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Ranking the DC Extended Universe from Worst to Best

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Anghus Houvouras ranks the DC Extended Universe from worst to best… Wonder Woman 1984 has finally been released giving fans of the character and the DC Cinematic Universe a reason to celebrate. Celebration isn’t something fans of the world’s most iconic heroes have been able to do since Warner Bros. decided to take a note […]

2020 in Horror: A Year of Shudder, Epic Debuts, Indie Darlings, and the return of Universal Monsters

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EJ Moreno casts his eye back over the year in horror… The landscape of cinema was forever changed by 2020. From the global pandemic to streaming’s rapid growth, it seems like everything was rocked for better or worse. But something thrived in the rockiest of times, a genre that lives on the margin of indie […]

The Best Original Shows on (Almost) Every Streaming Service

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Anghus Houvouras on the best original shows on (almost) every streaming service… There are so many streaming services out there and so many shows. It’s impossible to keep up with all of them. The vast majority of content is an ocean of mediocrity leaving we, the viewers, adrift desperately seeking a lifeline to guides us […]

The Greatest Movie Vampires of All Time

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Laura Jorden on the greatest vampires to grace cinema… Vampires are such an iconic part of pop culture that it shouldn’t come as a surprise just how many of them there are. Over the decades we have had tons of artists and creatives put their own spin on this trope, transforming them into all sorts […]

The Most Brutal Superhero Deaths in Comic Book Movies

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Red Stewart presents five brutal superhero deaths in comic book movies… Being a costumed crimefighter isn’t easy- you not only have to engage in frequent combat situations but also deal with sociopathic enemies who want nothing more than for you to go away…permanently. Sometimes, they actually succeed, and we see a superhero fall on their […]

The Cringiest Moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Red Stewart presents the cringiest moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe… The Marvel Cinematic Universe or MCU is as revolutionary as it is sprawling- an amazing concept that borrows from the shared universe nature of the comics, putting multiple films in the same existing plane of existence. And yet, it’s clear that Kevin Feige and his creative team […]

Underappreciated 80’s Superhero Movies That Deserve Recognition!

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Marvelous Videos presents ten underappreciated superhero flicks from the 80s… The modern-day superhero movie may have begun with 2000’s X-Men, but it was hardly the first time we saw consistent production in the field. Yes, everyone knows about the many Superman and Batman movies produced in the 70s, 80s and 90s, but how many know about The Toxic Avenger? […]

The Ten Best Sci-Fi Films of the 2010s

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Andy Naylor shares his picks of the best sci-fi films of the past decade… Ever since I was a kid I’ve been a sci-fi geek. All my favourite movies, books, TV shows and video games are dominated by the genre, and I make no apology for this. It is just what I like. For the […]