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RoboCop: The Series coming to Blu-ray in May

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Remember RoboCop: The Series? No? Well, you didn’t miss much to be quite honest, but you’ll soon get to experience the short-lived 1994 television show on Blu-ray anyway as ScreenBound Direct has announced a new HD release of the complete series for May. Check out the cover artwork, details and trailer below…ROBOCOP… PART MAN. PART […]

8 Great Peter Weller Movies That Aren’t RoboCop

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Marvelous Videos presents 8 hidden gems from Peter Weller’s filmography…Corporate marketing, hyperviolence, overly-optimistic hope in the future. It wasn’t hard to see what director Paul Verhoeven and writers Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner were trying to tackle in iconic 1987 picture RoboCop. American society had been so consumed by these aspects that it begged someone calling […]

4K Ultra HD Review – RoboCop (1987)

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RoboCop, 1987,Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O’Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer.SYNOPSIS:Arrow has reissued their excellent two-disc RoboCop set on 4K, even going so far as to source new 4K scans of the trims that were added back in for the Director’s Cut (and originally taken out to […]

RoboCop screenwriter talks Neill Blomkamp’s RoboCop Returns

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Back in July of last year it was announced that District 9 and Elysium filmmaker Neill Blomkamp is set to direct a sequel to the original RoboCop – one that just so happens to be based on an old script from original screenwriters Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner which was written back in 1988 as […]

Chroncile Collectibles unveils life-size RoboCop bust

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Sideshow and Chronicle Collectibles has unveiled a RoboCop life-size bust from Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 classic sci-fi action thriller. The piece is available to pre-order now, priced at $1,400 and is expected to ship between April and June 2020; take a look at the promotional images here…SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow CollectiblesFew films capture the imagination […]

10 filmmakers who went from Indie Darling to Big Budget Blunder

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In the wake of Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four, Matthew Lee looks at ten filmmakers who went from Indie Darling to Big Budget Blunder…Josh Trank’s debut, Chronicle, was a surprise hit of 2012. The film fused the found-footage genre with superhero tropes to create a coming-of-age story that was both fresh and exciting. Trank’s ability to […]

Orion Pictures: A Comforting Mark of Quality in VHS-era Film

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Orion Pictures…There are several things that happen before a film begins. If you’re at the cinema, or if you remember watching through VHS in particular (and still with some DVD/Blu-rays), you’ll sit through some trailers. Then once they pass comes those recognisable logos from distributors and production companies.Some […]

Wry, Prophetic, Smart and Brutal: RoboCop at 35

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at RoboCop, Paul Verhoeven’s ahead-of-the-curve masterpiece, as it turns 35… Okay creeps. Dead or alive, you’re coming with me… to look back at RoboCop. The dead part might be a bit much, but I’m sure you’re game. The iconic sci-fi actioner is 35 years old. There is a huge weight behind the […]

The Maestros of 80s Action Movie Music

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Tom Jolliffe looks at a golden period in action movie scores and some of the maestros who composed them…What is the golden age of action movies? This is of course a rhetorical question. It’s undoubtedly the 1980s. A time of such unique flair and style. Big, bold, brash, silly, sometimes ironic. It was a world […]