The Sea, 2013. Directed by Stephen Brown. Starring Ciarán Hinds, Bonnie Wright, Natascha McElhone, Rufus Sewell, Matthew Dillon, Sinéad Cusack, Missy Keating and Charlotte Rampling. SYNOPSIS: The story of a man who returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers in search of peace following the death of his wife. Ciaran Hinds is […]
Comic Book Review – Super Secret Crisis War #1
Luke Owen reviews Super Secret Crisis War #1… The devious demon Aku has called together a League of Extraordinary Villains—composed of malevolent miscreants from different cartoon universes. When their evil robots show up in the world’s of The Powerpuff Girls, Ben 10, Samurai Jack, Dexter’s Laboratory and (even) Ed, Edd and Eddy, it’s up to […]
Scott Cooper to direct drama about real life Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighter tragedy
Last July, 19 firefighters who were part of the Prescott Fire Department’s Granite Mountain Hotshots lost their lives battling an Arizona wildfire that consumed over 8,000 acres. Now, Deadline is reporting that Crazy Heart and Out of the Furnace writer and director Scott Cooper will helm an adaptation of their tragic story. The script is being written by […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trailer
The Flickering Myth writing team give their thoughts on the trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…. Cowabunga dudes! The new trailer landed for the Michael Bay produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and has – surprise, surprise – split opinions. But what did the Flickering Myth writing staff and editorial team think? Scott J Davis: Awful, […]
Submarine’s Craig Roberts lands lead role in Amazon’s Red Oaks pilot
According to Deadline, Submarine star Craig Roberts has landed the lead role in the pilot for Red Oaks, a new Amazon Studios drama series from Steven Soderbergh and David Gordon Green. He will play a 20-year-old college student named David Myers, who gets hired as an assistant tennis pro at the “predominantly Jewish” Red Oaks country club. The […]
Anime Review – Ping Pong The Animation
Sam Halford reviews Ping Pong The Animation… The first thing that becomes most notable about Ping Pong The Animation is the art style; in the era of silk smooth computer animation coming from both the West and the East, something that strives away from the norm is certainly visually distinctive. This series resembles more Korean […]
Dean Israelite to direct WarGames remake for MGM
Shall we play a game? According to TheWrap, up-and-coming director Dean Israelite (Project Almanac) is in final negotiations with MGM to direct a remake of the 1983 Cold War science fiction film WarGames. Erased screenwriter Arash Amel will pen the script, based on original drafts from Noah Oppenheim (The Maze Runner) and Zak Penn (The Incredible Hulk). Israelite […]
Ridley Scott’s next film will be The Martian with Matt Damon
Back in April Ridley Scott entered talks to direct an adaptation of Andy Weir’s science fiction novel, The Martian, which stars Matt Damon as astronaut Mark Watney, who finds himself stranded on Mars. With limited supplies, damaged machinery, and an unforgiving environment, Mark uses his ingenuity to try and find a way home. Drew Goddard was originally […]
R.I.P. Eli Wallach (1915-2014)
American actor Eli Wallach has passed away aged 98, it has been announced. The character actor, whose credits includes The Magnificent Seven and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, had enjoyed a career spanning more than six decades, and in 2010 he was the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award for his achievements in […]
Steven R. McQueen has not been cast as Nightwing in Arrow
If you follow The Vampire Diaries star Steven R. McQueen on Twitter, then chances are you’ll have noticed his various teases suggesting that he’s could be set to join the cast of The CW’s hit superhero show Arrow in the role of Nightwing. However it seems he’s just been trying to drum up support, with […]
