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The Crow test footage shows Jason Momoa as Eric Draven in aborted reboot

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Having spent the best part of a decade in Development Hell, the long-planned big screen reboot of The Crow looked ready to take flight back in 2016 when it was announced that director Corin Hardy (The Hallow) would be teaming with Jason Momoa to bring life to this new adaptation of James O’Barr’s classic comic […]

From Shades of The Crow to the Ace in the Pack: Will The Batman Be Great?

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Tom Jolliffe looks ahead to The Batman ahead of its release next year… The Batman has had an odd production filled with all manner of issues. For one, production has suffered the same as many other studio films of late with the presence of a worldwide pandemic. Shutdowns and delays lengthened the process of shooting […]

Sideshow’s The Crow Premium Format Figure recreates Brandon Lee’s Eric Draven

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Sideshow has unveiled the Premium Format The Crow figure which is based the on the likeness of Brandon Lee as Eric Draven in the 1994 cult classic film. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $600; check out the promotional images here… The Crow Premium Format Figure measures 22” tall and 11.38” wide […]

The Best Superhero Horror Movies

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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 […]

10 Essential Revenge Films

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Tom Jolliffe offers up ten essential revenge films… A dish best served cold. The humble revenge film. It’s a long tried and tested formula which still proves immensely popular. There have been innumerable films but that overriding quest for vengeance is always there. Picking 10 essential films in such a wide and all encompassing genre […]

90’s Comic Book Movies That Deserve More Love

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Marvelous Videos with ten 90s comic book movies that deserve more love… Oh, comic book fans today are so lucky! Back in the day, we were lucky to get one film a year: now, Marvel and DC have ensured that you’ll get nothing short of at least five. Still, we’re not going to complain about what we […]

The Brandon Lee Retrospective Triple Bill: Showdown in Little Tokyo, Rapid Fire and The Crow

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Tom Jolliffe takes in a Brandon Lee triple bill of Showdown in Little Tokyo, Rapid Fire and The Crow… The Lee legacy on cinema is no small matter. Bruce Lee of course remains more iconic and more influential, having changed the face of martial arts on screen. That should not take away the fact that […]

Joy Division in Cinema and TV

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40 years after the death of Ian Curtis, Tom Jolliffe looks at the impact of Joy Division in cinema and TV… There have been a few big anniversaries of late. 40 years since Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back was released. 40 years since The Shining came out too. On a more […]

What Happened To Alex Proyas?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the career, rise and fall of Alex Proyas… Born to Greek parents in Egypt and subsequently raised in Australia, you could say that Alex Proyas has an interesting background. He started, as a lot of film directors have, in music videos (working with the likes of INXS and Sting). To many […]