As we all know, Hollywood hasn’t got the best of track records when it comes to adapting video games. However, Fox is now hoping to buck that trend on the small screen with a television series based upon Electronic Arts’ first-person-shooter Battlefield: Bad Company, which will take the form of “an hourlong action comedy” and […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team count down to the release of Skyfall by discussing their favourite James Bond films; next up is Martin Deer with Thunderball… When I saw the notice pop up on the Flickering Myth Facebook page for us to pick our “favourite Bond” to review in the build-up to Skyfall I immediately typed “Thunderball” – […]

The Lost Episode, 2012. Directed by Michael Rooker.Starring Haylie Duff, Beverley Mitchell, Amanda Dunn, J. LaRose, Jimmy Palumbo, Robb Pruitt, Michael McKiddy and Michael Rooker. SYNOPSIS: Years after its closure, a local TV crew return to Pennhurst Asylum, hoping to capture evidence of paranormal activity. Instead, they discover something completely unexpected and find themselves fighting […]

Hell Is a City, 1960. Directed by Val Guest.Starring Stanley Baker, Maxine Audley and Billie Whitelaw. SYNOPSIS: World-weary police inspector Harry Martineau is on the trail of tough escaped convict and jewel thief Don Starling. His search ends up in Manchester, where the two men play a cat and mouse game of chase across the […]

Stolen, 2012. Directed by Simon West.Starring Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Malin Akerman, Danny Huston, Sami Gayle, Edrick Browne, Mark Valley and M.C. Gainey. SYNOPSIS: A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi. Last year Nicolas Cage had four films released, three of […]

To Rome with Love, 2012. Written and Directed by Woody Allen.Starring Antonio Albanese, Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Penélope Cruz, Judy Davis, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig, Alessandra Mastronardi, Ellen Page, Alison Pill and Riccardo Scamarcio. SYNOPSIS: In the Italian capital, a young couple celebrate their honeymoon, an opera director discovers a new talent in […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Amy Kaufman and Ben Fritz write about the success of indie release Bacholorette  for The LA Times: “Struggling to compete with big-budget movies at the box office, indie films are increasingly finding a lucrative niche in one of Hollywood’s fastest-growing markets: video on demand. The number of films […]

What with Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy all in various stages of production, you would have thought that Marvel had plenty on its hands for the time being, but if The Daily Mail is to be believed, the studio is already turning its […]

With the release of Paranormal Activity 4 fast approaching, Simon Columb analyses the second entry in the series, 2010’s Paranormal Activity 2… “I don’t know if the house is haunted, but I hope it is.“ IntroductionIt is one thing if a film is a success – but if you have a film which is a success […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the first episode of Dexter season seven… The fun of Dexter was so pronounced in the first few seasons – it blended horror and humour perfectly, making it a thrill to watch. Now, however, in its seventh season, the genuine comedy has diminished and the routine of Dexter’s kills and escapist-tricks has […]