A trailer has been released for director Christian Sesma’s upcoming action thriller Take Back which stars real-life couple Gillian White and Michael Jai White as parents who find themselves in a race against time to save their daughter’s life after she is kidnapped by a sadistic human trafficking gang led by Mickey Rourke; watch it […]
Trailer for revenge thriller Adverse starring Mickey Rourke, Lou Diamond Phillips and Thomas Nicholas
Lionsgate has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Brian A. Metcalf’s upcoming thriller Adverse which follows a rideshare driver out for revenge when his sister goes missing after falling deep into debt with a sleazy drug dealer; take a look here… Struggling to make ends meet, rideshare driver Ethan (Thomas Nicholas) learns his sister […]
Bella Thorne stars in trailer for thriller Girl
Ahead of its release later this month, Screen Media Films has revealed a trailer for writer-director Chad Faust’s upcoming thriller Girl which stars Bella Thorne as a young woman who returns to her hometown to kill her abusive father, only to discover someone has already murdered him; watch it here… A young woman (Bella Thorne) […]
A Look Back at The Expendables Franchise (And a Look Forward…)
Ten years on from the release of the first movie, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Expendables franchise and then looks at where it can go now (and who needs to join the crew)… When The Expendables was first announced in late 2009, my excitement levels went through the roof. Initially it was Sylvester Stallone, […]
Iron Man 2 villain Whiplash gets the Movie Masterpiece figure treatment from Hot Toys
Hot Toys has unveiled its updated 1:6 scale Movie Masterpiece Series Whiplash collectible figure which is based on the likeness of Mickey Rourke as the villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe sequel Iron Man 2, check out the promotional images for the Toy Fair 2020 exclusive here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow Collectibles He is […]
Giveaway – Win The Legion on Digital Download – NOW CLOSED
Thanks to Paramount Pictures, we have two digital download codes available for the historical action adventure film The Legion starring Mickey Rourke and Bai Ling, which is released on VOD/Digital this Friday, May 8th. Please note, the competition is open to readers in the United States only; read on for details of how to enter… […]
Trailer for historical action adventure The Legion starring Mickey Rourke and Bai Ling
Saban Films has released a poster and trailer for director José Magán’s historical action adventure film The Legion which stars Lee Partridge, Mickey Rourke, and Bai Ling; take a look here… Mickey Rourke and Bai Ling star in this epic tale of courage and heroism in a time of war. During the invasion of Parthia, […]
When Mickey Rourke Almost Ruled Cinema
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the early career of Mickey Rourke… When you think back through cinema you can easily think of an array of icons. Brando, Stewart, De Niro, Pacino… I could go on. The role of Acting Deity includes being a point of comparison. When De Niro first broke through he was quickly […]
River Phoenix as Joker? Parallel Universe Castings
Tom Jolliffe looks at the idea of River Phoenix as the Joker and other parallel universe castings… It’s 2019. It’s an era of perpetual rebooting. For some, we’d barely settled on the idea that Jared Leto was cast as the clown prince, before it was announced that Joaquin Phoenix would don the make up in […]
Horror anthology Nightmare Cinema gets a new poster and trailer
Good Deed Entertainment as released a new poster and trailer for the horror anthology Nightmare Cinema. The film consists of five instalments directed by Alejandro Brugués (Juan of the Dead), Joe Dante (The Howling), Ryûhei Kitamura (The Midnight Meat Train), David Slade (30 Days of Night), and Mick Garris (The Stand) and features a cast […]