Flickering Myth’s writing team discuss their favourite movie soundtracks; next up is Martin Deer with Drive… As much as I love Drive – and I do love Drive – I can’t think of another film that’s enjoyment level is so squarely rooted in the accompanying music. I certainly don’t want to say that Drive would […]
Hannibal – Episode 9 Review
John Lucking reviews the ninth episode of Hannibal…. Hannibal doesn’t try to repulse its audience, it entices them with beauty – it just happens to use horror as its tool. The best example of this was in episode five (Coquilles), with its flesh angels suspended in various poses, but ‘Trou Normand’ manages to better that […]
Blu-ray Review – Blow Out (1981)
Blow Out, 1981. Directed by Brian De Palma.Starring John Travolta, Nancy Allen and John Lithgow. SYNOPSIS: A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger. Brian De Palma has directed a number of iconic Hollywood movies. He broke the mould with […]
DVD Review – Stranded (2013)
Stranded, 2013. Directed by Roger Christian.Starring Christian Slater, Brendan Fehr, Amy Matysio, and Michael Therriault. SYNOPSIS: Four isolated astronauts on board a bio-dome space craft experience a ghostly intercession after a meteor storm, leading to paranoia, fear and death. I was trapped watching Stranded. Trapped on a train travelling home from London. There was nowhere […]
DVD Review – Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot (2008)
Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot, 2008. Directed by Adam Yauch. SYNOPSIS: Eight of the U.S.’s top high school basketball players compete in the first “Elite 24” tournament at Rucker Park. When I was young and I had just started Senior school (so that’s Senior 1, or Year 7 in new money), I took an interest […]
DVD Review – The Numbers Station (2013)
The Numbers Station, 2013. Directed by Kasper Barfoed.Starring John Cusak, Malin Akerman, Liam Cunningham and Hannah Murray. SYNOPSIS: A former black ops agent and the young woman he’s assigned to protect fight for survival after a surprise attack. Directed by Kasper Barfoed (The Candidate) and produced by Bryan and Sean Furst (Daybreakers), The Numbers Station […]
Blu-ray Review – Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
Dr. Who and the Daleks, 1965. Directed by Gordon Flemyng.Starring Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden and Roberta Tovey. SYNOPSIS: The Doctor (Peter Cushing) discovers the planet of Skaro. A primitive world devasted by nuclear war and populated by two warring species, a peaceful tribe known as the Thrals and a life form heavily mutated […]
Blu-ray Review – Daleks’ Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
Daleks’ Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D., 1966. Directed by Gordon Flemyng.Starring Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbens, Jill Curzon and Roberta Tovey. SYNOPSIS: The Earth of 2150 AD is a desolate and hostile ruin of a planet, crumbling at the edge of civilisation, slowly disappearing into the darkness of space. For the future of planet earth now belongs […]
Iron Man 3 becomes the fifth biggest film of all time
Having surpassed the box office haul of The Dark Knight Rises late last week to become the highest-grossing solo superhero movie, Marvel’s Iron Man 3 has now moved above Skyfall, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Transformers: Dark of the Moon to crack the top five in the list of […]
Movie Review – The Great Gatsby (2013)
The Great Gatsby, 2013. Directed by Baz Luhrmann.Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, and Jason Clarke. SYNOPSIS: A Midwestern war veteran finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbour. Baz Luhrmann’s remake of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby may just be his most […]
