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The Most Overhated Modern Superhero Movies

February 23, 2024 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno looks at a selection of unfairly maligned superhero movies… Nowadays, all we hear is “superhero fatigue,” with audiences and critics growing tired of the genre. As cinema has been dominated by DC and Marvel for decades now, it seems like almost every superhero movie is met with a blah reaction. But that wasn’t […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies Tagged With: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Birds of Prey, Blue Beetle, brightburn, DC, DC Extended Universe, eternals, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters, the marvels, Venom, wonder woman 1984

The Best Superhero Horror Movies

June 1, 2021 by Red Stewart

Marvelous Videos presents the best superhero horror movies… One of the reasons the superhero genre will never go the way of the western is because of how malleable it is. Thanks to wonderful productions from DC and Marvel, we have already seen it occupy a variety of categories, from thriller to western to crime drama […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Random Videos, Red Stewart Tagged With: Blade, brightburn, Constantine, Darkman, faust: love of the damned, Ghost Rider, Hellboy, Marvelous Videos, Spawn, Swamp Thing, The Crow, The New Mutants, The Toxic Avenger

Ranking 2019’s 26 Biggest Horror Movies

December 31, 2019 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno ranks 2019’s big horror releases… On the surface, it would seem that A24 and Blumhouse dominated horror this year with significant releases. But on closer inspection, 2019 has a wide variety of horror movies coming from all over the place. The genre is in such a great spot in 2019 with a little […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Movies Tagged With: 3 From Hell, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, A24, Annabelle Comes Home, Ari Aster, Blumhouse, brightburn, Child's Play, Crawl, Doctor Sleep, Escape Room, Glass, Happy Death Day 2U, Hellboy, Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, It: Chapter Two, James Wan, Jordan Peele, Ma, Midsommar, Pet Sematary 2019, Ready or Not, Rob Zombie, Robert Eggers, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Stephen King, The Banana Splits Movie, The Curse of La Llorona, The Dead Don't Die, The Lighthouse, The Prodigy, Us, velvet buzzsaw, Zombieland 2: Double Tap

Movie Review – Brightburn (2019)

June 20, 2019 by Shaun Munro

Brightburn, 2019. Directed By David Yarovesky. Starring Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones, and Meredith Hagner. SYNOPSIS: What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister? As much as folk might want to wring their […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Shaun Munro Tagged With: brightburn, David Denman, David Yarovesky, Elizabeth Banks, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones, Meredith Hagner

Movie Review – Brightburn (2019)

June 18, 2019 by Matt Spencer-Skeen

Brightburn, 2019. Directed By David Yarovesky. Starring Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones, and Meredith Hagner. SYNOPSIS: After raising a crash landed alien orphan for 12 years his onset of super abilities open up dark possibilities for the town of Brightburn A couple, Tori (Elizabeth Banks) and Kyle Breyer (David Denman) , […]

Filed Under: Matt Spencer-Skeen, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: brightburn, David Denman, David Yarovesky, Elizabeth Banks, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones, Meredith Hagner

Movie Review – Brightburn (2019)

May 24, 2019 by Robert Kojder

Brightburn, 2019. Directed by David Yarovesky. Starring Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Meredith Hagner, Matt Jones, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agee, Becky Wahlstrom, Terence Rosemore, Stephen Blackehart, and Jackson A. Dunn SYNOPSIS: What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Becky Wahlstrom, brightburn, David Denman, David Yarovesky, Elizabeth Banks, Jackson A. Dunn, Jennifer Holland, Matt Jones, Meredith Hagner, Stephen Blackehart, Steve Agee, Terence Rosemore

Superhero horror Brightburn gets a final trailer

May 21, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its theatrical release this Thursday, Sony Pictures has revealed the final trailer for the James Gunn-produced superhero horror Brightburn which you can check out here… SEE ALSO: Read our Brightburn review here What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Becky Wahlstrom, brightburn, David Denman, Elizabeth Banks, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones, Meredith Hagner, Stephen Blackehart, Steve Agee

New clip from James Gunn-produced superhero horror Brightburn

May 10, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

With its release now just two weeks out, Sony Pictures has unveiled a second clip from the James Gunn-produced superhero horror featuring Jackson A. Dunn and Matt Jones; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Watch an extended red band clip from superhero horror Brightburn What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: brightburn, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones

Watch an extended red band clip from superhero horror Brightburn

May 8, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

With a little over two weeks to go until Brightburn arrives in cinemas, Sony Pictures has released an extended clip from the upcoming superhero horror which sees Jackson A. Dunn’s sinister young Clark Kent-esque character terrorise a waitress at a diner; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Brightburn What if a […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: brightburn

New UK poster for superhero horror Brightburn

May 3, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Following on from the arrival of the final trailer [watch it here], Sony has now unveiled a UK poster for Brightburn, the new superhero horror from director David Yarovesky and producer James Gunn; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Brightburn here What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: brightburn

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