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DVD Review – Forsaken (2016)

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Forsaken, 2016 Directed by Jon Cassar. Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Demi Moore, Michael Wincott, Greg Ellis and Brian Cox. SYNOPSIS: In the Old West, former Civil War-veteran John Henry returns to his frontier hometown where he must repair a fractious relationship with his Reverend father, and face the demons of his past when a […]

Movie Review – Ghostbusters (2016)

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Ghostbusters, 2016. Directed by Paul Feig. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Neil Casey, Andy Garcia, Michael Kenneth Williams, Charles Dance and Chris Hemsworth. SYNOPSIS: Erin Gilbert, a disgraced physics teacher who grew up believing in ghosts, falls in with her estranged school friend Abby Yates and helps form the ‘Ghostbusters’, the […]

Exclusive Interview with RJ Lackie & Steph Ouaknine, producers of Inhuman Condition

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In an exclusive interview, Flickering Myth’s Tony Black sat down with his old friend RJ Lackie, series creator and writer of web series Inhuman Condition we recently featured, and fellow producer Steph Ouaknine, to talk how the production came to be, and the future of web series development… Obvious first question, but where did the […]

Comic Book Review – Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps Rebirth #1

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Tony Black reviews Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps Rebirth #1… Superstar artist Ethan Van Sciver returns to the world of Green Lantern! In the absence of the Green Lantern Corps, Sinestro and his fear-inducing Yellow Lantern Corps patrol the universe as its sole protectors—but deep in space, a green light still burns. Harnessing the […]

Comic Book Review – New Super-Man #1

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Tony Black reviews New Super-Man #1… “MADE IN CHINA” Chapter One: An impulsive act of heroism thrusts an arrogant young man into the limelight of Shanghai as China begins to form its own Justice League of powerful heroes. Rising from the ashes of The Final Days of Superman, award-winning writer Gene Luen Yang and on-the-rise […]

Comic Book Review – Action Comics #959

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Tony Black reviews Action Comics #959… “PATH TO DOOM” Chapter Three: Clark Kent gets caught in the crossfire as Doomsday crashes through the streets of Metropolis! As Lois struggles to keep young Jonathan out of the path of destruction, can former enemies Superman and Lex Luthor stop the monster that once destroyed the city and […]

Comic Book Review – Kong of Skull Island #1

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Tony Black reviews Kong of Skull Island #1… King Kong, world-famous and original gargantuan simian, is the progenitor of an entire genre, spawning sequels, remakes, and countless other interpretations. You know Kong. You love Kong! King Kong was created by Merian C. Cooper, and Kong of Skull Island is grounded in artist/author Joe DeVito’s groundbreaking […]

Star Trek: Why I’m with Takei, not Pegg, over Sulu

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Before we get started, let’s agree on one thing here: an openly gay main character on modern Star Trek is a great thing. It should have been included as part of Gene Roddenberry’s forward thinking, utopian vision for the 23rd century, but that was the 60’s and, well, the general message then was ‘straight people […]

Movie Review – Precious Cargo (2016)

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Precious Cargo, 2016. Directed by Max Adams. Starring Bruce Willis, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Claire Forlani, Jenna B. Kelly and Daniel Bernhardt.   SYNOPSIS: Skilled thief Jack, on the verge of leaving his criminal world behind, is drawn by pregnant ex-lover Karen into a battle against vicious crime boss Eddie, who wants her dead… If there was […]