SyFy scored a success this year with the utterly ridiculous made-for-TV monster movie Sharknado, and now the network is looking to dip its toes in the kaiju genre by teaming up with X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer and his Bad Hat Harry Prods. for a new drama entitled Creature At Bay. According […]
Neil Marshall to remake Troll Hunter
Neil Marshall is currently in Ireland directing the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones season four, but Deadline has revealed that the British filmmaker will soon be turning his attention to another fantasy, with the Dog Soldiers and The Descent director set to helm a remake of the fantastic 2010 Norwegian film Troll Hunter. Directed […]
Movie Review – The Call (2013)
The Call, 2013. Directed by Brad Anderson.Starring Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Michael Eklund, Morris Chestnut, Michael Imperioli and David Otunga. SYNOPSIS: When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the […]
Grand Theft Auto V hits a billion in just 3 days
Rockstar’s hugely-anticipated video game sequel Grand Theft Auto V has shattered entertainment records, having pulled in over $1 billion in revenue in its first three days of release, publisher Take Two has announced today. GTAV hit shelves on Tuesday, making an astonishing $800 million in its first day, and has now become the fastest video […]
Comic Book Review – Aphrodite IX #5
Villordsutch reviews Aphrodite IX #5… “Aphrodite IX woke up in a new world with no memory and no idea of her true purpose. But finding out the truth about herself and how her handler Burch has been manipulating her will change everything.” Everything that has gone before has finally led to this climatic battle between […]
Movies You May Have Missed – The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Flickering Myth’s writing team pick out those hidden gems you might have missed; next up is Jackson Ball with…The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, 1943.Directed by Robert Powell & Emerich Pressburger.Starring Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook, Deborah Kerr and Roland Culver. SYNOPSIS: The life story of military man Clive Candy, told over the course of […]
Second Opinion – White House Down (2013)
White House Down, 2013. Directed by Roland Emmerich.Starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, Joey King, and James Woods. SYNOPSIS: While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group […]
Saoirse Ronan reportedly up for a role in Star Wars: Episode VII
After reportedly missing out on the role of Scarlet Witch in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Saoirse Ronan is now rumoured to be up for another hotly-anticipated 2015 sequel, with the Irish actress said to have auditioned for a part in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII. The story first emerged over at […]
Special Features – When Fan Service Goes Wrong
Anthony Stokes on when fan service goes wrong… I have a love-hate relationship with geek culture. I see aspects of the culture I hate (the Ben Affleck Batman vs. Superman backlash) and aspects I love. Every now and then I find myself getting worked up over a story or an article and I stop myself […]
Special Features – The Little Mermaid: The Worst Role Model
Luke Owen looks at why Ariel, The Little Mermaid is a terrible role model for children… The Little Mermaid swam out of the Disney vaults recently for a Blu-Ray release to much praise from world. It was a movie that really kick-started Disney’s renaissance in the late 80s and early 90s, is a firm fan-favourite and […]
