This week Neil Calloway argues that big name film stars alone are no longer a guarantee of box office return… This week the least profitable films of the year were announced, with films starring household names such as Chris Hemsworth, Bill Murray and Sean Penn all appearing in movies that made the list. At first […]
Bill Murray, Sean Penn and Chris Hemsworth lead 2015’s box office flops
They may be some of Hollywood’s biggest male stars but the likes of Bill Murray, Sean Penn, Chris Hemsworth and Zac Efron also led this year’s biggest box office flops. Forbes has published its list of 2015’s least profitable films. The rankings are based on global ticket sales for wide releases up to November against […]
Blu-ray Review – Blackhat (2015)
Blackhat, 2015. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tang Wei, Viola Davis, Holt McCallany and Wang Leehom. SYNOPSIS: After a Hong Kong nuclear plant and the Mercantile Trade Exchange in Chicago are hacked by unknown perpetrators, a federal agent proposes that the FBI work with China to find the cyber-criminals. The leader of the Chinese team, Chen Dawai, insists […]
The Week in Blu-ray: US Edition – Fifty Shades of Grey, Blackhat, Mortdecai, Still Alice
Senior Staff Writer Scott Davis returns with his weekly look at what’s on offer in the world of Blu-ray… In this week’s US edition we get tied up with Fifty Shades of Grey, twitch our mustache’s with Johnny Depp as Mortdecai, go computer hacking with Thor in Blackhat and see Julianne Moore FINALLY win an […]
Movie Review – Blackhat (2015)
Blackhat, 2015. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Wei Tang, Viola Davis, Manny Montana, Wang Leehom and William Mapother. SYNOPSIS: A furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cyber crime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. There’s a clash at the heart of Michael Mann’s […]
Blackhat Review – Flickering Myth Podcast
The Flickering Myth Podcast gets all technical… It may have bombed in the box office to the point where Universal and Legendary aren’t releasing the movie theatrically in Australia (the home country of its main star), but it’s arrived in the UK. So, what did we make of Michael Mann’s Blackhat? Luke Owen and Rohan […]
US BOX OFFICE – American Sniper blows away competition with $90 million
Your US BOX OFFICE report for 16th – 18th January Last week, it was Taken 3 that was breaking new barriers, becoming the second biggest January opening in history. But this week, American Sniper blew that away. Taking a whopping $90.2 million, American Sniper has shattered the record for biggest January opening. This is the biggest […]
Movie Review – Blackhat (2015)
Blackhat, 2015. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Wei Tang, Viola Davis, Manny Montana, Wang Leehom and William Mapother. SYNOPSIS: A furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. On paper, hacking sounds like an exciting activity to partake […]
Four new clips from Michael Mann’s Blackhat
Ahead of its US release next week, Legendary Pictures has dropped four new clips from Michael Mann’s cyber thriller Blackhat starring Chris Hemsworth; check them out below… Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago […]
The Most Anticipated Movies of 2015 – Flickering Myth Podcast #100
The Flickering Myth Podcast celebrates ONE HUNDRED EPISODES… Can you believe it – One hundred episodes (101 if you count the Robin Williams tribute)! And to celebrate this milestone, the Flickering Myth Podcast team sit down to discuss the movies they are looking forward to the most in 2015. Movies include Avengers: Age of Ultron, […]