Thomas Roach wonders whether Andy Serkis could be Marvel’s Doctor Strange… By now you will have heard the news that actor Andy Serkis – best known for his motion capture roles in The Lord of the Rings and the rebooted Planet of the Apes will now have a role in Avengers: Age of Ultron. It […]

Bad Grandpa .5, 2014. Directed by Jeff Tremaine. Starring Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze, Jeff Tremaine and Catherine Keener. SYNOPSIS: A behind-the-scenes documentary on Bad Grandpa with over 40-minutes of never-before-seen footage. Ever heard of a .5 movie release? I certainly hadn’t. It’s basically a “glorified behind-the-scenes doc with unseen footage,” my understandably frustrated Flickering Myth […]

For the second successive year, Robert Downey Jr. has topped Forbes’ annual list of the highest paid actors, released today. What is even more impressive is that he is number one again despite only having had one film released in 2014 so far – his cameo in Jon Favreau’s hit indie comedy Chef. It turns […]

Anghus Houvouras on what we can expect from a shared Universal Monsters universe… The franchise wars continue. Every studio is rummaging through their intellectual property library looking for anything they can turn into a multi-picture franchise or a shared cinematic universe. Enter Universal Studios with their announcement this week that their most famous Monsters will […]

Life Itself, 2014 Directed by Steve James. Featuring Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Gene Siskel and Martin Scorsese. SYNOPSIS: The life and career of the renowned film critic and social commentator, Roger Ebert. About halfway through Life Itself, a documentary love letter to the life and death of film critic Roger Ebert, a fellow film critic […]

With Marvel setting a host of release dates through to 2019, there’s a lot of expectation that the studio will take the opportunity to announce its Phase Three line-up this coming Saturday at the San Diego Comic-Con International. Among the contenders for the slate of as-yet-unrevealed movies is another standalone feature for The Incredible Hulk […]

Simon Columb chats to Judith Hill about 20 Feet from Stardom and Spike Lee… 20 Feet from Stardom showcases some incredible talent. Women who had been hidden away were brought to the forefront by director Morgan Neville who ensured they would have their day. Unlike many singers featured, whose experience was in a time whereby […]

On Friday it was confirmed that The CW will bring together its DC shows Arrow and The Flash for a two-hour crossover in episode eight of Arrow’s third season and The Flash’s first, following a guest appearance by Emily Bett Rickards in episode four of The Flash. Now, speaking to Collider, executive producer Andrew Kreisberg […]

The Zero Theorem, 2013. Directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Thierry, David Thewlis, Lucas Hedges, Matt Damon, Ben Whishaw and Tilda Swinton. SYNOPSIS: A computer hacker whose goal is to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; namely, they send a teenager and lusty love […]

Dwayne Johnson has been teasing a DC role for some time now, and speaking to Total Film, the star has confirmed that an official announcement is imminent (at Comic-Con, perhaps?), as well as dropping a huge hint that he’s set to play Shazam, the hero formerly known as Captain Marvel. “DC and I have been […]