With Jurassic Park being re-released in cinemas this week and news of Ghostbusters getting the same treatment next month, Luke Owen explores a possible new trend in Hollywood… October 2010, I was in the car with my housemates on the way to my local over-priced multiplex. But we weren’t on our way to see the […]
DVD Review – 51 (2011)
51, 2011. Directed by Jason Connery. Starring Bruce Boxleitner, Rachel Miner, Vanessa Branch, Jason London, Andrew Sensenig and Damon Lipari. SYNOPSIS: Following pressure from the American public, the military open the doors to Area 51 to two well-known reporters only for the well-managed tour to turn into a fight for survival when one of the […]
The Week in Spandex – The Dark Knight Rises, Marvel Cinematic Universe, New York Comic-Con and more…
Presenting our weekly round-up of all the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… It’s been quite an active week from The Dark Knight Rises camp, with several of the film’s cast talking (briefly) about Christopher Nolan’s third and final Batman feature; Tom Hardy told The Scotsman that the director “has relative carte […]
Special Features: Q&A with The Lion King directors Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers
This evening Flickering Myth were one of a number of sites invited to take part in a virtual roundtable interview with Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers, co-directors of The Lion King, to discuss the 3D re-release of the animated Disney classic ahead of its arrival here in the U.K. on October 7th. The resulting two-hour […]
DVD Review – Juice (1992)
Juice, 1992. Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson. Starring Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Jermaine “Huggy” Hopkins, Khalil Kain and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: Four friends growing up in Harlem spend every day skipping school, stealing records and playing at the arcade. After a series of events, they are involved in a foiled convenience store robbery which […]
Page and Screen – The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Liam Trim with the latest edition of ‘Page and Screen’… This feature often asks whether some novels really are completely impossible to adapt for the screen. Usually diehard fans of much loved books being made into films are concerned primarily with one thing; the characters. They worry that the actors won’t fit their mental images […]
DVD Review – Stake Land (2010)
Stake Land, 2010. Directed by Jim Mickle. Starring Connor Paulo, Nick Damici, Danielle Harris and Kelly McGillis. SYNOPSIS: A vampire epidemic has swept across the nation and its up to vampire hunter Mister to escort young Martin to Canada, the New Eden where they can be safe. Stake Land is like Zombieland with vampires instead […]
Movie Review – Warrior (2011)
Warrior, 2011. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Starring Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Morrison and Nick Nolte. SYNOPSIS: Warrior tells the story of the broken Conlon family, Brendan (Joel Edgerton), Tommy (Tom Hardy) and Paddy (Nick Nolte), who figuratively and literally fight to repair themselves and their family. I’ll start this review by saying that I […]
Quick Shooter: A Clint Eastwood Profile (Part 1)
Trevor Hogg profiles the career of Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood in the first of a five part feature… “My parents were married around 1929, right at the beginning of the Depression,” remembered American filmmaker and actor Clint Eastwood of his childhood. “It was a tough period for everybody and especially a young guy like my […]
DVD Review – Episode 50 (2011)
Episode 50, 2011. Directed by Joe Smalley and Tess Smalley. Starring Josh Folan, Chris Perry, Natalie Wetta, Keithen Hergott and Eleanor Wilson. SYNOPSIS: A group of paranormal inspectors who dispel hauntings are sent to explain the happenings of a haunted insane asylum. Recently I have began to realise that sometimes it’s better to go into […]