In this, the era of the remake/reboot/revamp/revival, no property is safe from the eyes of studios always looking for the next big thing by looking backwards. Case in point, the Predator franchise, which began with one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s best films, and has been in a cycle of diminishing returns ever since. Oh sure, Predator […]
Movie Review – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, 2016 Directed by Zack Snyder Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Gal Gadot, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Scoot McNairy, Tao Okamoto, Lauren Cohan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller and Callan Mulvey. SYNOPSIS: Fearing the actions of a god-like […]
Movie Review – Baskin (2015)
Baskin, 2015. Directed By Can Evrenol. Starring Gorkem Kasal, Muharrem Bayrak, Mehmet Akif Budak, Fadik Bülbül, Mehmet Cerrahoglu and Serhat Mustafa Kiliç. SYNOPSIS: ‘A squad of unsuspecting cops goes through a trapdoor to Hell when they stumble upon a Black Mass in an abandoned building.’ Baskin is exactly the type of movie horror fans have […]
Arrow Season 4 Episode 16 Review – ‘Broken Hearts’
Jessie Robertson reviews the sixteenth episode of Arrow season 4… “She does love her shrines, doesn’t she?” So, since we last left you….. – everyone found out about William – Dahrk lost his powers and was arrested – Felicity leaves Oliver then is able to walk again Okay back to Star City and the breakup […]
Peter Serafinowicz to play The Tick in Amazon’s live-action pilot
Earlier this month it was announced that Amazon has given a pilot order to a live-action revival of The Tick, although due to scheduling conflicts, Patrick Warburton would not be returning as the eponymous superhero. Well, Deadline is reporting that British actor Peter Serafinowicz (Shaun of the Dead, Guardians of the Galaxy) has been cast […]
Flickering Myth’s WrestleMania Retrospective: WrestleMania 2000
In the build-up to WrestleMania 32, the Flickering Myth writers look back at previous installments of the ‘Showcase of the Immortals’… The Card: The Godfather & D’Lo Brown vs. Big Bossman & Bull Buchanan WWF Hardcore Title Match: Tazz vs. Viscera vs. Pete Gas vs. Rodney vs. Joey Abs vs. Hardcore Holly vs. TAKA Michinoku […]
Highest Grossing Superhero Movies of All-Time
Luke Owen keeps track of the highest grossing superhero movies of all-time… Still to come in 2017: Wonder Woman, Justice League, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok. NOTE: You can debate what classifies as a ‘superhero’ in the comments section at the bottom of the page. We’re happy to take feedback on board and add […]
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice currently has a worse Rotten Tomatoes score than The Room
It’s not been a great week for DC kicking off their Extended Universe with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The film had its premiere in New York on Sunday and London on Tuesday, but the first reviews that came in were not positive. Fans who saw the film were rather middling with many comparing […]
Comic Book Review – Snowfall #2
Emma Withington reviews Snowfall #2… “It’s been ten years since Cooperative America has been threatened to this magnitude, but they remind us that divided we fall. While trust in the cooperative efforts of industry, government and community will surely see us through once more” In Snowfall #1 (see preview here) we were introduced to a dystopian […]
Comic Book Review – Batman #50
Ricky Church reviews Batman #50… Batman has returned to Gotham City! In this extra-sized conclusion to Snyder and Capullo’s epic story “Superheavy,” Bruce Wayne returns to the cape and cowl to battle Mr. Bloom alongside Jim Gordon for the fate of the city they both love. The penultimate issue to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s […]
