In this (abridged) edition of The Week in Spandex, we round up all the big superhero news coming out of the San Diego Comic-Con… Well, the curtain has fallen on the geek mecca that is San Diego Comic-Con for another year, and over the past four days we’ve been treated to a wealth of superhero […]
Minions enjoys massive $115.2 million US opening; global total already at $395.7 million
A new number one entered the US box office chart this weekend with those loveable yellow Minions slaying everything in their path to sit atop the charts with a massive opening. The prequel to Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2, Minions took an estimated $115.2 million in its opening weekend, the second-highest of all time […]
SDCC: Sam Raimi on the new Spider-Man reboot
Over the weekend we heard the first comments from The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb about Sony’s decision to reboot the franchise alongside Marvel Studios – with Webb admitting that he’s “sad to surrender” the series – and now another former Spidey filmmaker has shared his opinion on the latest take on the wall-crawler. “It’s […]
Movie Review – Self/less (2015)
Self/less, 2015. Directed by Tarsem Singh. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Matthew Goode, Ben Kingsley, Natalie Martinez, and Victor Garber. SYNOPSIS: An extremely wealthy man, dying from cancer, undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man. But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover […]
SDCC: The Flash and Aquaman getting Earth One graphic novels
Yesterday during the DC Entertainment: Meet the Co-Publishers panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International, Jim Lee and Dan DiDio announced that The Flash and Aquaman are both set to receive the Earth One graphic novel treatment next year. Flash: Earth One is set to be penned by J. Michael Straczynski (Superman: Earth One), while […]
Game of Thrones’ Lena Headey lends her voice to Danger Mouse reboot
If you watched Danger Mouse as a kid in the 80s then your childhood was probably pretty cool. UK national treasure David Jason originally voiced the secret agent mouse during its decade long run from 1981 to 1992. It was announced last year that well known British comedian and television show host Alexander Armstrong would […]
SDCC: Suicide Squad leaked footage – Flickering Myth Reaction
The Flickering Myth staff react… It was one of the most anticipated movies coming out of San Diego Comic Con, and the footage for David Ayer’s Suicide Squad went down a storm by all accounts. As suspected, the footage was leaked online shortly after (see it here if it’s still online) – but what did […]
The Week in Star Wars – Post-Comic Con 2015 Edition: Watch the SDCC panel, first official image of Princess Leia in The Force Awakens and more
As San Diego Comic Con comes to a close, we look back at the big Star Wars news coming out of it – and some other stuff to boot… Of course, the biggest story for this edition of The Week in Star Wars is the Hall H panel from San Diego Comic Con, which had […]
John C. Reilly confirms that Wreck-It Ralph 2 is definitely happening
Back in 2012, just a few months after its release, Wreck-It Ralph director Rich Moore teased that he and the studio higher-ups had already had conversations about the possibility of a sequel. Moore said that they had been throwing around ideas that included introducing Mario, “We’ll really come up with something good for Mario…to be […]
DVD Review – The Walking Deceased (2015)
The Walking Deceased, 2015. Directed by Scott Dow. Starring Tim Ogletree, Joey Oglesby, Dave Sheridan, Troy Ogletree, Sophia Taylor Ali, Jacqui Holland and Mason Dakota Galyon. SYNOPSIS: A police officer wakes from a coma to discover that the zombie apocalypse has changed the world as he knew it. Sounds familiar… You generally know that an […]
