For many people, Chris Claremont’s run on X-Men is the series high point. During his 17 years as writer, Claremont wrote or co-wrote many classic X-Men stories, such as “The Dark Phoenix Saga” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past”. He (along with Frank Miller) also created the mini-series that the latest Wolverine movie is based […]

The Lottery of Birth, 2013. Directed by Raoul Martinez and Joshua van Praag. SYNOPSIS: A documentary exploring the social, cultural and psychological elements involved in the shaping of human identities. The Lottery of Birth is the first of three films in a documentary series entitled Creating Freedom, which endeavour to examine modern notions of power […]

Luke Owen looks at Sonic the Hedgehog #251, the final part of Worlds Collide… The biggest crossover event of 2013 ends here with the stunning conclusion to Sonic/Mega Man: Worlds Collide (part twelve of twelve)! After an intense battle, Sonic and Mega Man are at the mercy of Drs. Eggman and Wily and, to make […]

Martin Deer reviews The Treasures of Bruce Lee: The Official Story of the Legendary Martial Artist…. Paul Bowman, author of The Treasures of Bruce Lee, has written several books of which this is the third on Bruce Lee. The first two, Theorizing Bruce Lee and Beyond Bruce Lee, take analytic looks at the cultural impact […]

With Kick-Ass 2 set for release in a couple of weeks, director Jeff Wadlow is currently juggling promotional duties on the comic book sequel with work on another superhero movie as he hammers away at the screenplay for 20th Century Fox’s X-Men spin-off X-Force. During an interview with Screen Rant, Wadlow has explained how the […]

Frances Ha, 2012. Directed by Noah Baumbach.Starring Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen, Charlotte d’Amboise and Grace Gummer. SYNOPSIS: A story that follows a New York woman (who doesn’t really have an apartment), apprentices for a dance company (though she’s not really a dancer), and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team discuss their favourite movie soundtracks; next up is Anthony Stokes with Attack the Block… Attack the Block is one of my favorite movies of 2011 simply because of how much it does with so little. All the actors are unknowns, it’s a first time director in Joe Cornish, the budget is […]

Anthony Stokes on whether movie geeks are too close-minded… James Gunn, director of the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy, has received a lot of flack on Twitter for “forcing” Doctor Who star Karen Gillan to shave her head for the role of Nebula.  Never mind that this was almost certainly her decision, that she looks […]

Like his Castlecast members Stana Katic (Lois Lane) and Molly Quinn (Supergirl), Nathan Fillion has been adopted by the DC Universe.  Warner Bros Home Entertainment has released a series of images and interview clips featuring the actor who frequently collaborates with Josh Whedon (The Avengers) where he discusses his role of Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in […]

The recent Beverly Hills Cop TV pilot may have failed to make it to series, but that doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of Axel Foley, with Deadline reporting that Eddie Murphy has signed on to reprise the role of the fast-talking, street-wise Detroit police detective for Beverly Hills Cop 4. The project is apparently […]