With the massive success of the first two Expendables films it comes as no surprise that a third movie is in development and just about every action star over the age of fifty years old has been rumored to be circling a role, including the likes of Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino), Harrison Ford (Star Wars) […]

The Flickering Myth writing team trade opinions on the future of Star Wars following Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm and the announcement of Episode VII… How much would you pay for exclusive ownership of your very own film franchise? If you’re a lifelong fan of said franchise a precise figure is probably impossible to calculate. For […]

Argo, 2012. Directed by Ben Affleck.Starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Taylor Schilling, Kyle Chandler, John Goodman, Zeljko Ivanek, Alan Arkin, Clea DuVall, Tate Donovan and Victor Garber. SYNOPSIS: A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran. It’s the 4th of November 1979, the […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… David Mitchell writes for The Guardian about Star Wars and the Disney take-over. I know, I know. Old news really – but more interestingly, Mitchell compares the take over with the future of the franchise becoming more akin to the 50-year long stretch of 007 before highlighting how […]

First announced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way back in 2008, the feature adaptation of the anthology series The Twilight Zone has been pretty much shrouded in secrecy from the get go, save for the fact the proposed movie would consist of a single ‘VFX heavy’ tale inspired by Rod Serling’s classic TV show. […]

Luke Owen on the latest issue of Ghostbusters… I don’t know about you, but I found the ‘Haunted America’ issues to be quite tedious and slow. So this latest story arc with the Ghost Smashers is a welcome change of pace. I’ve always enjoyed Ghostbusters comics that remind me of the brilliance of The Real […]

Luke Owen on the latest issue of Godzilla… While IDW’s other Godzilla series – The Half Century War – continues to amass praise from fans and critics alike, the regular on-going series is still going strong even if it can be fairly hit and miss. Issue #5 was one of those miss entries. While the […]

Our weekly round up of all the latest news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Iron Man 3, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Avengers 2, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, Black Panther, The Inhumans, S.H.I.E.L.D., The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Man of Steel, Heaven Sent, Arrow, Powers and […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the third episode of The Walking Dead season three… I finished Episode 2’s review with: “could an unexpected event take place in episode 3? I’d count on it.” Episode 3 of The Walking Dead verified my idea that more of the unexpected was it on its way. I never imagined that the […]

Now that Christopher Nolan’s Batman saga has come to an end with the release of The Dark Knight Rises this past July, the future of Warner Bros.’ stable of DC Comics properties looks a little uncertain. Next year, Nolan, screenwriter David S. Goyer and director Zack Snyder will reboot Superman with the hotly-anticipated Man of […]