Skyfall, 2012. Directed by Sam Mendes.Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Albert Finney, Bérénice Marlohe, Rory Kinnear, Helen McCrory, Ola Rapace and Ben Wishaw. SYNOPSIS: Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team vote for their favourite James Bond theme songs as Skyfall, the 23rd film in the franchise, hits cinemas…The sky is finally falling. The 23rd official James Bond film, Judi Dench’s 7th, Daniel Craig’s 3rd and director Sam Mendes’ 1st, Skyfall, swaggers into cinemas today. So far we’ve had to make do […]

Luke Owen counts down to Halloween by reviewing horror movies from the last 60 years; next up is The Omen (1976)… Three years prior to the release of The Omen a little film known as The Exorcist terrified audiences and pissed off church goers. The big kafuffle made by religious groups only spurred on more […]

To coincide with the Blue-ray Combo Pack release of the tale directed by Academy Award-winner Steven Spielberg about the friendship that develops between a boy and a creature from outer space, HarperCollins has published the 30th Anniversary Edition of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: From Concept to Classic.The publication opens with a new introduction by Steven Spielberg […]

When Millennium Films’ Conan the Barbarian hit cinemas last year, it seemed that any hope of seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to his breakthrough role as Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Cimmerian had been well and truly shattered. The promised sequel King Conan: Crown of Iron spent many a year in development hell, passing through the […]

Having repaired some of the damage caused by X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine with the 2010’s ‘pre-boot’ X-Men: First Class, 20th Century Fox’s plans for the X-Men franchise have been dealt a blow today with the surprising news that that British filmmaker Matthew Vaughn has chosen to pass on the upcoming sequel […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team count down to the release of Skyfall by discussing their favourite James Bond films; next up is Anghus Houvouras with Quantum of Solace… I’m a Bond fanatic. Officially “in the tank” for a good spy thriller with action, espionage and criminally attractive women. The Bond series has been through a creative […]

Luke Owen counts down to Halloween by reviewing horror movies from the last 60 years; next up is Psycho (1960)… I was originally going to review the George A. Romero classic Night of the Living Dead but with the recent release of the trailer for Hitchcock, I felt it was only right to review one […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team vote for their favourite James Bond films before Skyfall, the 23rd entry in the franchise, hits cinemas… If an alien race observed our cinematic habits over the past 50 years they may well pick out one particular universal constant, one glamorously unchanging law. No matter what happens in the world or […]

Luke Owen counts down to Halloween by reviewing horror movies from the last 60 years; first up is The Blob (1958)… The first of our 60 years of horror reviews begins with movie legend Steve McQueen’s feature debut – the 1958 cult classic The Blob. Made independently and for very cheap, The Blob is a […]