Marvelous Videos with some movie recommendations for hard sci-fi lovers… It’s easy to exploit the science fiction genre for its ludicrous narrative potential. After all, as long as you can loosely relate your story concept back to something semi-realistic, you can technically call your motion picture an adherent of the “sci-fi” category. That being said, […]
The A-Z of Action Movies: M-Q
As we continue are A-Z of action, we bring you a selection of entries from M-Q… Explosions, fist fights, one liners and quite a lot of mullets. We’re getting toward the business end of an action A-Z, hitting the middle ground toward the home straight. More carnage will ensue and we’ve all got bigger biceps […]
State of the MCU Address: Where Does Marvel Studios Go Now?
EJ Moreno and Allen Christian talk all things MCU in the latest Flickering Myth Movie Chat… After a delayed start due to the coronavirus pandemic, Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is now well and truly underway, with Black Widow bringing the MCU back to the big screen Disney+ having dropped Marvel Studios’ first […]
Searching for Yourself: When the Detective Must Journey Within to Discover They Are the Culprit
Tom Jolliffe looks at the search for self in cinema, when repression, mental illness or physical ailments blind a protagonist from the chilling truth… they are the villain. I love a cinematic Detective yarn. A typically weary, clearly damaged protagonist is sent on a mission to find an elusive figure, be it a murderer, or […]
Watching the Watcher: Voyeurs in Cinema
Tom Jolliffe on the fascination of watching the watcher in cinema… The voyeur in cinema. It’s been a common recurring character. What is the fascination? Why does it become so involving as a viewer, with our own voyeurs gaze on a characters life, when the protagonist becomes pre-occupied with watching someone else? Watching the watcher, […]
Cinema Might Just Be Back!
Tom Jolliffe looks at the hopeful signs of recovery for the theatrical industry thanks to F9 and Black Widow… Don’t call it a comeback! Okay…maybe quietly whisper it, but cinema might just be back. An industry that has struggled to adapt to restrictions and reinvention, to full on lockdowns (and closing), to rescheduling of big […]
The Biggest Takeaways From Marvel’s WandaVision (And Where They Might Lead)
Hasitha Fernando revisits Marvel’s WandaVision… With Loki due to conclude this week, now is a good a time as any to take a look at the weirdly original TV show which kickstarted the MCU’s first foray into the world of streaming- WandaVision. From the get go it was obvious WandaVision was nothing unlike anything that […]
10 Essential Heist Movies
Tom Jolliffe offers up ten essential heist movies… The heist. All that intricate planning before the moment of truth and the job has to be pulled off. Through cinema we’ve seen re-enactments of true life heists, as well as plenty of fictional bank jobs, jewellery heists, from snatch and grabs to tales of elaborate planning […]
Boyz n the Hood at 30: John Singleton’s blistering debut still hits home
George Nash revisits Boyz n the Hood on its 30th anniversary… In 1986, four boys set off to find a dead body. Along the way, they skip jovially along railroad tracks, wade through leach-infested waters and sleep blissfully under the stars. Stand By Me, director Rob Reiner’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novella The Body, is […]
The Best B-Movies from Full Moon Features
Marvelous Videos delves into the catalogue of Full Moon Features… Nothing beats a good B-movie. Cheesy effects, corny dialogue, and gratuitous violence or nudity are sometimes exactly what you need to accompany a fine adult beverage and a group of friends on a Friday night. Sometimes B-movies happen by pure coincidence but one studio has […]
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