcake (Double Count-Out) The Rougeau Brothers w/Jimmy Hart vs. The Bushwhackers Mr. Perfect vs. […]
