Luke Owen on the definition of a “Christmas movie”…. During the preparation for Flickering Myth’s on-going “My Favourite Christmas Movie”, the following discussion took place: Tom Jolliffe: I’ll take Rocky IV. Forgot that it was set at Crimbo.Me: Is Rocky IV a Christmas movie?Tom Jolliffe: The main fight takes place on Christmas day. A valid […]

Simon Columb reviews About Schmidt from BFI Southbank’s Alexander Payne retrospective… About Schmidt is about America. Jack Nicholson is front and centre in Alexander Payne’s 2002 dramatic comedy about a man coping with retirement and the loss of his wife. As Election became a bigger and bolder statement about democracy, About Schmidt is a reflection […]

Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Venom, The Sinister Six, Batman vs. Superman, Superman Lives, Arrow, X-Men: Apocalypse, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Ant-Man, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and more…. After an absolutely crazy week for superhero […]

20th Century Fox has picked up the rights to Agatha Christie’s classic 1934 murder-mystery Murder on the Orient Express, hiring Ridley Scott (Prometheus), Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class) and Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan) to produce. Murder on the Orient Express first reached the screen in 1974 under director Sidney Lumet and saw Albert Finney […]

Thomas Harris reviews Sideways… Sideways is arguably Alexander Payne’s most conventional film. However, under the guise of a different director, the film could have been conventional in a mundane way, however, through his deft eye for realism, Sideways is one of few American classics released in the noughties. Impeccably acted, witty and incredibly gentle, the […]

Alice Rush reviews the ninth episode of American Horror Story: Coven…. There’s no doubt that this season of American Horror Story has been a slow burner. We’ve had a plethora of characters come and go, die and be brought back to life as well an underlying tension that always seemed to be building rather than […]

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke is set to reunite with director Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World), with Deadline revealing that the star has secured the role of Sarah Connor in the forthcoming reboot Terminator: Genesis, having fought off competition from Brie Larsen (21 Jump Street). The actress will be joined in the cast […]

Since Disney acquired the full rights to the Indiana Jones franchise, there’s been plenty of speculation about whether the studio intends on bringing Harrison Ford’s archaeologist back for a fifth adventure (spurred on in no small part by producer Frank Marshall), but speaking at Variety’s Dealmakers Breakfast today, Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn has […]

Ed Helms is set to step into the shoes of Leslie Nielsen as Sergeant Frank Drebin, Detective Lieutenant Police Squad, with Variety revealing that Paramount has cast The Hangover and We’re the Millers star in a reboot of the 80s comedy classic The Naked Gun. The project is being written by Thomas Lennon and R. […]

Luke Owen looks back at the 1991 big screen adaptation of The Addams Family…. December 13th 2013 marks the 22nd anniversary (here in the UK) of Barry Sonnenfeld’s big screen adaptation of The Addams Family. It was a movie that, while not exactly ground-breaking, would spark a creative curve in Hollywood akin to X-Men’s impact […]