Steve Leadbetter argues that although the Bechdel Test is designed to keep the industry in check, does it really matter to film-makers themselves? The Bechdel test asks whether a work of fiction features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man. With the recent release of the figures […]

It’s taken Warner Bros. a while to decide what to do with its various DC Comics properties, but with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in production and Justice League on the horizon, it seems the studio is finally set to launch a challenge to Marvel and its dominance of the comic book movie market. […]

Despite previous reports that no members of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek cast would be joining the director in a galaxy far, far away, IGN is suggesting that Simon Pegg has filmed a “secret role” for Star Wars: Episode VII, with the Shaun of the Dead star reportedly shooting the part on location in Abu Dhabi. […]

Scott Davis continues his journey with Jack Bauer through 24: Live Another Day with a review of episode 7… Here come the “dammits”. Hour seven of 24’s return to the small screen, and the tension is becoming more and more palpable. In the aftermath of Prime Minister Davies (Stephen Fry) and MI5’s disastrous intervention of […]

The Flickering Myth writing and editorial team give their thoughts on the trailer for Dumb and Dumber To…. It may be 20 years after the original, but Harry and Lloyd are back for Dumb and Dumber To, the trailer for which was released yesterday. But what did our writing team think? Ozzy Armstrong: I might […]

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, 2014. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Starring Callum Keith Rennie, Helena Bonham Carter, Dominique Pinon, Kyle Catlett, Judy Davis and Jakob Davies. SYNOPSIS: Upon receiving the news that he has won an award from the Smithsonian Institute, the ten-year-old TS Spivet leaves his family home on an adventure to collect […]

The Hooligan Factory, 2014 Directed by Nick Nevern Starring Jason Maza, Nick Nevern, Tom Burke, Ray Fearon, Steven O’Donnell, Morgan Watkins, Josef Altin, Ronnie Fox, Leo Gregory, Keith-Lee Castle and Lorraine Stanley SYNOPSIS: Dex, Danny and The Hooligan Factory travel the length of the country on a mission to re-establish their firm’s glory days. However, the […]

Gavin Logan on Marvel taking the MCU in a different direction with Doctor Strange…. Lately the majority of Marvel’s headlines have been littered with the revolving doors situation at the front of the Ant-Man headquarters. In, out, shake it all about. It’s been messy and Marvel have come out of it looking less than savoury. […]

Oculus, 2014 Directed by Mike Flanagan Starring Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff, Rory Cochrane, Analise Basso and Garrett Ryan SYNOPSIS: A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon. Over the last decade or so, the horror genre hasn’t really turned […]

As pointed out in a previous news story, it’s a good time to be a Star Wars fan. We have J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars Episode VII currently being filmed, Godzilla director Gareth Edwards directing a spin-off movie and Chronicle‘s Josh Trank doing another. But one Star Wars spin-off that looks like we’ll never see is the […]