Ahead of the release of Denis Villeneuve’s (Blade Runner 2049) upcoming Dune adaptation, Warner Media has greenlit a spinoff series for their streaming platform. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series will be produced by Dune cowriter Jon Spaihts along with Brian Herbert and focus on an enigmatic order of women called the Bene Gesserit […]
Movie Review – Terror in the Skies (2019)
Terror in the Skies, 2019. Directed by Seth Breedlove. Featuring Lyle Blackburn, Ken Gerhard, Loren Coleman, Chad Lewis, Kevin Nelson, Allison Jornlin, and Tobias Wayland. SYNOPSIS: A documentary exploring the history and urban legends surrounding encounters with supernatural winged creatures sighted in the state of Illinois, told through first-person accounts and interviews with paranormal investigators. […]
Movie Review – Battle Angel (1993)
Battle Angel (a.k.a. Gunnm), 1993. Directed by Hiroshi Fukutomi. Featuring the voice talents of Miki Itō, Shunsuke Kariya, Kappei Yamagunchi, Edward Glen, Mami Koyama, and Shigeru Chiba. SYNOPSIS: In the dystopian scrap yard of the 26th century Daisuke Ido finds the head and chest of a female cyborg named Alita. Once he puts her back together […]
Movie Review – Beneath the Leaves (2019)
Beneath the Leaves, 2019. Directed by Adam Marino. Starring Mira Sorvino, Kristoffer Polaha, Doug Jones, Christopher Masterson, Melora Walters, and Paul Sorvino. SYNOPSIS: James Whitley, a deranged, warm-eyed psychopath, kidnaps four small-town boys. But his grotesque pursuit to reunite orphaned children with their deceased birth parents is gridlocked when the boys escape and he is […]
Exclusive Interview – Composer Raul Vega talks Rose Drive and working with Hans Zimmer
Sam Kitagawa chats with composer Raul Vega… Raul Vega chats with Flickering Myth about working with Hans Zimmer on the scores of Man of Steel, Interstellar, Dunkirk, and Blade Runner 2049, as well as his new mystery podcast Rose Drive. The podcast follows seven friends in the wake of a tragedy that occurred at a […]
Movie Review – Snowflake (2017)
Snowflake, 2017. Directed by Adolfo J. Kolmerer and William James. Starring Reza Brojerdi, Erkan Acar, Xenia Assenza, David Masterson, Alexander Schubert, Adrian Topol, Gedeon Burkhard, Eskindir Tesfay, Selem Tadese, Martin Goeres, and Judith Hoersch. SYNOPSIS: Hunting down the murderer of their families in an anarchic Berlin of the near future, the outlaws Tan and Javid […]
Beyond Fest 2018 Review – Border
Border, 2018. Directed by Ali Abbasi. Starring Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson, Ann Petrén, Sten Ljunggren, Kjell Wilhelmsen, and Matti Boustedt. SYNOPSIS: A customs officer who can smell fear develops an unusual attraction to a strange traveler while aiding a police investigation, which will call into question her entire existence. Border opens with Tina, […]
Beyond Fest 2018 Review – Luz
Luz, 2018. Directed by Tilman Singer. Starring Luana Velis, Nadja Stübiger, Julia Riedler, Lilli Lorenz, Jan Bluthardt, and Johannes Benecke. SYNOPSIS: Luz, a young cabdriver, drags herself into the brightly lit entrance of a run-down police station. A demonic entity follows her, determined to finally be close to the woman it loves. For the most […]
Movie Review – Jean (2016)
Jean, 2016. Directed by Shawn Welling. Starring Isabella Blake-Thomas, Lee Majors, Ranger Welling, Justin Lebrun, Derek Russo, Martin Copping, Shawn Welling, Elizabeth Blake-Thomas, Preslee Bishop, David Namminga, Leticia Peres, and Michael Pickering. SYNOPSIS: Jean heads into the wilderness accompanied by her faithful dog Ranger to find her grandfather. Jean sets itself in a beautiful, harsh […]
Arrow Video FrightFest Review – The Cleaning Lady (2018)
The Cleaning Lady, 2018. Directed by Jon Knautz. Starring Alexis Kendra, Stelio Savante, Rachel Alig, Elizabeth Sandy, Mykayla Sohn, JoAnne McGrath, and Keri Marrone. SYNOPSIS: As a means to distract herself from an affair, a love-addicted woman befriends a cleaning lady, badly scarred by burns. She soon learns these scars run much deeper than the […]
