Casey Chong ranks video game movie sequels from worst to best… Video game movies tend to get a bad rap since filmmakers can’t seem to crack the code in giving what the fans want (remember the dismal Super Mario Bros. back in 1993?) But some of them manage to score enough profit to warrant a […]
Resident Evil: In praise (and defence) of Paul W.S. Anderson’s billion dollar video game movie franchise
Luke Owen looks back at the Resident Evil franchise… NOTE: Comments from Paul W.S. Anderson are taken from Lights, Camera, GAME OVER!: How Video Game Movies Get Made, which is available for pre-order now. Regular listeners to the Flickering Myth Podcast will know that my movie tastes aren’t the norm when it comes to being […]
NYCC: Ali Larter says Resident Evil: The Final Chapter will answer all the questions from “real fans”
The sixth and final part in the long-running Resident Evil franchise arrived in January with the release of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, and the cast and crew were in New York over the weekend for NYCC [watch the new trailer for the movie here]. The good folk of ComicBook caught up with one of the film’s stars Ali […]
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction
The Flickering Myth team react… SEE ALSO: Read the Flickering Myth Reactions to Doctor Strange, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Assassin’s Creed, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Kong: Skull Island and more Paul W.S. Anderson is bringing his Resident Evil saga to an end after six movies with Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, set for […]
Ali Larter says Resident Evil: The Final Chapter will be the last in the series
Filming for Resident Evil: The Final Chapter begins in South Africa next month, and Ali Larter (who was announced to return last month) has confirmed that this will, indeed, be the final chapter of the long-running franchise. “We are not allowed to say one thing,” she told IGN. “I am held to secrecy, but what […]
Sony Pictures sets film slate through 2017; Jumanji reboot in production
Tom Rothman, chairman of Sony Pictures, has announced the studio’s line-up for the next few years, with 16 films dated for release. Amongst the biggest films scheduled include two sequels to hit action-comedy Bad Boys, along with a remake of the Robin Williams fantasy film Jumanji, which will hit cinemas on Christmas Day, 2016. 2016 […]
Resident Evil film series receiving limited edition 4K box-set release this November
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that all six of the live-action films in the Resident Evil saga will be bundled together in a 4K Ultra HD Collection box set for a November 3rd 2020 release. The Resident Evil 4K Ultra HD Collection includes Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Apocalypse (both the original theatrical version and an extended cut), Resident Evil: Extinction, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Resident […]
Lost In Translation: Why Video Game Movies Always Disappoint
Jordan Jones on video game movies and why they always disappoint… Hollywood doesn’t understand the rules of video games. Can we all agree on that? Unless this changes, there may never be a truly “good” video game movie, and I fear that we will be forever steeped in “bad” (Super Mario Bros.) to “just okay” […]
Milla Jovovich expresses interest in playing Cheetara in a ThunderCats movie
Milla Jovovich is currently doing the interview rounds for Resident Evil: The Final Chapter where she was asked by We Got This Covered which superhero she would love to play. The actress quickly directed the conversation to the stuck-in-development hell ThunderCats movie, enthusiastically expressing interest in playing Cheetara, but not before admitting she might be getting a little […]
DVD Review – Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, 2016. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Starring Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Eoin Macken, Fraser James, Ruby Rose, William Levy, and Ever Anderson. SYNOPSIS: In the supposed final instalment of the video game-based movie franchise, Alice returns to The Hive in Raccoon City to face off against […]
