Anghus Houvouras on the impending Death of Wolverine… People who work in the comic book industry are a funny lot. Creative, interesting, often quite witty individuals who produce a lot of entertaining tweets and quotes. Social media is abuzz this week with the upcoming ‘death’ of Wolverine. That and a seemingly endless stream of naked […]

According to the BBC, former Game of Thrones star Miltos Yerolemou, who portrayed the character of swordsman Syrio Forel in the first season of HBO’s epic fantasy series, has signed on to the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII in an unspecified role. While no character details have been revealed, speculation would suggest that Yerolemou […]

Stan Lee’s actual involvement in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is extremely limited, despite being cited as an executive producer on all the films. However, he is the granddaddy of the Marvel-verse, and still knows a bit of what goes on behind the scenes. Lee is often asked by fans and reporters about the goings-on at Marvel, and […]

As Above, So Below, 2014. Directed by John Erick Dowdle. Starring Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, François Civil, Marion Lambert and Ali Marhyar. SYNOPSIS: When a team of explorers ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead. Hunting […]

Yesterday it was reported that Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) was in line to take on the role of Snake Plisskin in the reboot of the John Carpenter classic, Escape From New York. While over to promote his new film The Guest (read our review here), Stevens told Flickering Myth that there was no truth to […]

Corbo, 2014. Directed by Mathieu Denis. Starring Anthony Therrien, Antoine L’Écuyer, Karelle Tremblay, Tony Nardi, Jean-François Pronovost, Dino Tavarone, Marie Brassard, Francis Ducharme, and Simon Pigeon. SYNOPSIS: A teenage Quebecer in the 1960s evolves from pro-independence activist to radical terrorist. The prologue talks about how French Quebecers were discriminated by the English minority resulting in the majority […]

Waste Land, 2014. Directed by Pieter Van Hees. Starring Jérémie Renier, Natali Broods, Babetida Sadjo, Peter van den Begin, and Mourade Zeguendi. SYNOPSIS: A Brussels homicide cop (Jérémie Renier) begins to lose control of his life as he tries to solve a bizarre murder. A child peacefully sleeps in his bed while a rabbit nightlight glows on […]

Anthony Hodgson on his three greatest book to movie adaptations… American Psycho Author, Bret Easton Ellis. Screenplay, Mary Harron & Guinevere Turner. Upon its original publication in 1991, American Psycho was marred by controversy, and it’s no surprise considering one of the chapters is called ‘Killing Child at Zoo’, which was sensibly not included in […]

Spoiler alert! According to the Wall Street Journal, legendary Japanese filmmaker and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki will receive an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in November. This will mark the second Oscar on Miyazaki’s mantle, the first of which was for his 2001 film Spirited Away, which took home […]

Dinosaur 13, 2014. Directed by Todd Douglas Miller. SYNOPSIS: Documentary that tells the dramatic, and at times unbelievable, story of how the largest and most complete T-rex fossil discovery affected the people who discovered her. Dinosaur 13 tells the story of the small group of fossil lovers, led by brothers Peter and Neal Larsen, who […]