It looks as if Futurama will be coming to an end for the second time. Comedy Central confirmed that the second half of season seven, which starts in June and will officially end on September 4th, will be the show’s last season. The show originally aired on Fox and ran from 1999 to 2003. After […]
Comic Book Review – G.I. Joe #3
Gary Collinson reviews G.I. Joe #3… “CHOOSE YOUR PATH! You become DUKE, leader of the G.I. JOE team, as he begins his journey to become a Real American Hero! You make the life or death decisions! Or — is Duke just being tortured horrifically at the hands of the Baroness, and this is way of […]
Movie Review – Iron Man 3 (2013)
Iron Man 3, 2013. Directed by Shane Black.Starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Ben Kingsley and Jon Favreau. SYNOPSIS: When Tony Stark’s world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, Stark starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution. Phase Two of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe officially kicks off with […]
Zack Snyder confirms Man of Steel’s wider DC connections, lined up for Justice League?
As we all know, Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel appears to hold the key to a shared DC movie universe, with Warner Bros. seemingly holding off on making any firm decisions about its future DC plans until the studio’s accountants have tallied the box office returns for June’s hotly-anticipated Superman reboot. However, it’s also common […]
Flickering Myth’s Greatest Comic Book Movies: #3 – X2 (2003)
Throughout April, we’re counting down to the release of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here’s #3…. X2, 2003. Directed by Bryan Singer.Starring Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore, […]
Game of Thrones Season Three – Episode 4 Review
Oliver Davis reviews the fourth episode of Game of Thrones Season Three… Exclusive still from the road movie: Pycelle and Tywin do Braavos And Now His Watch Is Ended. Directed by Alex Graves. Written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. “And now his watch has ended.” It’s the name of the episode, and also […]
Kevin Feige confirms that Daredevil is back with Marvel Studios
Good news for Daredevil fans – the character is back in the hands of Marvel studios. At the press conference for Iron Man 3, Kevin Feige was asked if the rights had reverted from Fox back to Marvel, to which his reply was simply “yes”. Nothing further was talked about, however Devin Farachi of BadAss […]
Special Features – The Dark Knight Rises Revisited
Continuing our Comic Book Movie Month here at Flickering Myth, Scott Davis revisits The Dark Knight Rises… A year or so on from its release last summer, a lot has been written by fans and critics alike about Christopher Nolan’s trilogy closer, The Dark Knight Rises. It seems strange to look back at such a […]
Terry Gilliam Retrospective Part 9: The Haunted Director and his “Poetic Horror Film”
Paul Risker continues his Terry Gilliam retrospective… Described by David Cronenberg as a “poetic horror film”, Terry Gilliam prefers to think of Tideland as Alice in Wonderland meets Psycho. The choice of words of both directors indicates that Tideland will sit as one of Gilliam’s more divisive films, offering the viewer an authentic Gilliamesque trip […]
The Following – Episode 13 Review
Matt Smith reviews episode thirteen of The Following… So, I’m not sure how you feel, but reading a review this late, just before another episode is shown (you may have already seen the next one depending on where you live) feels unusual. A late review is almost a definition of ‘behind the times’. But when […]