Zaytoun, 2012. Directed by Eran Riklis.Starring Stephen Forff, Alice Taglioni, Ashraf Barhom, Ali Suliman and Abdallah El Akal. SYNOPSIS: Set in 1982, an Israeli fighter pilot, Yoni, gets shot down over Lebanon and subsequently kidnapped by a group of refugee Palestinians. After making his escape, Yoni attempts to make his way back home, and along […]
Hugh Jackman discusses Bryan Singer and X-Men: Days of Future Past
Not only will Hugh Jackman be bearing his claws as Wolverine again this summer for the sixth time, but we’ll also be seeing him in a seventh outing next year in Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. Jackman was speaking to Entertainment Weekly when the subject of playing Logan again came up. It seems […]
DVD Review – The Echo (2008)
The Echo, 2008. Directed by Yam Laranas. Starring Jesse Bradford, Kevin Durand and Amelia Warner. SYNOPSIS: Bobby Walker (Jesse Bradford) is fresh out of prison and living in his dead mother’s apartment as a condition of his parole. Plagued by eerie echoes of the dead trapped in the building, Bobby’s terror mounts as he begins […]
DVD Review – Mayday
Mayday, 2013. Created by Ben Court and Caroline Ip.Starring Peter Firth, Peter McDonald, Leila Mimmack, Aidan Gillen, Sophie Okenedo, Lesley Manville, Max Fowler, Tom Fisher and Sam Spruell. SYNOPSIS: As a small community celebrates May Day, 14-year-old May Queen Hattie disappears. The BBC’s recent five-part thriller Mayday, shown on consecutive nights over one week last […]
DVD Review – Scanners: The Complete Collection
Scanners: The Complete Collection DVD Box Set Scanners, 1981. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O’Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane and Charles Shamata. Scanners, for those who have not seen it – which was me – is a horror film which plays like a thriller, making for an interesting angle. The film wasn’t […]
Flickering Myth’s Greatest Comic Book Movies: #19 – Superman II (1980)
Throughout April, we’re counting down to the release of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here’s #19… Superman II, 1980. Directed by Richard Lester.Starring Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Jack O’Halloran, Sarah Douglas, Valerie Perrine, Susannah York, Jackie Cooper, Marc […]
The Walking Dead Season 3 – Episode 16 Review
Piers McCarthy reviews the season 3 finale of The Walking Dead… Season 2 of The Walking Dead was saved by its finale, and the expectations for the third season are expectedly high. Major spoilers follow… We know the anger swelling up inside the Governor and our first shot of “Welcome to the Tombs” is his […]
Comic Book Review – Northlanders Vol. 7: The Icelandic Trilogy
Robb Ghag reviews Northlanders Vol. 7: The Icelandic Trilogy… “In this final epic from issues #42-50, young Ulf Hauksson takes over his clan’s settlement in a new land before moving on to a violent civil war that followed years later. “ In this final presentation of Northlanders we follow a family of immigrants and the […]
Late to the Show – Skins (1st Generation)
In the next instalment of the ‘Late to the Show’ series, Luke Addison looks at the first generation of Skins…. Having recently discussed the show with a friend of mine, I decided to revisit each generation of Skins once more, before the final iteration airs in July, supposedly wrapping up some of the stories from […]
Movie Review – Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir (2011)
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir, 2011. Directed by Laurent Bouzereau. Starring Roman Polanski and Andrew Braunsberg. SYNOPSIS: Roman Polanski talks about being a Holocaust survivor who became a controversial public figure and an internationally acclaimed filmmaker. During the time Roman Polanski was under house arrest in Switzerland where he was to receive a life time achievement award […]