• Shardlake: murder mysteries don’t get more fantastically creepy than this

    Set in a spooky Tudor monastery, Arthur Hughes and Sean Bean must solve a fateful crime while all the monks seemingly have secret affairs. It’s fun, knowing TV I just hope you’ve all done A-level historyI have figured out my thing with murder mysteries, after many years of trial and error, and it’s this: stop trying to figure them out. Never once in my murder mystery-watching career – and I was a child raised on Jonathan Creek! I should be good at this! – have I correctly guessed the murderer....

  • Based on C.J. Sansom's novel, 'Shardlake' sets a murder mystery in Tudor England

    Variation on a theme is the essence of detective fiction, dressing the old beloved tropes in new clothes. Pick any job — plumber, rodeo clown, TV critic — add "detective" and you've got your main character. (You might even do something with a detective who is also a detective — I'm not sure what, exactly, but I smell some metafictional opportunities there.) Choose a date, in history or the future, like you're the Doctor piloting the TARDIS, and you have your setting. Somebody gets murdered,...

  • ‘I know what it’s like to be stared at’: Shardlake star Arthur Hughes on playing CJ Sansom’s disabled Tudor sleuth

    He was the first disabled actor to play Richard III at the RSC. As he appears as Shardlake, the star recalls the parts that made him – and explains why this latest character is like the Lone RangerArthur Hughes wants to go on adventures. “When I was little,” he says, “I loved films. I loved Jurassic Park. I loved Back to the Future. I loved things I probably wasn’t supposed to watch, like Predator. And then of course I loved all the Disney classics. To go to a world that isn’t your own is so...

  • Mystical folk horror Sorcery gets a trailer and poster

    Sovereign has shared a poster and trailer for the UK release of director Christopher Murray’s folk horror Sorcery. Based on the 19th century witchcraft trials in Chile, the film follows Rosa (Valentina Véliz Caileo), a young woman who turns to a powerful organisation of sorcerers to use otherworldly powers to avenge the death of her […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: Mystical folk horror Sorcery...

  • Disney Sequel Years In The Making Gets Mysterious Update

    Disney’s biggest properties include massive franchises like Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, with avenues like Disney Plus, the House of Mouse has explored creating sequels to smaller properties as well. Now it looks like one such Disney sequel that’s been years in the making has received a mysterious update. Disney has offered []

  • Spanish horror The Coffee Table gets a trailer and poster

    Second Sight Films has shared a poster and trailer for the Spanish horror The Coffee Table, ahead of its UK digital release this May. Directed by Caye Casas, the film centres on couple Jesus and Maria as they struggle with the changes a new baby has made to their relationship, but a small disagreement over […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: Spanish horror The Coffee Table gets a trailer and...

  • Martial arts throwback The Last Kumite gets a trailer and poster

    Altitude has released a poster and trailer for The Last Kumite, and 80s and 90s-influenced martial arts throwback from director Ross W. Clarkson and featuring an ensemble cast of martial arts favourites including Cynthia Rothrock (China O’Brien), Billy Blanks (Talons of the Eagle), Michel and Abdel Qissi (Kickboxer), Matthias Hues (Death Match), Kurt McKinney (No […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here:...

  • UFO sci-fi comedy Foil gets a trailer and poster

    Ahead of its digital release this May, Cranked Up Films has shared a trailer and poster for director Zach Green’s sci-fi buddy comedy Foil. The film follows friends Rex and Dexter as they realise that their plans for a desert camping trip are very different. Tensions begin to boil over when they encounter a camper […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: UFO sci-fi comedy Foil gets a trailer and poster

  • Indie sci-fi horror Alien Hunt gets a trailer and poster

    DevilWorks has released a poster and trailer for Alien Hunt, the sci-fi horror from writer-director Aaron Mirtes. The film centres on a family as they stumble across an abandoned military outpost while hunting, but the hunters soon find themselves the hunted when an army of extra-terrestrial soldiers target them. Watch the trailer below… On a […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: Indie sci-fi horror...

  • Deadpool & Wolverine gets a teaser and poster ahead of new trailer on Monday

    The Merc with a Mouth has announced that a new trailer for Marvel Studios’ Deadpool and Wolverine will be with us tomorrow (Monday, April 22nd), the reveal coming courtesy of a promo shared by Ryan Reynolds which teases the return of Hugh Jackman to his signature role as Wolverine following 2017’s Logan. Check it out […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: Deadpool & Wolverine gets a teaser and poster...

  • Jennifer Lopez sci-fi thriller Atlas gets a new trailer and poster

    With just a month to go until Atlas lands on Netflix, the streamer has released a poster and trailer for the sci-fi thriller. Directed by Brad Peyton, the film stars Jennifer Lopez as Atlas Shepherd, a data analyst who joins a mission to capture a renegade robot and save the future of humanity from AI. […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: Jennifer Lopez sci-fi thriller Atlas gets a new trailer and...

  • Pakistan's first hand-drawn animated film The Glassworker gets and English trailer and poster

    Mano Animation Studios has released a trailer for The Glassworker, the first hand drawn animated film produced in Pakistan from writer-director Usman Riaz which centres on a young glassblower in training, and his relationship with his father and the daughter of an army colonel as their lives are upended by an impending war; watch it […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: Pakistan’s first hand-drawn...