In what is surely the most ridiculous news story of the day, it’s being reported that the “success” of Sharknado and Discover Channel’s record-breaking ‘Shark Week’ ratings has convinced Universal Pictures to give the green light to a reboot of Steven Spielberg’s seminal 1975 blockbuster Jaws. Now, before you all set off for Hollywood with […]

Anthony Stokes shares his concerns over the future of Sony’s Amazing Spider-Man franchise… Jim Carrey has been rumored to have a role in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Now I’ve made it very public that I’m a huge fan of Sam Raimi and his Spider-Man trilogy.  Behind Toy Story it is probably my favorite trilogy of all […]

Despite hitting UK cinemas in just two-and-a-half months time, cameras are still rolling on Marvel’s next Phase Two offering as Thor: The Dark World undergoes its latest round of reshoots. Of course, given the rumours about a rift between Marvel Studios and director Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones), this would seem to indicate trouble for […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #5… “Hear the good word, hear the MESSAGE. In this issue of East of West we find out the contents of the apocrypha that predicts the end of the world. Or does it? The most exciting new book of the year, EAST OF WEST continues in THE LOST WORDS.” […]

Martin Deer reviews the latest episode of Breaking Bad (spoilers within)… Since the mid-season finale of season 5 ended several months ago with the most almighty of cliffhangers, with Walter White’s brother-in-law discovering the Walt Whitman book with recently deceased former chemist, Gale Boetticher’s love letter to WW in it and the penny dropping on […]

Kick-Ass, 2013. Directed by Jeff Wadlow.Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jim Carrey, John Leguizamo, Morris Chestnut, Clark Duke, Claudia Lee, Lyndsy Fonseca, Robert Emms, Lindy Booth, Daniel Kaluuya, Andy Nyman, and Olga Kurkulina. SYNOPSIS: The costumed high-school hero Kick-Ass joins with a group of normal citizens who have been inspired to fight […]

Tom Jolliffe on the trials and tribulations of making a film… The film, the team and the lowdown: Aside from my time offering my sage (stop laughing) film criticism for Flickering Myth, I have an ambition to become a screenwriter, so that another member of the team here can offer sage criticism on a film […]

Last month it was confirmed by the man himself that Max Landis was no longer involved with 20th Century Fox’s planned sequel to 2012’s box office success Chronicle, and now the screenwriter has been speaking about his idea for the follow-up to the low-budget super powers flick, revealing that he wanted to take the film […]

Gary Collinson reviews G.I. Joe: Special Missions #6…. “G.I. Joe has tracked a downed Cobra satellite to the lair of a vicious gang of motorcycle marauders called The Dreadnoks! The bad news keeps coming with the re-appearance of Zartan as the leader of the biker maniacs and they have three G.I. Joe members captive! It’s […]

Having headlined his second solo movie this summer with The Wolverine, Hugh Jackman will return as Logan once again next year for Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, but if a new rumour is to be believed, it seems that 20th Century Fox is keen to tie down the crown jewel of its X-Men […]