After Earth, 2013. Directed by M. Night ShyamalanStarring Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Isabelle Fuhrmann, Sophie Okonedo, Zoe Kravitz, David Denman, and Kristofer Hivju. SYNOPSIS: A crash landing leaves Kitai Raige and his father Cypher stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to […]

Our weekly round up of all the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Man of Steel, Justice League and a DC Movie Universe, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Avengers 2, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Incredible Hulk, […]

Anghus Houvouras shifts his attention from the most disappointing films of all time to the most disappointing filmmakers; up first is M. Night Shyamalan… There are few directors I can think of that have experienced the dizzying highs and maddening lows as M. Night Shyamalan.  His career has been a bizarre mish-mash of both masterpieces […]

To celebrate the release of Man of Steel this month, the Flickering Myth writing team are looking back over Superman’s previous screen adventures; first up is Gary Collinson with a review of 1951’s Superman and the Mole-Men… More than a quarter of a century before Richard Donner made us believe a man could fly, director […]

Last month we faced the news that after roughly 15 years of voicing Solid Snake and Big Boss, David Hayter (who also starred in Guyver and wrote X2) would not be returning for Metal Gear Solid V. Hayter himself, though upset, seemed rather chilled out about the whole situation: “I have been up in Toronto, […]

He said he’ll be back! With the release of The Last Stand on DVD and Blu-Ray this week, Arnold Schwarzenegger himself has been doing the publicity rounds. In a chat with Metro, Arnie is asked about his involvement in a fourth sequel to one of his break out roles, The Terminator. At the same time […]

Over the past six months or so we’ve heard plenty of speculation about possible new additions to the line-up of action icons for The Expendables 3, most of which has came directly from Sylvester Stallone’s Twitter account. On several occasions, Sly has seemingly jumped the gun with his casting announcements, particularly concerning martial arts legend […]

Tom Jolliffe takes in a Rutger Hauer double bill of The Hitcher and Blind Fury… Rutger Hauer’s career has seen him star in an eclectic mix of both films and roles. He’s done art house, independent, blockbusters, and low grade b(z)movies. He’s plied his trade in Hollywood, and European cinema and filmed all over the […]

There can be an array of reasons why phones feature in films and it’s not just for advertising. It may not have been considered much, but phones can actually be very important to the plot – you may wonder why the characters don’t just use the landline, but let’s face it, this doesn’t exactly scream […]

Paul Risker talks zombies with Matthias Hoene, director of Cockneys vs Zombies and #dontbescared… Did you hear the news? Wednesday night saw Zombies take over Channel 4 when the short film #dontbescared aired; created by the writer-director of Cockneys vs Zombies Matthias Hoene and giffgaff. But these were not the Zombies we have become accustomed […]