The Amazing Spider-Man, 2012. Directed by Marc Webb. Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Irrfan Khan and Chris Zylka. SYNOPSIS: A brilliant but troubled young man is bitten by a genetically altered spider, changing him forever. We know this story, don’t we? We’ve heard it all before, so […]

The Flickering Myth writing team trade opinions on the first trailer for Dredd… In 1995 Sylvester Stallone starred as judge, jury and executioner in Judge Dredd. Whilst the film has its fans, they are mostly drowned out by the critics. The movie has a dire 15% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is slammed for weaknesses […]

Transit, 2012. Directed by Antonio Negret. Starring Jim Caviezel, James Frain, Elisabeth Röhm, Diora Baird, Sterling Knight, Ryan Donowho, Jake Cherry and Harold Perrineau. SYNOPSIS: A gang of bank robbers use a suburban family as unwitting couriers to move millions of dollars of stolen money past a police roadbloack. What happens when four bank robbers […]

Luke Graham continues his episode by episode review of E4’s latest American sitcom… It’s Just Sex was an attempt by Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 to tell a delicate and tender story about relationships and the act of love… nah I’m just kidding, it’s a typical episode of Don’t Trust that takes the […]

The Amazing Spider-Man, 2012. Directed by Marc Webb. Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Irrfan Khan and Chris Zylka. SYNOPSIS: Peter Parker develops superhuman powers after being bitten by a genetically engineered spider. $114,844,116. Hands up if you know what significance this number has in film history. That’s […]

Legendary British comedian, actor and writer Eric Sykes has died aged 89 after a short illness. Born in Oldham in 1923, Sykes went to become one of the country’s best-loved comic talents through his radio, film, television and stage work, enjoying a career that spanned seven decades and saw him collaborate with a host British […]

The Amazing Spider-Man, 2012. Directed by Marc Webb. Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Irrfan Khan and Chris Zylka. SYNOPSIS: Teenager Peter Parker begins to develop super powers after being bitten by a genetically engineered spider. You might remember that I expressed a few negative thoughts about The […]

Berberian Sound Studio, 2012. Written and Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Toby Jones, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Susanna Cappellaro and Cosimo Fusco. SYNOPSIS: A mild-mannered English foley artist is drafted in to the production of a 70s Italian horror movie. Entirely unused to either Italian passions or the horror genre, he struggles to find his place. Berberian […]

If you’ve been following the development of Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man at all, then you’ll no doubt be aware that director Marc Webb has overseen big changes to the Spider-Man franchise, and we don’t just mean replacing Tobey Maguire with Andrew Garfield. Out of all of the changes to the Spidey mythos, one of the […]

Killer Joe, 2011. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Gina Gershon, Juno Temple and Thomas Haden Church. SYNOPSIS: In debt to a local gangster, a small-time drug dealer puts out a hit on his own mother to collect her life insurance, which attracts the interest of a policeman who moonlights as a […]