Ben Rayner reviews Sadame… A hack’n’slash title that attempts to litter Japanese history with Demons for killing and bright colours to whet the appetite of 90’s gamers everywhere? Well, that sounds great and something that had my had ready to grip the 3DS once more. Sadly, I felt a somewhat more tepid emotion when playing […]
Flickering Myth’s WrestleMania Retrospective: WrestleMania IV
In the build-up to WrestleMania 32, the Flickering Myth writers look back at previous installments of the ‘Showcase of the Immortals’…The Card20-Battle Royal (Won by Bad News Brown)*Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Ted Dibiase w/Virgil & Andre the Giant*Don Muraco w/’Superstar’ Billy Graham vs. Dino Bravo w/Frenchie Martin*Greg Valentine vs. Ricky Steamboat*Randy Savage w/Miss Elizabeth vs. ‘The Natural’ Butch Reed w/Slick*One Man Gang w/Slick […]
J.K. Simmons to play Commissioner Gordon in Justice League
J.K. Simmons has secured the role of Commissioner James Gordon in Warner Bros.’ upcoming Justice League Part One and Part Two, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Previous rumours claimed that the character of Gordon had died prior to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, presumably guesswork stemming from the fact there was no casting announcement for that film.Simmons is […]
Hellraiser: Judgment finds its new Pinhead
Hellraiser fans felt rather deflated a couple of weeks back when a new movie was announced with Doug Bradley – who famously played the role – not returning again to reprise his role. Well, it looks like we’ve got our new Pinhead.Director Gary Tunnicliffe has announced that Paul T. Taylor (Sin City) will take on the […]
Zendaya joins Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man reboot in key role
Deadline is reporting that actress and singer Zendaya (Shake It Up) has signed on for a key role in Sony and Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man reboot. The site reveals that Zendaya is set to play a character called Michelle, and that it is unclear at this point whether she’ll be a love-interest for Peter Parker, who […]
Ron Perlman says Hellboy 3 will “probably never happen”
It’s been quite the roller coaster ride for Hellboy 3. It’s been eight years since Hellboy 2: The Golden Army and since then, Ron Perlman has said that he wants to do a third movie, before changing his mind. The series director Guillermo del Toro has been busy trying to get Pacific Rim 2 off […]
Movie Review – Curtain (2015)
Curtain, 2015. Directed by Jaron Henrie-McCrea. Starring Danni Smith, Tim Lueke, Martin Monahan and Rick Zahn. SYNOPSIS: An ex-nurse moves into a new apartment but when her shower curtains keep disappearing, she discovers a portal to another dimension in her bathroom. Yes, this film is as bat-shit crazy as the synopsis would suggest. Curtain (also […]
Watch the Star Wars fan film Darth Maul: Apprentice
It’s pretty rare that we post fan films here on Flickering Myth, but every once in a while one comes along that demands your attention. And that’s the case with the latest offering from T7 Productions, which will be of particular interest to fans of The Phantom Menace’s underused villain Darth Maul. So, give yourself 20 […]
DVD Review – The Pack (2015)
The Pack, 2015 Directed by Nick Robertson. Starring Anna Lise Phillips, Jack Campbell, Katie Moore, Hamish Phillips and Charles Mayer. SYNOPSIS: A farmer and his family are trapped in their secluded farmhouse by a pack of bloodthirsty wild dogs. The Pack is an Australian nature-gone-bad horror movie that takes a lot of cues from the […]
Beat Takeshi joins Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell
Legendary Japanese actor Takeshi ‘Beat’ Kitano has joined the cast of Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks’ Ghost in the Shell adaptation, where he will play Daisuke Aramaki, the founder and leader of the elite unit Section 9 tasked with protecting the world from the most dangerous technological threats. “This film tells the story of mankind in […]
