To celebrate the release of Man of Steel this month, the Flickering Myth writing team are looking back over Superman’s previous screen adventures; next up is Olivia Luder with a defense of the origin series Smallville…. Superman is a character with a long and varied history and the upcoming Man of Steel movie has provided […]
Video Game Review – The Last of Us
Kris Wall reviews The Last of Us…. Post-apocalyptic action adventure – four words that have now become almost guaranteed to raise a yawn amongst the gaming collective looking to seek out new and exciting adventures. So, from the creators of Uncharted, Naughty Dog, comes another post-apocalyptic action adventure that riffs on everything from The Road […]
Second Opinion – The Purge (2013)
The Purge, 2013. Written and Directed by James DeMonaco.Starring Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder, Adelaide Kane, Edwin Hodge and Rhys Wakefield. SYNOPSIS: A family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legalized. What if one night a […]
Looking forward to Thor: The Dark World
It’s been five years since the release of the first instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man – and their seventh came out this year in the form of Iron Man 3. Marvel have done an incredible job of producing big-hit action hero films in a way that no company has ever managed. Although […]
Comic Book Review – Superman Unchained #1
Martin Deer reviews the first issue of Superman Unchained…. “When thirteen satellites fall from the sky in one day, the logical suspect is Lex Luthor even though he’s still locked up in prison! But a stranger question remains: If Superman didn’t stop the last satellite from falling, who did?“ After his stellar work – and […]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer to pen Tomb Raider reboot
MGM’s planned reboot of the Tomb Raider movie franchise has taken a step closer to becoming reality with the news that the studio has appointed screenwriter Marti Noxon to write the script for the video game adaptation, which is said to follow “archaeologist Lara Croft as she sets off on one of her international adventures.” […]
Superman Month – Superman Returns (2006)
To celebrate the release of Man of Steel this month, the Flickering Myth writing team are looking back over Superman’s previous screen adventures; next up is Rohan Morbey with a defense of 2006’s Superman Returns…. On June 28th 2006, Superman, after an absence of nearly two decades from cinema screens, returned. The director of the […]
Special Features – The Death of the Box Office Star
Anthony Stokes on the death of the box office movie star…. Hollywood just isn’t what it used to be. To the untrained eye it may appear that the movie industry is financially successful because every five months a tent pole hits a billion dollars, but this is far from the case. In actuality Hollywood is […]
Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Secret History of the Foot Clan TPB
Luke Owen looks at the trade paperback collection of TMNT: The Secret History of the Foot Clan… Demons, ninjas, and hostile takeovers–what more can you want from a TMNT comic? Secret History of the Foot Clan collects the thrilling mini-series and reveals a story never told before about the original founder of the Foot. Join […]
Superman Month – Why Superman IV: The Quest For Peace is Worse Than Superman Returns
Luke Owen looks into the debate on which is the worst Superman movie… While we are in the middle of Superman Month, I thought I would address a question that has plagued a generation – which is the worst Superman movie? But before we can answer that, let’s look into some history… Superman: The Movie […]