In a post made to Dexter’s official Facebook group, Showtime has announced that the upcoming season of Dexter, beginning June 30th, will be the last. Showtime’s CEO Michael Blank has previously been somewhat open to the idea of concluding Dexter during the last two Television Critics Association tours, but was understandably reluctant to kill the […]
Sons of Anarchy Season 5 – Episode 11 Review
Paul Risker reviews the eleventh episode of Sons of Anarchy season 5… Well who would have thought it? Kurt Sutter for the first time in season five of Sons of Anarchy misfires. After an impressive run of near perfect consistency, I found myself observing any number of nagging problems. To list them all would take […]
Flickering Myth’s Greatest Comic Book Movies: #8 – Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Throughout April, we’re counting down to the release of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here’s #8…. Spider-Man 2, 2004. Directed by Sam Raimi.Starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, Donna Murphy, Daniel Gillies, Dylan Baker and J.K. Simmons. Considering the […]
Comic Book Review – Godzilla #11
Luke Owen reviews Godzilla #11… Boxer and his team are beyond working for money… now they just want to save their planet! In order to do so, they must support and cover Godzilla and other monsters from Earth in their savage battle against Space Godzilla, Gigan and others! Prepare for the final, unthinkable battle!It seems […]
Special Features – Taking a Knee: Why do all superheroes land the same way?
Anghus Houvouras wants to know why all superheroes have taken to striking the same pose…. I’m not sure if this particular trend has ever been talked about at great length. It first became glaring while watching Edgar Wright’s test footage for Ant-Man. When the character emerges from the elevator and lands on the ground, he […]
Comic Book Review – Sonic Universe #51
Luke Owen reviews Sonic Universe #51, part two of the World’s Collide crossover… There are strange things afoot as Mega Man’s world is menaced by a super-fast, blue attacker. Sonic’s world is being stalked by a blue-armored figure with a cannon for an arm. Could these mysterious villains be Sonic and Mega Man? Or are […]
19th Bradford International Film Festival – Something in the Air (2012)
Something in the Air, 2012. Written and Directed by Olivier Assayas.Starring Clément Métayer, Lola Créton, Felix Armand, Carole Combes, India Menuez and Hugo Conzelmann. SYNOPSIS: An 18-year-old man reacts to the social changes of late 1960’s Europe. Something in the Air initially presents us with an idyllic version of French student life in the 70s, […]
Comic Book Review – Off-Grid #1 – The Resistance
Villordsutch reviews Off-Grid #1 – The Resistance… “Off-Grid revolves around a civil war that breaks out after the nations grid system is shut down for three weeks and the government mandates all civilians to report to the major city ‘habitation zones’.“ When someone messages you via Twitter asking if you’d like a free copy of […]
Movie Review – Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Olympus Has Fallen, 2013. Directed by Antoine Fuqua.Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Finley Jacobsen, Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett, Rick Yune, Melissa Leo and Radha Mitchell. SYNOPSIS: Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with […]
Star Wars: Episode VII set for 2015, Disney planning yearly releases
Well, the dark days of having to wait three years between Star Wars instalments are over, with Walt Disney Pictures announcing at CinemaCon yesterday that it plans to release a new Star Wars movie every year, beginning with Star Wars: Episode VII in the summer of 2015. Since the announcement that Disney had purchased Lucasfilm, […]