Anghus Houvouras on James Cameron’s Avatar and its total lack of cultural impact… We’re living in an age of entertainment extremism, where passionate fans go to ludicrous lengths to engage in hyperbolic talking points about their favorite film or franchise. It can be exhausting, wading through social media and hearing people make bold declarations not […]
Michelle Yeoh Gets the Spotlight, And It’s About Damn Time!
Tom Jolliffe pays tribute to Michelle Yeoh, who is finally getting center stage with Everything Everywhere All At Once… Good things come to those who wait, but sometimes it takes way too long for things that should be, to come to pass. Much like a good sourdough, sometimes a bit of patience is required, although […]
‘Sound’ & Fury: The internet’s obsession with ranking movies
Anghus Houvouras on Sight & Sound’s Top 100, Jeanne Dielman, and the internet’s obsession with ranking movies… A few weeks back, Sight & Sound magazine released its most recent list of the top 100 films. An honor bestowed upon cinematic works once every decade, voted on by 1169 filmmakers who were asked to rank their […]
Albert Pyun: The Trailblazing B-Movie Auteur
With the sad news of Albert Pyun’s passing, we look back at the eclectic career of a B-movie legend… Video-era movie buffs were hugely saddened by the news that Albert Pyun has left the mortal coil. For the uninitiated, Pyun was a director who became synonymous with B-movies. He had a penchant for post-apocalypse wastelands, […]
10 Essential Football Films
With the World Cup about to get underway, Tom Jolliffe offers up ten essential football films… The beautiful game. It inspires fevered passion across the globe. Football (let’s not open this can of worms my US chums…it is football, the one with the round ball you might call soccer), it’s a communal experience that can […]
Underrated Movies from the Masters of Action Cinema
Tom Jolliffe picks one underrated gem from ten of the best action stars of all time… Ah the misunderstood masterpiece. The underappreciated gem. Some films just take a while to get the attention they fully deserve. When it comes to the primo action stars one might argue the ranking list. However, whilst considering the best […]
Best Sword And Sorcery Anime That Are Exceptionally Good
Marvelous Video presents some fantasy anime worth a peek… The Medieval Times weren’t any more unrealistic than any other era in human history, yet for some reason an entire genre of speculative fiction has formed around simple concepts like gentry, knights, and kingdoms. They romanticize it to ridiculous heights, throw in epic lance fights, and […]
Marvelous Aquatic Horror Movies Worth Your Time
Marvelous Videos presents ten aquatic nightmares worth your time… To this day, the ocean remains a mystery. More than 80 percent of the watery depths remain unexplored, undocumented, or flat-out unmarked. Granted, a lot of that has to do with the pressure of the sea, which places a strong technological limit on exploratory crafts. But […]
The Pain of An Axed TV Show That Has More Story to Tell
Tom Jolliffe on that hollow feeling fans experience when a TV show you’re emotionally invested in is canned by the network… A good TV series. You park your derriere down for that first episode. Does it hook you in immediately? Then every subsequent episode you see, particularly on a continued drama with a long overriding […]
8 Great Peter Weller Movies That Aren’t RoboCop
Marvelous Videos presents 8 hidden gems from Peter Weller’s filmography… Corporate marketing, hyperviolence, overly-optimistic hope in the future. It wasn’t hard to see what director Paul Verhoeven and writers Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner were trying to tackle in iconic 1987 picture RoboCop. American society had been so consumed by these aspects that it begged someone […]
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