Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

Barbie, or Life in Plastic

"It’s about a fucking doll!" - Amy Taubin This week, the Marvelous! crew sets their sights on the hot pink pop cultural phenomenon that is Barbie, a billion-plus dollar

The Flash, or The Flush

The flailing DCEU runs at light-speed into a brick wall with this misbegotten penultimate pre-reboot entry. Ugly and unfunny, even the film's sole interesting element - E

Blue Beetle, or The Carapax View (feat. Chris Bell)

As the DC Extended Universe nears its inevitable reboot, filmmaker Chris Bell (Failed State, Attention Shoppers, The Winds That Scatter) joins the pod to dissect one of i

[TEASER] Smallville Season 2 with Cole and Seqarts

A sample from our latest patrons-exclusive TVChat, wherein Cole and our long time friend and recurring guest Seqarts continue their retrospective on the 2000s superhero-m

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, or The Third Greatest Animated Film Ever Made

... according to Letterboxd, anyway, but your pals at Marvelous! aren't quite so sanguine. From Phil Lord's tyrannical rule of production to the tedium of infinite Spider

Fast X, or The Wheels Come Off

After concluding our long patreon-exclusive retrospective on the series, we arrive at last back in 2023 with Fast X, the bloated, messy, chaotic beginning of the end for

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, or Troll's Remorse

Cole's back and they've learned the secret of the orient: not being that mad anymore.  An extra special thanks to our $10 Executive Producers: JetChiclete, Isaac, squish

[TEASER] Oh... Canada. (feat. Remember Shuffle)

Fellow Canucks Remember Shuffle join Stu and a hopelessly outnumbered Nicole for a lively and in-depth discussion about Blackberry, and the seething neurotic resentment t

Air, or Soleless

Cole was too busy watching actual basketball, so Nicole and Stu are left to fend for themselves in alien territory as we enter the worlds of shoes and sports with the Aff

[TEASER] They Got Him

Before we (Nicole and Cole) fulfill their contractually obligated second Patreon Raffle pick on Trần Anh Hùng's under-appreciated neo-noir I Come With the Rain, we pay ou

[TEASER] Unidentified Traumatic Object (feat. Jane Altoids)

An excerpt from our conversation with Jane Altoids about Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin, adapted from the novel by Scott Heims.  Support us on Patreon to hear the full ep

The Super Mario Bros. Movie, or Realistic Panic Attacks (feat. Kyle Amato)

Boston Hassle film critic, animation enthusiast, and co-host of Hawke Cast Kyle Amato joins Stu, Nicole, and Cole to dissect the second highest grossing toy commercial of

[TEASER] Twenty Years of Failed American Akiras

As of 2025, Warner Brothers officially lost the rights to make a live action feature film adaptation of Akira, ending over 20 years of a development hell for something no

[TEASER] The Anime of Anime

On the eve of having to review The Super Mario Brothers Movie, the gang decides to find reprieve in what is possibly the greatest technical and craft achievement in the h

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, or Merciful Competence

A long, long time ago, in a remote, wild and mystical land called Minnesota, a bunch of nerds with polyhedral dice decided to play-act Lord of the Rings using the rules a

[TEASER] Arthurian Hitlerism

At the outset of a nearly 3 hour discussion about mythic cuckoldry and shit looking cool as hell in John Boorman's Excalibur, Cole teaches Nicole and Stu about an even st

Shazam: Fury of the Gods, or Blunder the Dome

We enter the home stretch of the pre-Gunn DCU with Shazam: Fury of the Gods, a confused and inert mess of glop, nonsense and awful dialogue anchored by the unbearable ant

[Teaser] Bride of Chucky

BREAKING NEWS: Nicole Queens out!!!!! Support Marvelous! on Patreon to get the full episode and more!

M3GAN, or MUMSN3T (feat. Evan)

As the gang ventures into uncharted territory in industrial scale genre filmmaking, Nicole taps in her beau Evan to help talk about one of Blumhouse's biggest hits, M3GAN

Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, or The Kang that Shouted At Women At The Heart of The World

Witness a failure so epic, it accidentally made the show good. It all goes wrong here.  "I’m a VFX Artist, and I’m Tired of Getting ‘Pixel-F–ked’ by Marvel" as told to C