As we all know, Jurassic World helmer Colin Trevorrow was originally set to bring the curtain down on Disney’s Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, only for creative differences to see him vacating the director’s chair on Episode IX as J.J. Abrams returned to the franchise to deliver the culmination of the Skywalker Saga with Star Wars: […]
Tears in Rain: Rutger Hauer’s Underrated Film Gems | Marvelous Videos
Marvelous Videos with a selection of cult classics from Rutger Hauer’s filmography… The “Tears in Rain” monologue from Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner stands as one of the best speeches in film history. It perfectly captured questions of humanity, existentialism, and mortality that we all think about at some point or another. And yet, it would not […]
A Serious Case of Disappearance: Whatever happened to Yahoo Serious?
Tom Jolliffe wonders whatever happened to Yahoo Serious… In 1980 a young Australian gentleman named Greg Pead decided his name didn’t quite suit him. It was then that he legally changed his name to Yahoo Serious. Seriously, he did! He worked as a tyre fitter to get himself through Art college but was kicked out […]
8 Modern Blaxploitation Movies Worth Checking Out | Marvelous Videos
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 […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story continuation rumoured for Disney+
A new rumour suggests that Solo: A Star Wars Story will get to continue its plot via a Disney+ TV show. When it comes to Star Wars, there are plenty of rumours and speculations. Recently, we heard that Lando might be getting his own show with Donald Glover reprising his role from Solo: A Star […]
DC animation goes interactive with Batman: Death in the Family movie trailer
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
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)
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
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
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 […]
