Maxine Bahns (The Brothers McMullen, Cutaway, Charlie Valentine) and Aaron Farb (Powers, Kill The Messenger) have joined SAG nominee Stelio Savante (Eisenstein In Guanajuato, A Million Colours, Ugly Betty) in the lead cast of Todd L. Green’s dramatic-thriller Avalanche. The indie feature is scheduled to begin lensing in Houston in October and tells the story […]
Lucas Till returning as Havok in X-Men: Apocalypse
Bryan Singer has taken to Instagram to announce that Lucas Till is set to reprise his role as Alex Summers / Havok in next year’s X-Men: Apocalypse, with the actor joining an ever growing list of characters in the mutant superhero sequel. Till made his debut as Havok in 2011’s Matthew Vaughn-directed X-Men: First Class, […]
Fast & Furious 7 becomes fastest movie to hit $1 billion at the global box office
Universal Pictures is celebrating this weekend with the news that the James Wan-directed action sequel Fast & Furious 7 has become the first film of 2015 to reach the $1 billion milestone at the global box office. It also has the distinction of being the fastest movie to reach that figure, doing so in just […]
An Unsubstantiated Opinion: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Anghus Houvouras with an unsubstantiated opinion on Star Wars: The Force Awakens… An Unsubstantiated Opinion is a baseless and often reckless series of interconnected thoughts about what’s appearing on the pop culture landscape. The feelings expressed in this semi-regular column are admittedly troubling and often the subject of many private discussions among the Flickering Myth […]
Alexander Skarsgard and Liam Hemsworth reportedly wanted for Steve Trevor role in Wonder Woman
A few weeks back Latino-Review reported that Scott Eastwood (The Longest Ride) would be playing Wonder Woman love-interest Steve Trevor in next year’s DC supervillain ensemble Suicide Squad, only for Variety to debunk the story earlier this week when it reported that four actors are set to test for the role in the Amazon Princess’ […]
Superhero Showdown 2015 – Avengers: Age of Ultron vs Ant-Man vs The Fantastic Four
Gary Collinson on the 2015 superhero box office showdown… REVISITING LAST YEAR’S PREDICTIONS Before we turn our attention to this year’s line-up of superhero movies, we’ll start as always by casting our eye back twelve months to last year’s predictions, as Marvel continued the build to Avengers: Age of Ultron with Captain America: The Winter […]
Guardians of the Galaxy 2’s working title is Guardians 3000
According to Production Weekly, Marvel’s upcoming follow-up to last year’s smash hit Guardians of the Galaxy is going under the working title of Guardians 3000, which – if true – suggests that we might be seeing some of the original line-up of the cosmic superhero team in the 2017 sequel. SEE ALSO: James Gunn: Guardians […]
Movie Review – Cry of the City (1948)
Cry of the City, 1948 Directed by Robert Siodmak. Starring Richard Conte, Victor Mature, Berry Kroeger, Shelley Winters and Debra Paget. SYNOPSIS: Adapted from the novel The Chair for Martin Rome by Henry Edward Helseth, the film tells the story of a charismatic criminal and his nemesis, Lieutenant Candella… Remember Barzini? The old-crone who was taken out on the […]
Movie Review – Unfriended (2015)
Unfriended, 2015. Directed by Levan Gabriadze. Starring Shelley Hennig, Moses Jacob Storm, Renee Olstead, Will Peltz, Jacob Wysocki, Courtney Halverson and Heather Sossaman. SYNOPSIS: A group of online chat room friends find themselves haunted by a mysterious, supernatural force using the account of their dead friend. Do you like gimmicks in your movies? How about […]
Movie Review – Last Knights (2015)
Last Knights, 2015. Directed by Kazuaki Kiriya. Starring Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Aksel Hennie, Cliff Curtis, Dave Legeno and Ayelet Zurer. SYNOPSIS: Academy Award Nominee Clive Owen delivers an electrifying performance as a fallen warrior who rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master, Academy Award Winner Morgan Freeman in this […]
