Anghus Houvouras on Robin’s fate in the DC Cinematic Universe… It ain’t easy being Robin. First off, your parents are dead leaving you an emotional cripple. Then you end up the ward of a cold, distant billionaire. Eventually he reveals his secret to you and you join his endless, joyless war on crime. Your mentor […]
Rumours of Rambo fighting ISIS in Rambo: Last Blood debunked
A report emerged earlier today claiming that the upcoming Rambo: Last Blood would see Sylvester Stallone taking his Vietnam veteran to Syria to tackle ISIS for the fifth and final instalment in the Rambo series, with the action icon allegedly breaking the news at Comic-Con over the weekend. However, it turns out that the original […]
Top 10 Movies of 2015 So Far
Achievement Unlocked: the year is now over 50% complete. To celebrate the arbitrary passing of 180 days (not 182.5 days like in this article’s first draft – cheers Google), the Flickering Myth team have compiled the Top 10 Movies of 2015 So Far (based on UK release dates, to make things easier). Here’s a spoiler: […]
SDCC: Joss Whedon announces Twist, a new comic book series about a “Victorian female Batman”
During his Hall H panel at the San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, Joss Whedon announced that he’s teaming with Dark Horse comics to create a new six-issue series entitled Twist. Speaking about the upcoming project, Whedon revealed that, “[Twist] deals with the most important moral question facing us, which is: why isn’t there a Victorian […]
The Week in Spandex – San Diego Comic-Con 2015 Edition
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 […]
