Chuck Palahniuk is a difficult author to adapt for the screen. Following the success of Fight Club, studios were quick to snap up the rights to his other properties – including those of popular novels Invisible Monsters and Survivor. However, it wasn’t until 2008’s Choke, which starred Sam Rockwell, that we would see another one […]
Second Opinion – X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
X-Men Apocalypse, 2016. Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Issac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Evan Peters, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Lucas Till and Kodi Smit-McPhee. SYNOPSIS: With the emergence of the world’s first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan. Going to see a […]
Friday the 13th producer says next instalment is “on the right track now”
It’s been seven years since Jason Voorhees last stalked Camp Crystal Lake in the 2009 reboot of Friday the 13th, and since then fans of the slasher series have suffered a number of false starts as production company Platinum Dunes struggle to take the franchise forward. In that time, we’ve had a sequel to the […]
Are Movie Studios Ruining Shared Universes?
Ricky Church on whether movie studios are ruining shared universes… In the years since the Marvel Cinematic Universe began and its massive success at the box office has come a tidal wave of news that studios seek to emulate Marvel’s idea of a shared universe for their franchises. For some studios, namely Warner Bros. with […]
Producer Joel Silver suggests Sherlock Holmes 3 could shoot this year, teases more sequels
Last month, Robert Downey Jr. suggested that a reunion with director Guy Ritchie and co-star Jude Law could be on the cards later this year for a third Sherlock Holmes movie, with Warner Bros. subsequently announcing that James Coyne (Vikingdom, Puncture Wounds) is penning the script. Now producer Joel Silver has reaffirmed to Collider that […]
Melissa Rosenberg and Krysten Ritter discuss the ramifications of Jessica Jones season one finale going forward
Warning: Spoilers for the season one finale of Jessica Jones follow… Back in January, it was announced that Netflix has renewed Marvel’s Jessica Jones for a second season, which will shoot back-to-back with the big superhero team-up miniseries The Defenders. During a Q&A at the Vulture Festival in New York (via EW), showrunner Melissa Rosenberg […]
Movie Review – Girl in Woods (2016)
Girl in Woods, 2016 Directed by Jeremy Benson. Starring Juliet Reeves, Jeremy London, John Still and Charisma Carpenter. SYNOPSIS: Grace Walker and her fiancee Jim take a romantic journey into the Smoky Mountains to celebrate their engagement, but after a tragic and fatal accident, Grace is left alone with only the woods and her demons […]
Exclusive video interviews with John Carney and cast of Sing Street
With the anticipated release of director John Carney’s (Begin Again, Once) new film Sing Street finally upon us this weekend [read our review here], Flickering Myth’s Scott J. Davis sat down with the director and his young cast this week to talk about the film and everything 80’s. The film has had universal acclaim from across the globe […]
Arrow Season 4 Episode 22 Review – ‘Lost in the Flood’
Jessie Robertson reviews the twenty-second episode of Arrow season 4… Yay, Curtis is back! Last week with the reveal of what Genesis is (Darhks’ own personal Noah’s Ark) I literally felt my dinner in my mouth. It was appalling. When this episode started, I said to myself “Please let this just be a crapton of […]
Director Jay Roach says Austin Powers 4 could still happen
It’s been fourteen years since we last saw groovy super spy Austin Powers, but according to director Jay Roach – who helmed all three of the original movies – both he and star Mike Myers are not ruling out a fourth instalment in the comedy series. You know, Mike Myers and I talk about it […]
