Fast & Furious 6, 2013. Directed by Justin Lin.Starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Luke Evans, Michelle Rodriguez, Elsa Pataky, Jordana Brewster and Gina Carano. SYNOPSIS: The gang of car thieves and illegal street racers are brought out of retirement to face a global menace…and track down a long-lost member. “That was ridiculous,” remarked […]

We’ve heard plenty of rumours over the past few months about possible casting additions for The Expendables 3, and now that Sylvester Stallone has found a director in Australian filmmaker Patrick Hughes (Red Hill), it seems it’s full steam ahead on casting for the third instalment in the ‘geri-action’ franchise. Taking to Twitter, Stallone has […]

Fruitvale Station, 2013. Written and Directed by Ryan Coogler.Starring Michael B. Jordan, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray, Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer. SYNOPSIS: The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008. Ryan Coogler’s directorial debut was a favourite […]

Luke Owen reviews the trade paperback of Iron Sky…The adaptation of the hit science fiction/comedy film of the summer Iron Sky follows the fate of Nazis who fled to the moon in 1945, and return in 2018 to conquer the Earth with their armada of flying saucers. With tongue firmly in cheek, the story parodies […]

Martin Deer on the reaction to the potential change of gender for Superman’s pal Jimmy – or rather Jenny – Olsen… Now that I have your attention, breathe… I like that Jimmy is now a Jenny – if that is even actually the case. A few months back a rumour was started on a fan […]

Jeune et jolie (a.k.a Young & Beautiful), 2013. Written and Directed by François Ozon. Starring Marine Vacth, Geraldine Pailhas, Frederic Pierrot, Johan Leysen, Laurent Delbecque, Fantin Ravat, Johan Leysen and Géraldine Pailhas. SYNOPSIS: A year in the life of a teenage girl, from season to season. Francois Ozon’s latest venture opens with the audience as […]

To celebrate the release of Star Trek Into Darkness, the Flickering Myth writing team look back at the classic sci-fi franchise. Next up for Star Trek Month is Martin Deer looking back at J.J Abrams’ 2009 Star Trek reboot… When tasked with this assignment by the Flickering Myth overlords, I was asked to throw in […]

Many people found it disheartening that last year’s Dredd, starring Karl Urban, didn’t do the business that would guarantee it a sequel. With a modest (for this genre) budget of $45 million, the comic book film grossed only $36 million. Sad times indeed. It did however receive generally positive reviews and fans of the comic […]

If you haven’t seen Iron Man 3 yet – and you’ve somehow managed to avoid any spoilers from the film – then you’ll probably want to stop reading now… …Now, for everyone else, it’s pretty fair to say that if there was one twist in Iron Man 3 that we neverrrrr saw coming it was […]

Last month was the excellent Hitman: Absolution, and this month’s line-up has simply blown my mind. Check out what is available to PlayStation Plus users for June… 29th May: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning29th May: ICO and Shadow of the Colossus HD Collection29th May: Demon’s Souls5th June: Rayman Origins5th June: Coconut Dodge Revitalised Demon’s Souls and […]