Something in the Air, 2012. Written and Directed by Olivier Assayas.Starring Clément Métayer, Lola Créton, Felix Armand, Carole Combes, India Menuez and Hugo Conzelmann. SYNOPSIS: An 18-year-old man reacts to the social changes of late 1960’s Europe. Something in the Air initially presents us with an idyllic version of French student life in the 70s, […]
Comic Book Review – Off-Grid #1 – The Resistance
Villordsutch reviews Off-Grid #1 – The Resistance… “Off-Grid revolves around a civil war that breaks out after the nations grid system is shut down for three weeks and the government mandates all civilians to report to the major city ‘habitation zones’.“ When someone messages you via Twitter asking if you’d like a free copy of […]
Movie Review – Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Olympus Has Fallen, 2013. Directed by Antoine Fuqua.Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Finley Jacobsen, Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett, Rick Yune, Melissa Leo and Radha Mitchell. SYNOPSIS: Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with […]
Star Wars: Episode VII set for 2015, Disney planning yearly releases
Well, the dark days of having to wait three years between Star Wars instalments are over, with Walt Disney Pictures announcing at CinemaCon yesterday that it plans to release a new Star Wars movie every year, beginning with Star Wars: Episode VII in the summer of 2015. Since the announcement that Disney had purchased Lucasfilm, […]
Flickering Myth’s Greatest Comic Book Movies: #9 – Batman (1989)
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 #9…. Batman, 1989. Directed by Tim Burton.Starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Tracey Walter, Michael Gough and Jack Palance. After the […]
19th Bradford International Film Festival – Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
Much Ado About Nothing, 2012. Directed by Joss Whedon.Starring Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Ashley Johnson, Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Fran Kranz, Sean Maher, Riki Lindhome and Spencer Treat Clark. SYNOPSIS: A modern retelling of Shakespeare’s classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words. You probably know […]
Iron Man 3 London Press Conference Report
Luke Owen reports from today’s London press conference for Iron Man 3…. Not even Baroness Thatcher’s funeral could stop the stars of Iron Man 3 as they descended upon the luxurious Dorchester Hotel to promote the first part of Phase Two of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. In attendance were stars Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark / […]
Rupert Wyatt to helm noir thriller Night Film
Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Escapist) is attached to direct an adaptation of the novel Night Film for Chernin Entertainment. The noir thriller, written by author Marisha Peel (whose best-selling debut was Special Topics in Calamity Physics), is due out from Random House in August. The story follows investigative journalist […]
Comic Book Review – Doctor Who Vol. 3 #8
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Vol. 3 #8… “When a cosmonaut attempts the first space walk in 1965, the rest of his crew watches in horror as he’s swallowed whole by shadow. Only the Doctor can save the spacecraft and the historically important mission!“ Following directly on from Part One of ‘Space Oddity’ in Doctor Who […]
Dwayne Johnson talks G.I. Joe 3
Dwayne Johnson is certainly starting to develop a knack for reinvigorating franchises; three of his last four movies have seen him joining the cast at the sequel stage, with Fast Five, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and G.I. Joe: Retaliation all raking in the cash at the box office. We already know he’s set to […]