Anghus Houvouras on whether the geeks have really won the culture war… I don’t know how long the online film community has been patting themselves on the back over the current state of pop culture. It feels like a god damned eternity. Countless pieces being written about how geek friendly fare like Star Wars & […]
Movie Review – Money Monster (2016)
Money Monster, 2016. Directed by Jodie Foster. Starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Caitriona Balfe, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Denham, Emily Meade, and Dominic West. SYNOPSIS: The presenter and producer of a flamboyant financial news TV show find themselves in a hostage situation when a young, working class investor decides to take revenge for the […]
Spider-Man was “in and out” of Captain America: Civil War says writers
Rumours of Spidey joining the MCU went back as far as December 2014 when the Sony Hack revealed emails that then-chairman Amy Pascal was in talks with Marvel Studios about a joint deal where the Wall Crawler would feature in Captain America: Civil War. This was confirmed in early 2015, but of course Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus […]
Tom Hardy is still attached to the Splinter Cell video game movie
Back in 2012, it was announced that Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road) had signed on to play Sam Fisher in a big screen version of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell. The project went quiet until 2014 when Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) was announced to direct, but he left the project and Frank John (Dark Tourist) […]
Martin Freeman to join zombie thriller Cargo
Sherlock and The Hobbit star Martin Freeman is set to join the cast of upcoming zombie thriller Cargo, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The film is based on a short made by directors Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling which was a viral hit back in 2013. In the feature version, Freeman is set to play “a father […]
Assassin’s Creed Trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction
The Flickering Myth team reacts… SEE ALSO: Read the Flickering Myth Reactions to Doctor Strange, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Captain America: Civil War, Suicide Squad, Ghostbusters and more With a flood of movie news coming in (Just Cause, Centipede and Missile Command and Splinter Cell to name but a few), it’s easy to forget […]
Shane Black discusses The Predator
Ever since it was announced that Shane Black would be director a Predator sequel, news has been sparse regarding the project. We know that it’s co-written by his old buddy and Monster Squad co-scribe/director Fred Dekker, and Black promised that would be an “event movie.” We also learned that it would be called The Predator […]
Centipede and Missile Command are the latest video games to be adapted for the big screen
As we’ve been talking about on the Flickering Myth Podcast for the last few weeks, with four movies being released this year based on video game movies it will only take one of them to be successful to create an influx of adaptations. Well, even though Ratchet & Clank didn’t do all that well at […]
Comic Book Review – Heroes: Godsend #3
Tai Freligh reviews Heroes: Godsend #3… Farah Nazan… Former soldier and tough protector of Malina… But how did she become the woman she is today? Farah’s origins are explored in Godsend. Farah has a mission: to break someone out from a maximum security prison – and that someone is a familiar face to Heroes fans… Plus, we continue […]
Joe and Anthony Russo to produce The Thomas Crown Affair remake with Michael B. Jordan
Joe and Anthony Russo, whose latest film Captain America: Civil War is currently atop the global box office, are keeping themselves busy outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with news that they are to produce the upcoming remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. The new version of the film will see Michael B. Jordan (Creed) taking the […]
