Conan O’Brien has asked a thought-provoking question on YouTube (in the video below). How does Superman shave? In the trailers we’ve had for Man of Steel so far, there have been shots of bearded Superman and clean-shaven Superman. Grooming has taken place. But how? O’Brien’s not alone. The Flickering Myth writing team have been debating […]

Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever, 2012. Directed by Callum Waddell. Featuring Corey Feldman, Christopher Smith, Adam Green, Tobe Hooper, Tom Holland, Eduardo Sánchez and Felissa Rose. SYNOPSIS: A celebration of slasher cinema – from the early 1960’s beginnings  to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genre’s forgotten cult […]

A Hijacking (Danish: Kapringen), 2012. Written and Directed Tobias Lindholm.Starring Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling and Dar Salim. SYNOPSIS: The crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates who proceed to engage in escalating negotiations with authorities in Copenhagen. Modern films, regardless of budget, star power, or country of origin rarely come close […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team discuss their favourite movie soundtracks; next up is Martin Deer with Drive… As much as I love Drive – and I do love Drive – I can’t think of another film that’s enjoyment level is so squarely rooted in the accompanying music. I certainly don’t want to say that Drive would […]

John Lucking reviews the ninth episode of Hannibal…. Hannibal doesn’t try to repulse its audience, it entices them with beauty – it just happens to use horror as its tool. The best example of this was in episode five (Coquilles), with its flesh angels suspended in various poses, but ‘Trou Normand’ manages to better that […]

Blow Out, 1981. Directed by Brian De Palma.Starring John Travolta, Nancy Allen and John Lithgow. SYNOPSIS: A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger. Brian De Palma has directed a number of iconic Hollywood movies. He broke the mould with […]

Stranded, 2013. Directed by Roger Christian.Starring Christian Slater, Brendan Fehr, Amy Matysio, and Michael Therriault. SYNOPSIS: Four isolated astronauts on board a bio-dome space craft experience a ghostly intercession after a meteor storm, leading to paranoia, fear and death. I was trapped watching Stranded. Trapped on a train travelling home from London. There was nowhere […]

Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot, 2008. Directed by Adam Yauch. SYNOPSIS: Eight of the U.S.’s top high school basketball players compete in the first “Elite 24” tournament at Rucker Park. When I was young and I had just started Senior school (so that’s Senior 1, or Year 7 in new money), I took an interest […]

The Numbers Station, 2013. Directed by Kasper Barfoed.Starring  John Cusak, Malin Akerman, Liam Cunningham and Hannah Murray. SYNOPSIS: A former black ops agent and the young woman he’s assigned to protect fight for survival after a surprise attack. Directed by Kasper Barfoed (The Candidate) and produced by Bryan and Sean Furst (Daybreakers), The Numbers Station […]

Dr. Who and the Daleks, 1965. Directed by Gordon Flemyng.Starring Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden and Roberta Tovey. SYNOPSIS: The Doctor (Peter Cushing) discovers the planet of Skaro. A primitive world devasted by nuclear war and populated by two warring species, a peaceful tribe known as the Thrals and a life form heavily mutated […]