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He’s Dynamite, but Michael Jai White is still hugely underrated

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Tom Jolliffe looks at action star Michael Jai White, who has never quite got the attention he deserves… For whatever reasons, some stars never quite reach the level their ability deserves. It can be a variety of reasons holding some back, and generally many stars tend to get that one shot at the big league. […]

The Pain of An Axed TV Show That Has More Story to Tell

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Tom Jolliffe on that hollow feeling fans experience when a TV show you’re emotionally invested in is canned by the network… A good TV series. You park your derriere down for that first episode. Does it hook you in immediately? Then every subsequent episode you see, particularly on a continued drama with a long overriding […]

Scary, Badass, and Underrated: The Best Minor Villains in the Assassin’s Creed Franchise

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Red Stewart looks at the best minor villains in the Assassin’s Creed mythos… Whenever you have a big sprawling worlds, whether it’s in movies or video games, the reality is someone gets undercut. You’re often dealing with a big bad who has such a magnetic presence, they still the screen time from their underlings. Such […]

Rawhead Rex: The Story Behind Clive Barker’s Phallic Monster

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Marvelous Videos explores the story behind Clive Barker’s Rawhead Rex… Creature features are a dime a dozen: we get so many of them that, honestly, the only way to stand apart from the crowd is to create a monster with a unique design. Given the myriad of mythological and scary beings that have come out […]

Brutal Villain Deaths in Comic Book Movies

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Red Stewart presents more brutal villain deaths in comic book movies… James Mangold once said that there were ways to subvert the constraints of the PG-13 rating in terms of depicting violence. And while not all superhero films and comic book movies are hampered by the rating (see Deadpool, Logan, Joker at al), the majority […]

Hazy Childhood Movie Memories

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Tom Jolliffe on those hazy memories from childhood for movies that may or may not actually exist… When you think back to childhood, some memories remain vividly clear. This can extend to movies of memories that lock themselves into your memory banks without much being re-imagined by your mind. Certain films, like Star Wars always […]

The Most Annoying NPCs in Gaming

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Red Stewart presents five infuriating NPCs in video games… When we’re playing a game, we like to think that we’ll meet an ensemble of rich personalities who are at least likable. After all, who wants to converse with a series of annoying characters? Sadly, this basic guideline isn’t always the case. Sometimes game writers and […]

The Essential Ninja Movies of Sho Kosugi

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Marvelous Videos presents the essential ninja movies of Sho Kosugi… Like samurai, ninja are a Japanese staple that have become amazing figures of their own. Impoverished mercenaries from the feudal era of Japan have grown into icons of espionage, sabotage, and sweet black robes. As such, it’s no surprise why ninja movies are very popular. […]

Turtle Power: A Production History of 1990’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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Luke Owen sits down with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles director Steve Barron, producer Tom Gray, Donatello suit actor Leif Tilden and co-creator Kevin Eastman to find out how the movie got made… In 1984, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird self-published a comic book that would grow into a cultural phenomenon that lasted longer than anyone […]