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8 Modern Blaxploitation Movies Worth Checking Out | Marvelous Videos

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Red Stewart presents modern blaxploitation films that capture the genre…. In the 1970s, Shaft helped launch an entire cinematic movement focused on simultaneously embracing, turning, and cash milking stereotypes about African Americans. This came to be known as “blaxploitation,” a portmanteau of the words “black” and “exploitation” (the latter referring to a B-movie subgenre of […]

DC animation goes interactive with Batman: Death in the Family movie trailer

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IGN has revealed the first trailer for Batman: Death in the Family, the upcoming interactive animated feature from Warner Bros. Animation. Based on the classic 1988 story arc ‘A Death in the Family’, viewers can decide the fate of Robin and choose from multiple paths, with each decision leading to consequences and several different endings. […]

Dwayne Johnson was considered for Willy Wonka in Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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Dwayne Johnson has revealed that he was once considered by Tim Burton to play Willy Wonka in his adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Willy Wonka is a beloved character, brought to life so memorably by Gene Wilder in 1971s Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. Based on the Roald Dahl children’s book, the […]

Movie Review – Summerland (2020)

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Summerland, 2020. Directed by Jessica Swale. Starring Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lucas Bond, Dixie Egerickx, Tom Courtenay and Penelope Wilton. SYNOPSIS: A reclusive writer in 1940s Kent delves back into her past when her emotional side is awakened by an evacuee boy forced into her care. There’s nothing the British movie industry loves more than […]

A Woman Under the Influence with filmmaker Xinyi Zhu | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #89

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, filmmaker Xinyi Zhu discusses the ground-breaking work of John Cassavetes in A Woman Under the Influence… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, Xinyi Zhu talks about her new […]

First trailer for Kevin Smith’s anthology horror Killroy Was Here

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During his Comic-Con@Home panel this past weekend, filmmaker Kevin Smith unveiled the first trailer for his latest feature, the anthology horror Killroy Was Here, which he describes as “kind of like Creepshow [but] it’s probably more modern, kind of like V/H/S.” Watch the trailer here along with Smith’s full Comic-Con@Home panel… Directed by Smith from a script […]

Back to the Future Trilogy receiving Ultimate Edition 4K Ultra HD release this October

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In celebration of the 35th anniversary of Back to the Future, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has announced the 4K Ultra HD release of Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy, which includes all three instalments in Robert Zemeckis’ beloved time-travelling adventure comedy series in the ultra high definition format for the very first time; check […]

The Walking Dead producer provides an update on the Rick Grimes movie, claims Andrew Lincoln is “itching to get back”

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Scott Gimple, the producer of The Walking Dead, has provided a pre-production update on the upcoming Rick Grimes feature film, starring Andrew Lincoln following his departure from the long-running TV series. In a recent discussion with ComicBook.com during the virtual Comic-Con, Gimple explained the team is currently “tweaking and experimenting”, while also claiming Lincoln is “super […]

Halloween Kills director David Gordon Green teases what makes the sequel feel fresh

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Although Halloween Kills has been delayed until 2021, it hasn’t stopped the film’s director from teasing how he is making sure the latest instalment in the Halloween franchise won’t feel repetitive. In a recent interview with Total Film, Green teased how his approach to Halloween Kills will make the sequel feel fresh rather than just retelling the same slasher horror story […]