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The Lost Crusade: The Truth About Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven’s Abandoned Epic

February 1, 2021 by Red Stewart

Marvelous Videos explores the story behind the abandoned historical action epic Crusade… We have all heard or advocated for something that has ultimately never gotten produced. Zack Snyder’s Justice League aside, the reality is such cases of fan advocacy leading to actual development of a long-awaited project are few and far between. No matter how […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Random Videos, Red Stewart Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Crusade, Marvelous Videos, Paul Verhoeven

Ranking the Films of Paul Verhoeven

November 16, 2020 by George Nash

George Nash assesses the cinematic output of the subversive Dutch provocateur Paul Verhoeven… On the Rotten Tomatoes page of Showgirls, the critical consensus reads as follows: “Vile, contemptible, garish, and misogynistic — and that might just be exactly Showgirls‘ point”. It’s about as perfect as any summation could hope to be in capturing the journey taken […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, George Nash, Movies Tagged With: Basic Instinct, Black Book, Business is Business, Elle, Flesh + Blood, Hollow Man, Keetje Tippel, Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop, Showgirls, Soldier Of Orange, Spetters, starship troopers, The Fourth Man, Total Recall, Tricked, Turkish Delight

Paul Verhoeven returning to the small screen with Bel Ami TV series

May 15, 2020 by Gary Collinson

Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven looks set to take a break from the big screen as he makes his return to television with a French-language TV adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s Bel Ami. Deadline reports that Verhoeven will serve as showrunner and director on all eight episodes of the contemporary adaptation, which is being scripted by […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Bel Ami, Paul Verhoeven

Blu-ray Review – RoboCop: Limited Edition (1987)

November 26, 2019 by Brad Cook

RoboCop, 1987. Directed by Paul Verhoeven Starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O’Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer. SYNOPSIS: RoboCop fans should snap up this new Limited Edition Blu-ray of the film, which includes the theatrical and uncut versions on two discs, most of the previously released bonus features, and two hours of […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Daniel O’Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Nancy Allen, Paul Verhoeven, Peter Weller, RoboCop, Ronny Cox

First image from Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta

August 31, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Pathe Films and SBS Productions have unveiled a first look image from Benedetta, the latest film from Paul Verhoeven (RoboCop, Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers), which features Elle actress Virginie Efira as 17th century nun Sister Benedetta Carlini. Formerly titled Blessed Virgin, the film is based upon historian Judith C. Brown’s 1986 book Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Benedetta, Paul Verhoeven, Virginie Efira

Charlotte Rampling joins Paul Verhoeven’s religious erotic thriller Blessed Virgin

May 7, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Deadline is reporting that Oscar-nominated actress Charlotte Rampling (45 Years, Red Sparrow) has signed on to appear in Blessed Virgin, a religious erotic thriller from director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers). Based on Judith C. Brown’s Immodest Acts: The Life Of A Lesbian Nun In Renaissance Italy and scripted by Verhoeven and his Elle co-writer David […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Blessed Virgin, Charlotte Rampling, Paul Verhoeven

Paul Verhoeven isn’t too enthusiastic about the Starship Troopers remake

November 19, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Earlier this month it was announced that Sony is developing a reboot of Starship Troopers, which is said to be much more in line with Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 novel, rather than Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 satirical big screen adaptation. Well, it seems that Verhoeven isn’t overly keen on that prospect, with the filmmaker revealing that he […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Paul Verhoeven, starship troopers

Paul Verhoeven to direct lesbian nun drama Blessed Virgin

April 26, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven has set his next project, with the director set to reteam with Elle actress Virginie Efira and producer Said Ben Said for Blessed Virgin, which is based upon Judith C. Brown’s 1986 book Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy. Variety reports that the film will see […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Blessed Virgin, Paul Verhoeven

60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Elle (2016)

October 11, 2016 by Chris Haydon

Elle, 2016. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Laffite, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Christian Berkel and Jonas Bloquet. SYNOPSIS: Michèle seems indestructible. Head of a successful video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. However her life takes a dramatic turn when she is raped in […]

Filed Under: Chris Haydon, Festivals, London Film Festival, Reviews Tagged With: 60th BFI London FIlm Festival, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Christian Berkel, Elle, isabelle huppert, Jonas Bloquet, Laurent Laffite, Paul Verhoeven

Paul Verhoeven says the RoboCop remake was “too serious”

September 14, 2016 by Luke Owen

Although not thought of as one of the worst remakes ever made, there wasn’t a whole lot of fanfare for 2014’s RoboCop, which starred Joel Kinnaman, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton and Gary Oldman. And now the director of the 1987 original, Paul Verhoeven, has spoken out about where he felt it went wrong. “Somehow […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop

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