Oliver Davis on the *other* bit of Batman vs. Superman casting news…. On Friday, the latest bit of casting news for the upcoming Batman vs. Superman was announced by its director, Zack Snyder. “Having Jesse [Eisenberg] in the role,” he said of the new Lex Luthor, “allows us to…take the character in some new and […]
Chip ‘n’ Dale heading to the big screen for live-action/CG hybrid movie
Disney’s Chip ‘n’ Dale looks set to be the latest classic cartoon to get the live-action/CG hybrid treatement, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the studio has picked up a pitch from award-winning commercials director Robert Rugan, who’s set to pen an updated take on the chipmunk duo, with Mandeville Films (Muppets Most Wanted) producing. […]
Comic Book Review – Ghostbusters #12
Luke Owen reviews Ghostbusters #12… The end of the year is a hectic time for most businesses, and the Ghostbusters are no exception. Beset from all sides by a surge in spectral activity over this particularly busy season, they’re looking forward to a little bit of a break once the new year hits. But recent […]
The Week in Spandex – Batman vs. Superman, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Marvel’s Phase Three, TMNT and more
Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Batman vs. Superman, Arrow, Constantine, Justice League: War, Son of Batman, Batman & Robin, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America 3, Thor 3, Ant-Man, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor: The Dark World, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction to Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor in Batman vs. Superman
The Flickering Myth writing team sit down to discuss Jesse Eisenberg’s casting as Lex Luthor in Batman vs. Superman… Let’s be honest, who saw this one coming? Jesse Eisenberg is playing Lex Luthor is Zack Snyder’s Batman vs. Superman, set for release in 2016, while Jeremy Irons will play Alfred Pennyworth. But what do our […]
Liam Neeson to star in Martin Scorsese’s Silence
After working together on Gangs of New York, Deadline are reporting that Liam Neeson (Taken, A Million Ways to Die in the West) and Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street, Hugo) will reunite for the director’s next film Silence. The movie is an adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel about Jesuits attempting to spread Christianity […]
Exclusive: Robert Llewellyn talks Red Dwarf
Back in 2012, actors Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Danny John-Jules and Robert Llewellyn reprised their roles as Lister, Rimmer, The Cat and Kryten for Red Dwarf X, the first full series of the classic British sci-fi sitcom to hit our screens in over a decade. Flickering Myth’s Villordsutch caught up with Robert Llewellyn this past […]
You’re a loser if you’ve given up on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., according to Clark Gregg
After bumper ratings for its premiere last year, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been bleeding viewers over the first half of its season, so the producers have started pulling out the big guns for the back-nine episodes, with Stan Lee set to cameo, J. August Richards’ Mike Peterson turning into Deathlok, Jaimie Alexander reprising the […]
Movie Review – Out of the Furnace (2013)
Out of the Furnace, 2013. Directed by Scott Cooper.Starring Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard, Willem Dafoe and Forest Whitaker. SYNOPSIS: When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn’t follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice. Watching Out of the […]
The Wire: What’s Happened To the Gangsters That We Grew To Love?
Regarded by some as the greatest TV show of all time, The Wire is an almost Shakespearean tale of rival drug gangs in Baltimore, examining how the police, school systems and media interact with them. As a complete and unyielding social commentary on a particular city, it was pretty much unprecedented and still generates interest […]
