Adam Driver, one of the stars of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has remembered how worried he was that he might hit a co-star when shooting began on The Force Awakens. Kylo Ren is instantly identifiable by two things: his iconic lightsaber and his distinctive mask. The mask, however, is the item that initially […]
Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island receiving 4K Ultra HD release for 10th anniversary
Martin Scorsese’s 2010 psychological horror film, Shutter Island, is set to receive a 4k Ultra HD release with a Limited Collector’s Edition Steelbook on 11th February 2020 – just in time for the 10th anniversary. SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon US or Amazon UK Shutter Island follows Edward “Teddy” Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) who is investigating […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 23 – Dreamscape (1984)
Dreamscape, 1984. Directed by Joseph Ruben. Starring Dennis Quaid, Kate Capshaw, Max Von Sydow, David Patrick Kelly, Eddie Albert and Christopher Plummer. SYNOPSIS: Alex Gardner, a psychic, is recruited by a secret government programme in which, with the aid of technology, they can enter and influence people’s dreams in the hopes of helping the dreamers […]
Trailer for Russian submarine disaster film The Command starring Colin Firth
Ahead of its arrival on DirecTV laster this month, Saban Films has released a trailer and poster for Thomas Vinterberg’s upcoming thriller The Command (formerly known as Kursk). Based on the true story of the Kursk Submarine disaster in 2000, and Robert Moore’s book A Time to Die, the film stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, […]
First trailer for submarine thriller Kursk starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Colin Firth
Following its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, a trailer has arrived online for the submarine thriller Kursk. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg, the film stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Colin Firth, Lea Seydoux, Max Von Sydow, Michael Nyqvist, August Diehl, Steven Waddington, and Matthias Schweighöfer; take a look here… “It is the first major Russian Navy exercise […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 9 – The Exorcist (1973)
The Exorcist, 1973. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn, Max Von Sydow, Lee J Cobb, and Jason Miller SYNOPSIS: When 12-year-old Regan MacNeil becomes possessed by a demonic entity, two priests are called in to perform an exorcism to hopefully banish the demon and save the young girl before it’s too late. […]
Blu-ray Review – The Emigrants/The New Land (1971/1972)
The Emigrants/The New Land, 1971/1972. Directed by Jan Troell Starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullman SYNOPSIS: A Swedish couple voyage to America and attempt to put down roots in a beautiful but forbidding new world. The intensely naturalistic directorial work of Jan Troell makes this one of the defining artworks for capturing a sense of the […]
Game of Thrones Season 6 – Episode 3 Review – ‘Oathbreaker’
Tony Black reviews the third episode of Game of Thrones season 6… Oathbreaker Directed by Daniel Sackheim Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Jon He may have died and been resurrected by Melisandre’s (Carice van Houten) weird magic, but Jon Snow (Kit Harington) still knows nothing. Worryingly he seems to suggest the Gods everyone […]
Game of Thrones: What Flights Through the Past Await Bran Stark?
Tony Black on what flights through the past might await Bran Stark in Game of Thrones season 6… Brandon Stark may never walk again, but he has already begun to fly. Spoilers abound for season six episode two, ‘Home’, of Game of Thrones, in which after a season of rest and relaxation in the Three-Eyed […]
Game of Thrones Season 6 – Episode 2 Review – ‘Home’
Home Directed by Jeremy Podeswa Written by Dave Hill Bran Finally showing back up after a year’s mini break on the other side of the Wall (chilly weather, sparse accommodation, but reasonable rates), Brandon Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) pops seamlessly back into the narrative as he continues his padawan learner training with Game of Thrones‘ Obi-Wan, […]