The Town That Dreaded Sundown, 2014Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Starring Addison Timlin, Veronica Cartwright, Anthony Anderson, Gary Cole, Joshua Leonard and Ed Lauter. SYNOPSIS:65 years after a masked serial killer terrorized the small town of Texarkana, the so-called ‘moonlight murders’ begin again. Is it a copycat or something even more sinister? A lonely high school girl, with […]
Comic Book Review – Chrononauts #2
Zeb Larson reviews Chrononauts #2… Corbin Quinn and Danny Reilly have become the world’s first time travelers—but not all goes according to plan when the two go rogue in their own era-hopping adventure! With the world watching, the buddies get mixed up in an eon’s worth of sticky situations while some of history’s scariest villains—and […]
Comic Book Review – The Fade Out #5
Zeb Larson reviews The Fade Out #5… The second act of BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS’ biggest hit ever begins with a bang! Someone knows who killed Valeria Sommers, but can our “heroes” find them without exposing themselves? And will their search lead them to answers they don’t want to find? A perfect jumping-on point for new […]
Second Opinion – Lost River (2014)
Lost River, 2014.Written and Directed by Ryan Gosling. Starring Ben Mendelsohn, Christina Hendricks, Eva Mendes, Iain De Caestecker, Matt Smith and Saorise Ronan.SYNOPSIS:A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.If Lost River were a cocktail it’d be one part […]
Comic Book Review – The Tithe #1
Zeb Larson reviews The Tithe #1… A heist story unlike any before! Mega-churches are being robbed for millions of dollars by a crusader hacker group known as Samaritan who is giving the money to causes they deem more worthy. This modern day “Robin Hood” is being pursued by two FBI agents who actually admire their […]
DVD Review – What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
What We Do in the Shadows, 2014. Directed by Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi. Starring Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stuart Rutherford, Jackie van Beek, Ben Fransham. SYNOPSIS: A documentary film crew follow the lives of four vampires as they go about adapting to boring 21st century life. The vampire renaissance that […]
Blu-ray Review – Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Blood and Black Lace, 1964. Directed by Mario Bava. Starring Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Mary Arden, Ariana Gorini, Francesca Ungaro. SYNOPSIS: A fashion house full of beautiful models becomes the setting for a bloodbath at the hands of a mysterious killer. The film most recognised as kickstarting the giallo genre, Mario Bava’s 1964 […]
Movie Review – Good Kill (2014)
Good Kill, 2014.Written and Directed by Andrew Niccol. Starring Ethan Hawke, January Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Bruce Greenwood and Jake Abel.SYNOPSIS:A family man begins to question the ethics of his job as a drone pilot.Many of the scenes are emotionless, repetitive and detached, set in a claustrophobic room without windows. These scenes involve the audience looking at monitors, […]
Mystery Science Theater 3000 XXXII Review
Brad Cook reviews Mystery Science Theater 3000 XXXII…When I wrote for Film Threat, I reviewed every Mystery Science Theater 3000 DVD set released by Shout! Factory, so I was happy to bring my reviews to Flickering Myth and continue the streak. I’ve been a fan of the show since I discovered it in college, back […]
Movie Review – Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron,2015. Directed by Joss Whedon Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Bettany, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, James Spader, Thomas Kretschmann, Cobie Smulders, Claudia Kim, Andy Serkis, Don Cheadle, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Hayley Atwell and Linda Cardellini. SYNOPSIS: When Tony Stark […]
