Attack On Titan, 2015. Directed by Shinji Higuchi Starring Haruma Miura, Kiko Mizuhara, Kanata Hongo, Satomi Ishihara, Nanami Sakuraba, Takahiro Miura, Hiroki Hasegawa, Ayame Misaki, Pierre Taki, Jun Kunimura. SYNOPSIS: Since the appearance of man-eating giants known as Titans more than 100 years ago, humanity has enclosed itself within the confines of three concentric walls, […]
Short Film Review – OVER (2015)
OVER, 2015. Directed by Jörn Threlfall. Length: 14′ SYNOPSIS: OVER presents a crime scene. During the course of 9 wide shots told in reverse order, we witness an intriguing story unfold. What has happened in this quiet neighborhood? A murder, a hit-and-run, an accident? The reality is profound, and deeply unexpected. Set in a quiet neighbourhood in West […]
Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 cheat sheet – catch up with the franchise so far…
The final movie of the Hunger Games franchise is out now, so here’s Flickering Myth’s cheat sheet for the story so far. Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay – Part 1…may the facts be ever in your favour. Listen to the audio version below on Soundcloud, watch it on YouTube, follow us on Stitcher or […]
59th BFI London Film Festival Opening Gala Review: Suffragette (2015)
Suffragette, 2015. Directed by Sarah Gavron. Starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw and Meryl Streep. SYNOPSIS: In 1913 London, a young laundress (Mulligan) is swept into the Women’s Vote movement just as it begins to boil into militant activism. Deliberately not a biopic of Emmeline Pankhurst or indeed of any of […]
23rd Raindance Film Festival: Winners Announced
The 23rd annual Raindance Film Festival announced the winning films in 12 categories at this year’s annual Raindance Film Festival Awards ceremony at The May Fair Hotel on Friday, 2nd October. The festival, which closes on Sunday 4th October, has hosted over 90 feature length films, 200 shorts and 30 industry events from more 48 countries. […]
Exclusive Interview – Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials director Wes Ball
Wes Ball, the director of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, sat down with Flickering Myth’s Kat Kourbeti to talk about the second instalment in the planned trilogy of movies. Check out their chat in the video below: Here’s a synopsis of the movie: In this next chapter of the epic “Maze Runner” saga, Thomas (Dylan […]
Director Denis Villeneuve talks Blade Runner 2 and Sicario – Exclusive Interview
Director Denis Villeneuve has sat down with Flickering Myth’s Kat Kourbeti to talk about his latest movie – the Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro starring Sicario. He also talks about his next big project, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s science-fiction classic, Blade Runner 2 (which might now be called Androids Dream, after […]
Second Opinion – Sicario (2015)
Sicario, 2015. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jon Bernthal, Maximillano Hernandez and Daniel Kaluuya. SYNOPSIS: An idealistic FBI agent (Blunt) joins a task force on the war on drugs after discovering a cartel “death house” in Arizona. What she sees during her time there changes her forever, as […]
Movie Review – Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, 2015. Directed by Wes Ball. Starring Dylan O’Brien, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Alexander Flores, Jacob Lofland, Rosa Salazar, Giancarlo Esposito, Patricia Clarkson and Aidan Gillen. SYNOPSIS: After narrowly escaping the maze, Thomas (O’Brien) and the others are whisked off to a facility full of medical equipment, […]
Movie Review – The Visit (2015)
The Visit, 2015. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Starring Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie and Kathryn Hahn. SYNOPSIS: Two siblings visit their estranged grandparents for a week. Filming all of it as an attempt to reunite the grandparents with their mother after years of not speaking, the footage soon turns out to […]