Our weekly round up of the latest news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Justice League, Wally Pfister vs. Joss Whedon, The Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man 3, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Red Skull, Agent Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Incredible Hulk, Hellboy 3, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, […]

David Oyelowo (The Paperboy) has signed on to play arguably the greatest pound for pound boxer in history Sugar Ray Robinson in a biopic based on Wil Haygood’s biography Sweet Thunder: the Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson. According to Deadline, Rachael Horovitz (Moneyball) and Danny Strong (Game Change) will produce the movie with […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the first episode of The Walking Dead season 3… Season Two of The Walking Dead was exceptional at points but never seemed as exciting as the first. There were a few amazing set pieces (notably the season’s finale) and some wonderful characters introduced, but the pace was ultimately too slow at points. […]

In the House (French: Dans la maison), 2012. Directed by François Ozon.Starring Fabrice Luchini, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Denis Ménochet and Emmanuelle Seigner. SYNOPSIS: A sixteen-year-old student befriends a classmate and writes stories about his family, leaving his tutor compelled by his great work. However, the student’s writing leads to a series of events […]

Grassroots, 2012.  Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal. Starring Jason Biggs, Joel David Moore, Lauren Ambrose, Cobie Smulders, Tom Arnold, Christopher McDonald and Cedric the Entertainer. SYNOPSIS: An unemployed journalist decides to help his eccentric friend run for a seat on the Seattle city council while also trying to keep his relationship with his girlfriend together. In this […]

Seven Psychopaths, 2012. Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh.Starring Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko, Željko Ivanek, Gabourey Sidibe, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Pitt, Michael Stuhlbarg and Harry Dean Stanton. SYNOPSIS: Reality and ideas collide, as a Hollywood screenwriter must contend with his two psychopathic friends who have […]

Over the past couple of months there have been plenty of twists and turns in the seemingly never-ending saga that is Ghostbusters III; in July, it was reported that Sony had hired Etan Cohen (Men in Black 3) to develop a new script for the long-rumoured sequel, before Dan Aykroyd confirmed the following month that […]

Celeste and Jesse Forever, 2012. Directed by Lee Toland Krieger.Starring Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Eric Christian Olsen, Ari Graynor, Rob Huebel and Elijah Wood. SYNOPSIS: Jesse and Celeste are best friends who spend all their time together. Even six months after their divorce. Going on the opening montage and first few scenes, you’d think Celeste […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team count down to the release of Skyfall by discussing their favourite James Bond films; next up is Jeffrey Aidoo with The Man with the Golden Gun… The Man with the Golden Gun marks Roger Moore’s second outing as the British secret agent James Bond and while there will always be an […]

Apartment 143 (a.k.a. Emergo), 2012. Directed by Carles Torrens.Starring Kai Lennox, Gia Mantegna, Fransecs Garrido, Fiona Glascott, Rick Gonzalez and Michael O’Keefe. SYNOPSIS: A team of parapsychologists conduct an investigation into why strange phenomena are tormenting a family in their apartment building… Since (at least) the massive success of The Blair Witch Project in 1999, […]