It seems Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction really is more than meets the eye. Despite a critical panning (including our own ★ review), the fourth instalment of the Transformers franchise has taken a whopping $300 million worldwide in its opening weekend. The film has beaten out Captain America: The Winter Soldier‘s opening weekend of […]

According to Ain’t It Cool News, Alan Taylor’s Terminator: Genesis has undergone a title change, and will simply drop the “Genesis” subtitle and go by Terminator. Apparently, several of their sources claim that the film’s licensing, merchandise, and toys that tie into the film are being branded as Terminator tie-ins, with Genesis nowhere to be found. Come to think of […]

As far as acting chops go, Paul Rudd has what it takes to make the perfect Ant-Man and will likely embody the role of Scott Lang with his trademark comedic stylings. Physically, however, Rudd isn’t the first person you picture when thinking of the word “superhero,” but that’s why they invented Hollywood trainers. Rudd recently […]

After helping the X-Men franchise to hit a combined $3 billion earlier in the week, Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past has now pushed its worldwide total to $712.7 million this weekend, overtaking rival Marvel superhero movies The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($703.7 million) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($711.2 million) to become the […]

Back in May, Mark Ruffalo revealed that he’s getting some assistance from performance capture expert Andy Serkis (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) when it comes to his realisation of The Incredible Hulk in the currently-in-production Avengers: Age of Ultron. Now Serkis has confirmed to Variety that he is involved with the eagerly-anticipated Marvel […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Vanessa Thorpe and Callum Cuddeford write for The Observer about the pay and conditions in cinemas across London in an article titled “Cinema stars back call to make arts venues pay a living wage”: “Investigations by the Observer this weekend found that several larger London arts venues, such as the […]

Flickering Myth co-editor Luke Owen sits down with Marlon Wayans to discuss his upcoming movie, A Haunted House 2… The original movie was panned by many critics and its sequel, A Haunted House 2, hasn’t fared much better. But that hasn’t stopped Marlon Wayans (Scary Movie) from producing his brand of humour for his audience. […]

Tom Jolliffe delves into The Dusty VHS Corner for the second part of his Bloodfist marathon (read part 1 here)… In many a film franchise there comes a point where the steam train is running out of steam. Generally the closer you get to hitting double figures, the closer you get to creative oblivion. Some […]

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has taken to Facebook to reflect on his time working on Marvel’s space opera, as he puts the final touches to the film ahead of its impending release… I swear, I’ve gotten angry with filmmakers like Ridley Scott and George Lucas who can’t let go of their old […]