Marvelous Videos on the coolest firearms from sci-fi and fantasy movies… After killing General Grievous with a blaster pistol in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan tosses it, opining that it is the weapon of uncivilized people. As big fans of the science fiction and fantasy genres, we could not disagree more. Guns may […]
An all new RoboCop game is coming to PC and consoles in 2023
NACON and developer Teyon have partnered up with leading film and TV company Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) to release a brand new video game based on RoboCop, particularly the Robocop of the original first 3 movies. Titled RoboCop: Rogue City, NACON have scheduled a release date on PC and consoles for 2023, so a long time […]
Good Movie, Bad Sequels: Franchises That Turned Bad | Flickering Myth Movie Chat
EJ and Allen discuss good movies that launched bad franchises… Sometimes a great movie could launch a great franchise. Sadly, the series mentioned in the below video all had promising starts but fizzled out into something less than stellar. On the latest Flickering Myth Movie Chat, hosts Allen Christian and EJ Moreno dive into some […]
Ultimate Evil Movie Villains from the 1980s
Marvelous Videos presents 80s movie villains who were deliciously evil… Man, what was it about the 80s that made their action genre so damn good? This was an era that somehow knew where to draw the line between B-movie thrills and A-list production value. The writers, directors, and producers were all aware of the core […]
Ranking the Films of Paul Verhoeven
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 […]
MGM to develop Robocop prequel focusing on OCP’s Dick Jones
The man behind the robo-madness in the Robocop film series, Dick Jones, is getting his own series. According to Moviehole, MGM is working on a series that will focus on the OCP Vice President, who was the main antagonist in the first film. While many fans were disappointed when director Neill Blomkamp signed on […]
8 Great Peter Weller Movies That Aren’t RoboCop
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 […]
Orion Pictures: A Comforting Mark of Quality in VHS-era Film
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 […]
RoboCop character trailer for Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath
The future of law enforcement is coming to the Mortal Kombat franchise this week with the arrival of the Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath expansion, and NetherRealm Studios has released a character trailer which puts the spotlight on guest fighter RoboCop, who is once again voiced by Peter Weller. Weller of course portrayed Alex Murphy/RoboCop in […]
Peter Weller reprises RoboCop role for Mortal Kombat 11 expansion
NetherRealm Studios has announced they will be releasing Aftermath, a new expansion for Mortal Kombat 11, on Xbox One, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC and Google Stadia on 26th May. This all new expansion will feature a cinematic narrative set around trust and deceit and introduce three new characters including the future of law enforcement […]
