Last week, Michael Bay was said to have “apologised” for the previous instalments in the Transformers franchise, with a report quoting the director as stating that: “I wanted the first Transformers to be very suburban and less cool. This is a much more cinematic one. I focused on keeping this one slick. There won’t be […]
Screenwriter Evan Daugherty talks G.I. Joe 3
With G.I. Joe: Retaliation pulling in $375 million around the globe, Paramount wasted little time in securing director Jon M. Chu to helm the third instalment, as well as bringing in Evan Daugherty, screenwriter of Snow White and the Huntsman, Divergent and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to tackle the script for the threequel. Speaking to […]
Movie Review – A.K.A. Doc Pomus (2013)
A.K.A. Doc Pomus, 2013.Directed by Peter Miller and Will Hechter.Starring Willie Burke, Dr. John, Dion DiMucci, Ben E. King, B.B. King, Joan Osborne, Lou Reed and Doc Pomus (archival footage).SYNOPSIS:Paralyzed since childhood by polio Jerome Felder overcomes the crippling disease to become a renowned songwriter called Doc Pomus.Often a song is associated with a group […]
American Horror Story: Coven – Episode 8 Review
Alice Rush reviews the eighth episode of American Horror Story: Coven…. After a week break American Horror Story: Coven is back. This weeks episode ‘The Sacred Taking’ followed straight on from the end of the previous episode whereby Delia began laying the plans to kill her interfering and murdering mother. The episode opens on a […]
Bryan Singer announces X-Men: Apocalypse for 2016
It’s been a huge week for superhero news, what with Warner Bros. announcing that Gal Gadot (Fast & Furious 6) being cast in the role of Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman, and the first trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 hitting the web today courtesy of Sony. Well, it’s now 20th Century Fox’s turn, […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction to Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman
The Flickering Myth writing team give their thoughts on Gal Gadot’s casting as Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman… In order to make sure The Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailer had as little impact as possible, Variety dropped a huge news story yesterday that Fast & Furious star Gal Gadot will be playing Wonder Woman in the upcoming Batman […]
My Favourite Christmas Movie – The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Flickering Myth writing team count down to Christmas by discussing their favourite festive movies; next up is Matt Spencer-Skeen with The Muppet Christmas Carol….The Muppets were not massively prominent throughout my childhood. As someone who was born in 1990 there were other characters that had more films released and had more screen time on […]
Veep Season 2 – Episode 8 Review
Matt Smith reviews the eighth episode of Veep season two…Get togethers with the family over the dinner table. Something a lot of us can look forward to with Christmas coming up, but for some it can come with a lot of tension. ‘The turkey will be fine, don’t complain about it to mum, she spent […]
Comic Book Review – Inhumanity #1
Anghus Houvouras reviews Marvel’s Inhumanity #1…“After INFINITY, The Marvel Universe has changed. The Avengers find themselves face to face with Karnak who has discovered The secret of The Inhumans THAT will shake The Marvel U to its core.”Infinity may very well be one of the most terrible event comics ever committed to the printed page. […]
Metallo rumoured as the villain for Batman vs. Superman
Yesterday it was confirmed that Wonder Woman is set to appear alongside the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight in 2015’s eagerly-anticipated DC team-up Batman vs. Superman, with Gal Gadot (Fast & Furious 6) securing the role of the Amazon Princess, while Variety also revealed that Callan Mulvey (Zero Dark Thirty, 300: Rise of […]
