The Flickering Myth team share their thoughts about the news that J.J. Abrams will direct Star Wars: Episode VII… It’s been just under a week since the news officially broke that Star Trek Into Darkness director J.J. Abrams was to take on one of sci-fi’s most iconic franchises. This news, which could very well be […]
State of the Genre – David S. Goyer on Man of Steel, and why his comments are GOOD
In his latest ‘State of the Genre’ column, Martin Deer on the reaction to David S. Goyer’s recent comments on Man of Steel… This week David S. Goyer has been speaking to Empire about Man of Steel as we get closer to it’s release on June 14th. For some reason his latest comments, despite being […]
Movie Review – Warm Bodies (2013)
Warm Bodies, 2013. Directed by Jonathan Levine. Starring Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Rob Corddry, Dave Franco, Cory Hardrict and Analeigh Tipton. SYNOPSIS: A zombie saves a girl from an attack and the two form a relationship that sets in motion a sequence of events that could transform the entire lifeless world. Every year […]
When is X-Men: Days of Future Past set?
Now officially in pre-production, X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer will be posting daily photos to his Twitter account to whet our appetites, but a casting call received by ComicBookMovie may have revealed something more newsworthy than a production photo of a possible set. The casting call is looking for extras between “16-75” […]
Special Features – Return of the Five Most Disappointing Films of All Time
Anghus Houvouras with a follow-up to The Five Most Disappointing Films of All Time… About or year or so ago I put together a little op-ed piece, right around the time I first started writing for Flickering Myth. It was a piece I’d been mulling for a few years: The Five Most Disappointing Films of […]
Comic Book Review – The Superior Spider-Man #2
Anghus Houvouras reviews the second issue of The Superior Spider-Man… This is a really weird comic. That is both a ringing endorsement and a declaration of the surreal nature of reading Marvel’s relaunched Superior Spider-Man. Doctor Octopus has taken over Spider-Man, OR HAS HE!? At the conclusion of the first issue, we were introduced to […]
DVD Review – You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet (2012)
You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet (French: Vous n’avez encore rien vu), 2012. Directed by Alain Resnais.Starring Mathieu Amalric, Pierre Arditi and Sabine Azéma. SYNOPSIS: A group of actors are invited to watch a recorded interpretation of their deceased friend’s play ‘Eurydice’, which each of the assembled group had previously starred in. I remember 2007, and […]
Movie Review – Parker (2013)
Parker, 2013. Directed by Taylor Hackford. Starring Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Clifton Collins Jr., Wendell Pierce and Bobby Cannavale. SYNOPSIS: A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, […]
The Following – Episode 2 Review
Matt Smith reviews the second episode of the new US TV drama The Following… After imprisoning Joe Carroll, Ryan Hardy must find Claire Matthews’ son who has been taken by Carroll’s acolytes. At the same time, he must help the FBI find whoever’s responsible for the murder of numerous women at a university. So, episode […]
Entourage movie gets the green light
For fans of the hugely popular TV Show Entourage, rumours about their favourite fictional characters Vince, Johnny, Eric, Turtle and Ari Gold heading to the big screen have been circling for years now. However, according to Deadline, the script for a feature film version has now been given the official green light from Warner Bros. […]
