As Martin Scorsese turns 79, Tom Jolliffe looks back on his astounding career so far… He’s been known to give master-classes in film-making. He’s also a deeply passionate cinephile. Martin Scorsese knows film. In fact he knows film so well, that comments comparing Marvel films to theme park rides courted him some controversy last year. […]
Easter: The Four Best Faith-Based Films of the 21st Century So Far
Samuel Brace on the four best faith-based films of the 21st Century so far… With the Easter weekend, many film fans and movie lovers will be assessing which faith-based films they would like to consume over the period. History is riddled with excellent offerings, but for this particular article, I thought it prudent to run […]
Martin Scorsese’s Lost Masterpiece: Remembering The King of Comedy
With Silence getting the critics salivating, Sean Wilson examines what is possibly Martin Scorsese’s greatest – and almost certainly most underrated – film, The King of Comedy… Do portrayals of celebrity culture and fan worship get more lacerating and acute than 1983’s masterpiece The King of Comedy? Martin Scorsese’s follow-up to Raging Bull is quite […]
Movie Review – Silence (2016)
Silence, 2016. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson. Tadanobu Asano, Issei Ogata, Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Yoshi Oida, Yôsuke Kubozuka, and Ciarán Hinds. SYNOPSIS: In the seventeenth century, two Jesuit priests face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and propagate Catholicism. To be honest, Martin Scorsese’s […]
Martin Scorsese’s Silence gets a new international trailer
Earlier this week we brought you a clip from Silence [watch it here] and now with just two days to go until its US release, a new international trailer has arrived online for Martin Scorsese’s highly-anticipated drama which you can check out below… SEE ALSO: Read our ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ review of Silence here Martin […]
Movie Review – Silence (2016)
Silence, 2016. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano, and Ciarán Hinds. SYNOPSIS: Martin Scorsese’s SILENCE tells the story of two Christian missionaries (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan in search of their missing mentor (Liam Neeson) – […]
Andrew Garfield and Liam Neeson featured in clip from Martin Scorsese’s Silence
Ahead of its US release this Friday, a new clip has arrived online from Martin Scorsese’s hotly-anticipated Silence entitled ‘Pray With Your Eyes Open’ and featuring Liam Neeson and Andrew Garfield; take a look below after the official synopsis… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Silence here Martin Scorsese’s SILENCE tells the story of two Christian […]
First trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Silence released, watch it here
Cinephiles around the globe have been eagerly anticipating the first trailer for Martin Scorsese’s much-talked-about passion project Silence for months (or even years), and now, much to their delight, it has finally arrived. Check out the powerful trailer here… Many worried that Silence, despite being slated for a late 2016 limited release in the US, wouldn’t […]
Michael Douglas and Halle Berry join Adrian Lyne’s Silence
Adrian Lyne, director of such hits as Fatal Attraction and 9 1/2 Weeks, is returning behind the camera for the first time in fourteen years to helm Silence. Lyne, whose last effort was 2002’s Unfaithful, is reuniting with his Fatal Activation star Michael Douglas for the new film, while Halle Berry (X-Men: Days of Future Past, […]
Flickering Myth’s Most Anticipated 2016 Movies
Flickering Myth looks ahead to 2016… It’s the future! And with the New Year officially upon us (we’re five days into it after all), we sat down to vote for our most anticipated movies of 2016, and below are the results. Each writer had five votes, which were then collated into scores and tallied to […]