Luke Owen reviews the latest issue of Godzilla… “Boxer is cornered by the government and Godzilla is a giant sized X-factor, wrecking everyone’s plans. Sides are switched, lives are lost… and then the unthinkable happens. The devastating third act of this Godzilla epic begins now!” I’ve been incredibly harsh on this series for some time […]
DVD Review – Nowhere to Go (1958)
Nowhere to Go, 1958. Directed by Seth Holt.Starring George Nader, Maggie Smith, Bernard Lee, Harry H. Corbett and Lionel Jeffries. SYNOPSIS: After breaking out of prison, a thief and conman attempts to flee the country only to end up on the run in the Welsh countryside. Don’t expect to sympathise with a man like Paul […]
DVD Review – 360 (2011)
360, 2011. Directed by Fernando Meirelles.Starring Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Lucia Siposová, Ben Foster, Vladimir Vdovichenkov and Moritz Bleibtreu. SYNOPSIS: An international look at what happens when partners from different social backgrounds engage in physical relationships, that ultimately intersect and interact. . 360 is a drama of ambitious scope, that skips through themes […]
My Favourite Arnie Movie – The Terminator (1984)
With Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to the big screen in The Last Stand, the Flickering Myth writing team look back at their favourite Arnie movies. First up, Rohan Morbey with 1984’s The Terminator… Before he sold out with family films like Junior, Twins and Jingle All the Way, or sub-par action films such as The 6th […]
DVD Review – Shadow Dancer (2012)
Shadow Dancer, 2012. Directed by James Marsh. Starring Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson, Aidan Gillen, Domhnall Gleeson, Brid Brennan, David Wilmot, Stuart Graham and Martin McCann. SYNOPSIS: Single mother Collette McVeigh is a Republican living in Belfast with her mother and hardliner IRA brothers. When she is arrested for her part in an aborted […]
Downton Abbey Season 3 – Episode 2 Review
Kirsty Capes reviews the second episode of Downton Abbey season 3… It’s episode two and time for Edith’s wedding to Sir Anthony Strallan. Two weddings in two episodes, well aren’t we spoilt? Obviously Upstairs are getting geared up for the wedding whilst Downstairs is in chaos. And on top of all of this, we have […]
My Favourite Tarantino Movie – Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Flickering Myth’s writing team count down to the UK release of Django Unchained by selecting their favourite Quentin Tarantino movies; first up is Luke Owen with 1992’s Reservoir Dogs… While it’s amazing for some to think now, but there was a time in cinema history when Quentin Tarantino wasn’t a self-indulgent filmmaker and he just […]
Second Opinion – The Impossible (2012)
The Impossible, 2012. Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona.Starring Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor and Tom Holland. SYNOPSIS: A dramatisation of the events of the 2004 Tsunami, following the Bennett family as they struggle for survival. Creating a film of the 2004 Tsunami was always going to divide audiences on the subject of taste, but no one […]
Can Jurassic Park bite back?
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Mark Hughes writes for Forbes, speculating about the director of the upcoming Jurassic Park IV film… “I’ll start the speculation rolling by suggesting J.J. Abrams might be high on Spielberg’s list of choices to helm the film. Abrams has obviously more than proven himself capable of handling a […]
Second Opinion – Les Misérables (2012)
Les Misérables, 2012. Directed by Tom Hooper.Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter and Samantha Barks. SYNOPSIS: After breaking parole, ex-prisoner Jean Valjean is ruthlessly hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s young daughter, Cosette, […]
