Cloud Atlas, 2012. Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski.Starring Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Keith David, James D’Arcy, Xun Zho, Doona Bae and Zhu Zhu. SYNOPSIS: An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, […]

Luke Owen counts down to Halloween by reviewing horror movies from the last 60 years; next up is The Faculty (1998)… As we roll into the 90s, horror cinema morphed into a different kind of beast. The 80s was full of ‘stalk and slash’ horror movies but by the tail end of the early 90s, […]

Our weekly round up of the latest news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Ant-Man, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D., X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Wolverine, Kick-Ass 2, Supercrooks, The Dark Knight Rises, Arrow and more… …Disney and Marvel Studios launched Phase Two […]

Luke Owen counts down to Halloween by reviewing horror movies from the last 60 years; next up is The Deadly Spawn (1983)… Well the 80s certainly had a lot to choose from when it came to picking horror movies – and it was hard to pin down a choice! I wanted to review The Thing […]

Dark Shadows, 2012. Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jonny Lee Miller, Jackie Earle Haley, Chloë Grace Moretz and Bella Heathcote.   SYNOPSIS: After two hundred years, the vampire Barnabus Collins is freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972 where he […]

Skyfall, 2012. Directed by Sam Mendes.Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Albert Finney, Bérénice Marlohe, Rory Kinnear, Helen McCrory, Ola Rapace and Ben Wishaw. SYNOPSIS: Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team vote for their favourite James Bond theme songs as Skyfall, the 23rd film in the franchise, hits cinemas…The sky is finally falling. The 23rd official James Bond film, Judi Dench’s 7th, Daniel Craig’s 3rd and director Sam Mendes’ 1st, Skyfall, swaggers into cinemas today. So far we’ve had to make do […]

Luke Owen counts down to Halloween by reviewing horror movies from the last 60 years; next up is The Omen (1976)… Three years prior to the release of The Omen a little film known as The Exorcist terrified audiences and pissed off church goers. The big kafuffle made by religious groups only spurred on more […]

To coincide with the Blue-ray Combo Pack release of the tale directed by Academy Award-winner Steven Spielberg about the friendship that develops between a boy and a creature from outer space, HarperCollins has published the 30th Anniversary Edition of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: From Concept to Classic.The publication opens with a new introduction by Steven Spielberg […]

When Millennium Films’ Conan the Barbarian hit cinemas last year, it seemed that any hope of seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to his breakthrough role as Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Cimmerian had been well and truly shattered. The promised sequel King Conan: Crown of Iron spent many a year in development hell, passing through the […]