Chris Cooper reviews the latest issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles… “Stranded on the planet Neutrino in Dimension X with Fugitoid, the TMNT find themselves on unfamiliar ground. Recognizing a mutual threat in Krang, the TMNT join forces with the Neutrino Resistance Force and make a last-ditch effort to save the captured Neutrino Royalty! ” […]
Comic Book Review – Justice League of America #1
Gary Collinson reviews the first issue of Justice League of America… “Green Lantern! Green Arrow! Catwoman! Katana! Vibe! Hawkman! Stargirl! They aren’t the world’s greatest super heroes—they’re the most dangerous! But why does a team like the JLA need to exist? What is their ultimate mission? And who is pulling the strings? Plus: Find out […]
Movie Review – American Mary (2012)
American Mary, 2012. Directed by Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska. Starring Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk, David Lovgren, Clay St. Thomas, Paula Lindberg, John Emmet Tracy and Twan Holliday. SYNOPSIS: Seeking work as a masseuse at a local strip club run by Billy (Antonio Cupo), cash strung medical student Mary Mason (Katharine Isabelle) finds […]
Comic Book Review – Nova #1
Anghus Houvouras reviews the first issue of Marvel NOW!’s Nova… The success of Marvel NOW! is readily apparent as their second wave of titles launch and continue to be far more ‘hit’ than ‘miss’. The revamped Nova is one of the most entertaining and endearing first issues I can remember. Great characters, fantastic art well […]
Special Features – Watching fifteen Godzilla movies or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Monsters
David Bishop reflects on his 15 movie Godzilla marathon… If you’ve been reading fellow Flickering Myth writer Luke Owen’s various articles, you’ll know that Luke, our partner in crime Jon Lipscombe and I undertake a movie marathon each month. For February we chose Godzilla, or, more specifically, the first fifteen Godzilla movies. As there are twenty-nine altogether, […]
Superhero Showdown 2013 – Iron Man 3 vs Man of Steel vs Kick-Ass 2 vs The Wolverine vs Thor: The Dark World
Seconds out… Welcome the 5th annual Superhero Showdown! LAST TIME OUT… As always, we begin with a recap of the past year, which saw new instalments from the three highest-grossing superhero franchises – Batman, Spider-Man and the Marvel Cinematic Universe – as well as another outing for Nicolas Cage’s Johnny Blaze in the sequel Ghost […]
Mark Hamill says he’s in talks to return as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode VII
We’re still waiting to hear confirmation on the reports that Harrison Ford is locked in for a return as Han Solo in Disney’s forthcoming sequel Star Wars: Episode VII, but at this point it’s starting to look increasingly likely that the new trilogy will include several familiar faces from the original Star Wars trilogy. In […]
Comic Book Review – Judge Dredd #4
Chris Cooper reviews the latest issue of IDW’s Judge Dredd… “Kidnappers are jacking the DNA of some of Mega-City One’s most elite citizens, then growing clones to torture on live TV — unless the elite pay up big-time. There’s only one Judge tough enough to stop them, and he’s just signed on to be the […]
Movie Review – Side by Side (2012)
Side by Side, 2012. Written and Directed by Christopher Kenneally. SYNOPSIS: A documentary investigating the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. The struggle between the old and the new is something which has plagued cinema since the beginning; colour vs. black and white, sound vs. silent and widescreen vs. fullscreen. […]
Six Stories, Three Filmmakers, One Vision: The Making of Cloud Atlas
Trevor Hogg chats with senior visual effects supervisor Dan Glass; visual effects supervisors Stéphane Ceretti, Matt Dessero, Geoffrey Hancock, Alessandro Cioffi, Florian Gellinger, Angela Barson, Clark Parkhurst, Russell Earl and Falk Gärtner; and executive visual effects producer Ismat Zaidi about their work on Cloud Atlas. Be warned, there are spoilers… “In a strange way our work relationship […]