With Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to the big screen in The Last Stand, the Flickering Myth writing team look back at their favourite Arnie movies. Next up, Luke Owen with 1987’s The Running Man… “What’s the number one television show in the whole wide world?” When discussing my favourite movie from everyone’s favourite Austrian, I’m met […]
Gremlins to get the reboot treatment?
Hollywood is set to reboot a number of 80s classics over the next few years, including the likes of Flight of the Navigator, Highlander, RoboCop and Short Circuit, and now according to Vulture we might soon be able to add another to the list, with Warner Bros. said to be in negotiations with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment […]
Heroes & Villains: The Science Fiction Caricature Art of Kevin Greene
“I’ve been interested in doing caricatures for as long as I can remember,” states illustrator Kevin Greene as to the origins of his interest in the caricature art form. “I was a huge fan of Al Hirschfeld and Bruce Stark (who recently passed away). They both did TV Guide covers which my parents subscribed to, […]
Dane DeHaan to star in new Metallica movie
Dane DeHaan (Chronicle, Lawless) is set to star in the first film from the newly relaunched marketing and distribution company Picturehouse. Metallica: Through The Never, written and directed by Nimrod Antal (Predators), will feature the rock band and focus on DeHaan as a member of their crew. He is sent on an urgent mission while […]
My Favourite Tarantino Movie – Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Flickering Myth’s writing team count down to the UK release of Django Unchained by selecting their favourite Quentin Tarantino movies; next up is Kirsty Capes with 2003’s Kill Bill: Vol. 1… Kill Bill: Vol. 1 is a bit like a bull in a china shop. There is supposed structure in the narrative form, with each […]
Marvel’s Jeph Loeb teases a Heroes for Hire movie
Following the blockbuster success of Joss Whedon’s The Avengers, Disney and Marvel Studios are set to embark on Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe this year with the release of Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World, with Captain America: The Winter Solider and Guardians of the Galaxy both arriving next year as […]
Will Jack Reacher get a sequel?
It could all be over before it’s even really begun for the big screen run of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher character with The Hollywood Reporter claiming that the franchise is unlikely to get a sequel. The film drew a lot of criticism in its early stages with a lot of fans angry at the casting […]
Comic Book Review – The High Ways #1
Luke Owen reviews the first issue of John Byrne’s The High Ways… “Humanity has not yet reached for the stars, but the Solar System is still a busy, exciting, and sometimes very dangerous place, as young Eddie Wallace is about to discover, when he joins the crew of a freighter that hauls cargo along THE […]
My Favourite Arnie Movie – Predator (1987)
With Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to the big screen in The Last Stand, the Flickering Myth writing team look back at their favourite Arnie movies. Next up, Chris Cooper with 1987’s Predator… “Run! Go! Get to da choppah!”“Stick around.”“If it bleeds, we can kill it.”“Come on… Come on! Do it! Do it! Come on! Kill me! […]
Stranger Than Fiction: William Goldenberg talks about Argo
Trevor Hogg chats with film editor William Goldenberg about working with Ben Affleck and the challenges of assembling Argo… “Ben [Affleck] was a much more sophisticated director on Argo [2012] than he was on Gone Baby Gone [2007],” observes William Goldenberg who assembled the directorial debut as well as the third effort from the Hollywood […]