Oldboy, 2013. Directed by Spike Lee.Starring Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Michael Imperioli, and Pom Klementieff. SYNOPSIS: Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for 20 years without reason. Oldboy is an incredibly difficult film to review. In a […]
2 Guns producer having conversations about a sequel
2 Guns may not have set the box office alight, making a decent but wholly unremarkable $131 million worldwide, but it was an entertaining throwback to the buddy cop films of the 80s. While out promoting Lone Survivor, producer Randall Emmett spoke to Collider about the possibility of a sequel to the film which starred […]
Bryan Singer debunks alien rumours for X-Men: Apocalypse
Potential X-Men: Days of Future Past and X-Men: Apocalypse spoilers ahead…. Bryan Singer had barely hit the tweet button on his big reveal that X-Men: Apocalypse is set to hit cinemas in 2016 before several websites popped up claiming to have the inside scoop on plot details, most notably a report about the end credit […]
Alexander Payne Retrospective – Election
Simon Columb reviews Election from BFI Southbank’s Alexander Payne retrospective… Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach. So the age-old saying goes. Election, Alexander Payne’s second feature, hit cinema screens in 1999 and immediately found a fan-base by deconstructing this mantra and showing it in all its school-emblem colours. Kicking off Reese Witherspoon’s career […]
Writing team secured for Star Trek 3, Joe Cornish no longer in the mix to direct
Despite the fact that J.J. Abrams has vacated the director’s chair in favour of Star Wars: Episode VII, Paramount Pictures is wasting little time in moving Star Trek 3 up to full impulse power, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that screenwriters J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay will join Robert Orci in penning the script for […]
Peter Berg working on a sequel to The Rundown
Fans of Peter Berg’s The Rundown should rejoice for the director has revealed that he is currently developing a sequel to the Dwayne Johnson / Seann William Scott action comedy. Although it was met with an almost universal shrug of the shoulders from critics, the 2003 film has seemingly become a cult classic and Berg […]
My Favourite Christmas Movie – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Flickering Myth writing team count down to Christmas by discussing their favourite festive movies; next up is Matt Smith with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang… Hi, you there, the one reading the review. Just a quick note, not that you need it, you’re probably a smart, independent person; probably have a job, a car. Maybe […]
Keanu Reeves’ 47 Ronin off to a disappointing start in Japan
Universal’s action samurai fantasy 47 Ronin made its debut in Japan this weekend, taking just £1.3 million from 33 locations. Although making more than both Captain Phillips and RED 2, the $170 million epic looks set for a doomed U.S. opening this coming Christmas. 47 Ronin has been long in the works, with the release […]
Only God Forgives Karaoke!
The home entertainment release of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives has been no stranger to the interactive experience. Following Empire Magazine’s competition for one lucky reader to design the cover of the Steelbook Blu-ray edition, Only God Forgives has stirred up a new interactive phenomenon on YouTube for audiences. This coincides with last week’s […]
Amy Adams on Wonder Woman and Batman vs. Superman
Over the weekend Amy Adams attended the premiere of David O. Russell’s American Hustle, but – following last week’s big announcement that Gal Gadot (Fast & Furious) has secured the role of Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman – much of the topic of conversation during the press interviews surrounded Zack Snyder’s upcoming Man of […]
