One of the biggest criticisms Man of Steel and director Zack Snyder faced in 2013 was the amount of destruction levelled against Metropolis, especially during Superman’s climactic fight with Zod. When promotion for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice began in 2015, it became immediately apparent this issue was going to tackled head on in […]
Ben Affleck stole a Batarang from the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice set
Continuing along with the recent trend of actors stealing props related to their heroic persona (Ryan Reynolds kept the Deadpool costume, taking it home on the last day of shooting), Ben Affleck has confessed that he stole a Batarang from the set of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. “I downright stole one of the Batarangs,” […]
Video Game Review – Vade Retro on the Spectrum 48K/128K
Dave Edwards reviews Vade Retro on the Spectrum 48K/128K… If you’re an evil sorcerer with the power to zombify at will, you probably think the town’s blacksmith isn’t going to give you a lot of trouble. That’s what Senor Delcram thought anyway when he started throwing his orb around zombifying the eastland inhabitants of Ye Olde […]
Morgan Freeman doesn’t think Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will be as good as The Dark Knight trilogy
With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice just around the corner, stars from previous Batman outings are being asked about their thoughts on the film. During interviews with Entertainment Tonight, both Christian Bale and Morgan Freeman gave their two cents, with Freeman taking a more negative view than Bale. “You know, I’m happy for Ben, but I […]
Suicide Squad sequel reportedly in the works, David Ayer returning
In a story mostly centered on David Ayer’s next movie after this summer’s super-villain team up extravaganza Suicide Squad (Bright, a film apparently where orcs and fairies live among humans, featuring a unique protagonist in the form of an orc cop played by Will Smith), The Wrap casually mentions that Warner Bros. (who is also distributing Bright) and […]
Ian McShane cast as Mr. Wednesday in American Gods
Bryan Fuller’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods for Starz has been picking up a lot of steam lately. Recently they cast The 100’s Ricky Whittle as the main character Shadow Moon and now Fuller and Gaiman have announced Ian McShane has taken the other main role as Mr. Wednesday, aka the Norse god Odin. […]
Stephen King discusses The Dark Tower movie adaptation
Last month, we got word that the long-gestating adaptation of Stephen King’s epic fantasy series The Dark Tower has dragged itself out of development hell, with Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair) set to direct Idris Elba (Luther) as the gunslinger Roland Deschain and Matthew McConaughey as the villainous Man in Black. Yesterday, Stephen King took […]
Video Game Review – SUPERHOT
Mike Mc Grath reviews SUPERHOT… SUPERHOT is one of those games that would be made even better with a VR device, so until the Flickering Myth higher-ups give me one….. No? OK. The gameplay is pretty simple; time only moves when you move and 1 hit kills on both you and your enemies. While this […]
Another title rumour for Star Wars: Episode VIII
This could get real old, real fast… Following on from a rather dubious rumour this past weekend suggesting that Star Wars: Episode VIII is going by the title of Tale of the Jedi Temple, we now have another dubious rumour suggesting that Star Wars: Episode VIII is going by the title of The Order of […]
Kate Levering takes on the Reese Witherspoon role in Cruel Intentions TV pilot
Entertainment Weekly has revealed that Kate Levering (Drop Dead Diva) has joined the upcoming TV series sequel to Cruel Intentions, taking over the role of Annette Hargrove, played by Reese Witherspoon in the 1999 movie. Levering joins Sarah Michelle Gellar, who is returning as Kathryn Merteuil. The pilot picks up fifteen years after the movie and […]
