Matt Smith reviews the latest episode of The Following…. So, over the last couple weeks I’ve done a lot. And by ‘a lot’, I mean, ‘not much’. I’ve sat in front of the TV watching various TV shows, films and the like, some of the time frankly demolishing Easter-themed chocolate. There were foil and chocolate […]
American Masters Review – Joe Papp in Five Acts (2010)
For those attending the 2013 Toronto Jewish Film Festival, they will be able to see the documentary Joe Papp in Five Acts (2010) which is to be aired as part of the PBS series American Masters back in 2010. The story is as educational as the man who decided to bring the plays of William Shakespeare […]
Comic Book Review – Godzilla: Half Century War #5
Luke Owen reviews the final issue of Godzilla: Half Century War…. Ota Murakami has fought Godzilla for fifty years. The decades have been hard on Ota, and he is seemingly no closer to his goal. Now, in the frozen wastes of Antarctica, the end of the world beckons. Ota and Ken gear up for a […]
Doctor Who – The Bells of Saint John – Review
Liam Trim reviews the return of Doctor Who…Warning: Spoilers!Doctor Who is back and this time the big attraction, at the start of Part Two of Series Seven, was the proper introduction of new companion Clara Oswald, played by Jenna-Louise Coleman. Yes we’ve seen her twice before already, in different incarnations, but it’s in The Bells […]
Classic Ninja Turtles to crossover in second season of TMNT – original voice actors returning
Cowabunga dudes! It’s been a rough time for fans of the Heroes in a Half-Shell recently. Michael Bay’s reboot was met with tepid reactions and the leaked script featuring “Colonel Schrader” did nothing to help. But good things are happening in the Nickelodeon cartoon TMNT and executive producer Ciro Nieli has talked about bringing back […]
Disney closes down LucasArts
Since it purchased Lucasfilm last year, Disney have made some pretty big changes in the Lucas landscape. Not only did they announce a new Star Wars trilogy and the move of Star Wars comics to Marvel, but today they announced that they are closing down fan favourite LucasArts as a development company to instead license […]
Flickering Myth’s Greatest Comic Book Movies: #23 – Blade (1998)
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 #23… Blade, 1998. Directed by Stephen Norrington.Starring Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N’Bushe Wright, Donal Logue, Udo Kier, Arly Jover and Traci Lords. While Bryan Singer’s X-Men (2000) […]
Guillermo del Toro on the chances of a Pacific Rim – Godzilla crossover
Kaiju fans certainly have plenty to look forward to over the next year and a half, with Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) overseeing the giant robot vs. giant monster carnage of Pacific Rim this July, before the King of the Monsters himself Godzilla returns in next year’s Hollywood reboot from director Gareth Edwards (Monsters). With […]
Comic Book Review – G.I. Joe: Special Missions #2
Gary Collinson reviews G.I. Joe: Special Missions #2…. “CRUSH DEPTH continues! Scarlett and her Special Missions team rush to the heart of a perfect storm to retrieve a prize of forty billion (with a B!) of COBRA funds lying in the ocean deep. The only trouble is that the Baroness is already on the scene […]
Superman: The Movies – What They Did and Didn’t Get Right
As Superman’s return draws ever closer, Martin Deer reflects on the previous movie incarnations of the Man of Steel…. This week marks one year of me writing for Flickering Myth – which continues to be an honour Gary, thank you – and my first article was a piece on Man of Steel and Superman. So […]