Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

Countdown to Batman v Superman – Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

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Ricky Church continues his countdown to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Superman/Batman: Public Enemies… What could be worse than your mortal enemy running a billion dollar company, having infinite resources to work on your doom? How about that same mortal enemy being President of the United States. In the early 00s, Lex Luthor […]

Scott Snyder departing Batman in April

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Since the start of DC’s The New 52 in September 2011, writer Scott Snyder has led the Batman title to some great and interesting places. Amid the rumours of DC’s Rebirth event/re-launch, it has been confirmed Snyder will be leaving the title after April’s Batman #51. Snyder broke the news in an interview with Comic […]

Fox to air Gotham Stories animated comic during The X-Files

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With Gotham currently on its winter break and The X-Files currently occupying its Monday night timeslot, Fox has announced that it will air a five-part animated comic book series Gotham Stories during episodes of Mulder and Scully’s latest adventures. Check out a teaser here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hpmN2B6kpM SEE ALSO: Follow all of our Gotham coverage here

Sons of Anarchy’s Tommy Flanagan cast as The Knife on Gotham

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Back in October, Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy) revealed on Twitter that he’s joined the cast of Fox’s Batman prequel series Gotham, and now the folks at Comic Book have uncovered which character he’ll be playing. According to the site, the actor is set to portray a new villain known as The Knife, who is […]

BD Wong to play Professor Hugo Strange in Gotham, Kristen Hager cast as Nora Fries

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Earlier this week it was announced that Nathan Darrow (House of Cards) is set to play Dr. Victor Fries – a.k.a. Mr. Freeze – in the second season of Gotham, and now USA Today has revealed that Jurassic World’s BD Wong has secured the role of another iconic DC villain, Professor Hugo Strange. Gotham’s version […]

Video Game Review – Batman: Arkham Knight – GCPD Lockdown DLC

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Ricky Church reviews Batman: Arkham Knight – GCPD Lockdown DLC… Though Batman: Arkham Knight was released three months ago, DLC for the game continues to trickle out through short campaign missions and challenge maps. The latest story DLC is GCPD Lockdown and, unlike Batgirl’s A Matter of Family in July, the events of Lockdown take […]

Why does every superhero movie feature the Military-Industrial Complex?

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Anghus Houvouras on superhero movies and the military-industrial complex… To say that comic book movies have become formulaic is like saying that Michael Bay enjoys explosions and hot women. It’s painfully obvious and hardly a revelation. I sat through Fantastic Four last week, and like many of you checked out around the halfway point, and […]