American Hustle, 2013. Directed by David O. Russell.Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner. SYNOPSIS: A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia. […]

Anghus Houvouras on the Anchorman 2 publicity campaign and how it challenges the idea that there is no bad publicity… Somebody, somewhere once said there’s no such thing as bad publicity.   I don’t know who it was.  In my mind it’s some well dressed, finely coiffed advertising executive from the Mad Men era with a […]

After the disappointing box office for his latest music documentary Justin Bieber’s Believe, director Jon M. Chu is now gearing up for a return to the G.I. Joe franchise with a sequel to last year’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Speaking to Collider (via CBM) to promote the release of Believe, Chu has offered up some details […]

ABC may be comfortably winning the ratings battle with Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but it’s hard to argue that it’s enjoying anywhere near the same level of fan reception as The CW’s own superhero show Arrow, which has been going from strength to strength in its second season. However, Arrow star Stephen Amell has played […]

2013’s highest-grossing star Dwayne Johnson closed out the year last night with his annual ‘#RockTalk’ on Twitter, during which he teased a potential DC movie role, stating that: “We just had a big meeting w/ Warner Bros CEO re: DC Comics 2014 we will partner up and create the cool bad assery.” Johnson has previously […]

Trevor Hogg chats with Michael Wilkinson about the clothing style of American Hustle… “I’d just worked on Man of Steel [2013] with the producer Chuck Roven, who was putting together American Hustle [2013],” states Michael Wilkinson.  “Chuck thought that David O. Russell [Silver Linings Playbook] and I would be a good fit, and he turned […]

With Matt Smith leaving Doctor Who, Oliver Davis argues that the show needs another change… ‘The Time of the Doctor’ had a rather tough act to follow. The 50th anniversary episode was the closest we’ll ever get to a Doctor Who movie (sorry, Paul McGann), with the fate of Gallifrey, multiple faces from the past […]

With 2013 coming to an end in just a few short hours, it’s that time of year where the the team here at Flickering Myth to reveal our picks for the very best cinematic offerings of the past twelve months. As usual, the writing team here have put together individual lists of their personal favourites, […]

After releasing their list of the top ten most pirated TV shows (topped for the second year running by Game of Thrones), the folks over at Torrent Freak have now turned their attention to the most pirated movies of the year. Leading the way with almost eight and a half million illegal downloads is Peter […]

Matt Smith reviews the ninth episode of Elementary season 2… Complexity is more than just for puzzles. Sherlock Holmes probably knows this. They make for a much more interesting person. Shades of grey in a character, as well as a person, can create interest and hold curiosity in an instant. As mentioned last week, Sherlock […]