With the release of Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!! and Shane Black’s The Nice Guys (which have been described by their directors as ‘spiritual sequels’ to Dazed And Confused and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang respectively), the Flickering Myth writers take a look back on their favourite ‘spiritual sequels’. First off is Eric Bay-Andersen with The […]
Shane Black on fan backlash to the Mandarin twist in Iron Man 3
A few days ago we brought you some comments from Shane Black about 2013’s Iron Man 3, during which he stated that Marvel nixed the idea of a female villain, and now the filmmaker has been speaking to Uproxx about the backlash to the film’s big Mandarin twist, where – SPOILERS – Ben Kingsley’s villain […]
The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #100 – Zzoom
Villordsutch counts down Your Sinclair’s Top 100 ZX Spectrum Games… Back in the 1980s there was a computer that existed in most British homes called the ZX Spectrum. This machine was the doorway to many different worlds for anyone that owned it, as we tanned our faces which rested two foot away from a cathode-ray screen every […]
UPDATE: Kingpin rumoured to appear in Spider-Man: Homecoming
Have your pinch of salt at the ready, as this one is almost certainly a fabrication, but Screen Geek is claiming that Marvel Studios is considering having an appearance from Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk – a.k.a. Kingpin – in Marvel and Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming. Now, Kingpin appearing in a Spider-Man movie certainly isn’t beyond the […]
Movie Review – Sing Street (2016)
Sing Street, 2016. Directed by John Carney. Starring Lucy Boynton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor, Kelly Thornton and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo. SYNOPSIS: A group of teenage boys form a band in Dublin, in the 1980’s, to get away from the trials and tribulations of their young lives… The 1980’s is the current craze. Both Eddie the Eagle and Sing Street […]
The Flash Season 2 Episode 22 Review – ‘Invincible’
Jessie Robertson reviews the twenty-second episode of The Flash season 2… Coming this holiday season: Beats by Wells So, I’ve sat with this episode longer than usual and that’s because the ending really messed me up; I didn’t like it at all! Earlier this year, on Arrow, we lost Laurel aka Black Canary; a significant […]
Video Game Review – Superhot
Martin Carr reviews Superhot… Superhot is a starkly minimalistic excursion into the realms of first person shooters, which is both slickly stylish and instantly addictive. Set in a world where time moves only when you do, Superhot uses silhouetted enemies cloaked in red to test your mettle. Contrasted against the combination of white and grey […]
The Martian author Andy Weir developing new project with Ridley Scott and Simon Kinberg
Variety is reporting that Andy Weir, author of The Martian, is developing a new project at 20th Century Fox, which will be produced by Ridley Scott and Simon Kinberg. Weir pitched the project, the details of which are being kept under wraps, and has also been hired to pen the script for what will be […]
Adult Swim announces new Rob Corddry comedy pilot The Hindenberg Explodes!
Adult Swim has announced that it is continuing its successful partnership with Rob Corddry, the creator behind the Emmy-winning series Childrens Hospital, with The Hindenburg Explodes!. On May 6, 1937, the infamous Hindenburg zeppelin made its final voyage from Nazi Germany to New Jersey, where it exploded over a landing field. The Hindenburg Explodes! follows […]
Margot Robbie joins Goodbye Christopher Robin
The Wolf of Wall Street and Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie has added another project to her upcoming slate, with Entertainment Weekly reporting that the actress is set to join Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) in the A.A. Milne biopic Goodbye Christopher Robin. The project is being directed by Simon Curtis (My Week […]
