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Extreme Gun-Fu Action Movie Gems You Cannot Miss!

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Marvelous Videos with a selection of essential gun-fu movies… Gun-fu. It’s a strange word, a western portmanteau that seeks to combine firearms with Eastern martial arts. But how can this be? How can you realistically have people shoot guns at close range without it seeming gimmicky or outright silly? Well, the great thing about movies […]

10 Best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Rip-Off Cartoons

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Marvelous Videos presents ten TMNT rip-offs that aren’t half-bad… Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles….how in the world did such a concept even leave the writing table? How crazy did you have to be to take teenage superheroes, make them anthropomorphic turtles, and and combine them with a ninja motif? Well, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird succeeded […]

Cult Classic 90s Cartoons That Were Slow To Find Their Audience

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Marvelous Videos with ten 90s cult classic cartoons that were slow to find their audience… If the 80s laid the foundation for profitable cartoons, the 90s reaped it to no end. Everyone talks about Batman: The Animated Series and Hey Arnold! because they were a huge success, but how about The Adventures of Tintin or SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron? The reality […]

Terrifying 80s Horror TV Shows That Aged Surprisingly Well

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Marvelous Videos on the 80s horror TV shows that have aged surprisingly well… Horror is a great genre for low-budget filmmakers, but that doesn’t mean it translates well to all low-budget mediums. Back in the day, many shows tried to cash in on the 80s surge in terror by producing schlock for TV. It got […]

8 Essential Live-Action Anime Movie Adaptations

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Marvelous Videos presents the best live-action anime adaptations…. Behind video games, anime is one of those mediums that has rarely translated well to a live action format. What you can accomplish in a series with a distinct artistic direction tends to outweigh the constraints imposed by the real world. We’ve seen this happen with such […]

Underrated Buddy Cop Movies Ripe For Your Lazy Weekend Watch!

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Marvelous Videos presents buddy cop movies for a lazy weekend with a buddy… We all love a good buddy cop movie. From the days of 48 Hrs. to the laughs of Rush Hour, we know how enjoyable these types of movies can be. Strong chemistry between leading men combined with strong comedic timing, sharp direction, and […]

90’s Horror TV Shows That Ended Too Soon

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Marvelous Videos with seven 90’s horror TV shows that ended too soon… Horror may appear most prominently through movies and video games, but it’s had just as successful a life on television as those other mediums. You go back to the Gothic-inspired soap opera Dark Shadows to the FX anthology series American Horror Story. The 90s, in particular, […]

Long Live the King: Underrated Stephen King Adaptations Worth Your Screams | Marvelous Videos

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Marvelous Videos presents 10 underrated Stephen King adaptations…. It’s appropriate that author Stephen King has such a last name- he has been widely credited with both pioneering and expanding on the horror genre, significantly building on the contributions of such authors as Charles Brockden Brown and H.P. Lovecraft. King’s name is so iconic in the […]

Tears in Rain: Rutger Hauer’s Underrated Film Gems | Marvelous Videos

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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 […]

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 […]