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Children watching Pixar’s new animated sci-fi adventure “Elio” may be dazzled by the film’s science fiction concepts, wild alien characters and outer space adventures. Adults, however, might experience a sense of déjà vu. “Elio” may be an original story but it’s cobbled together from memorable pieces of other sci-fi movies, classics and cult classics alike, which makes it a perfect opportunity to introduce younger audiences to the wonderful, weird movies that inspired it. And also some other films which are remarkably similar and got unfairly overlooked.

So if you or your kids exit the theater wanting more films like “Elio” — despite the film’s many flaws — here’s your viewing list. Plop yourselves down on that couch and make a whole weekend of it. You’ll be glad you did!

David Rappaport and Craig Warnock in ‘Time Bandits’ (Handmade Films) ‘Time Bandits’ (1981)

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Conceived by Barbara Pyle and media mogul Ted Turner, Captain Planet was an ecological hero way ahead of his time. The animated series ran for years with some nifty design work by Neal Adams and his Continuity Associates. Each episode featured an adventure and a lesson (of course). It endeared itself to a generation of viewers and remained an enduring figure from the 1990s.

Now, Warner Home Entertainment has released Captain Planet the Complete Franchise, with 41 hours and 31 minutes of environmental goodness. For silly legal reasons, the show has two titles evenly split among its six seasons: Captain Planet and the Planeteers (animated by Dic) and The New Adventures of Captain Planet (animated by Hanna-Barbera) for the final three seasons.

Gaia, the spirit of Earth, was voiced by Whoopi Goldberg, who set the tone and standard for the entire series. She was accompanied by a voice cast that included Margot Kidder...

The future of Time Bandits on Apple TV+ has been revealed. Unfortunately for fans of the series, it's not good news at all.

Per Deadline, it's been reported that Time Bandits has been canceled after one season. The news comes less than a month after the show ended its freshman season on Apple TV+, concluding on Aug. 21 after initially debuting on July 24. Consisting of 10 episodes in total, the first and only season released two episodes together on a weekly basis. While the show garnered a respectable 78% score on Rotten Tomatoes, its viewership was not particularly high, as Time Bandits failed to crack the Nielsen Top 10 rankings for streaming titles.

Related 'Sign Me Up': Lisa Kudrow Confirms She Was Offered Time Bandits Role Via Dm

Time Bandits star Lisa Kudrow reveals the unorthodox way she was offered the role of Penelope in the Apple TV+ fantasy series.

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Warning! This article contains Spoilers for Time Bandits (1981) and Time Bandits season 1.

Time Bandits season 1 brings a fresh take on the classic movie, offering new storylines and character developments. The show diverges in casting choices, featuring diverse actors and a more detailed exploration of the time bandits' characters. Changes in historical figures and character fates differentiate the show from the original movie, setting up the potential for season 2.

Time Bandits season 1 revealed many differences between the 2024 Taika Waititi show and the 1981 Terry Gilliam movie it was based on. The 1980s fantasy movie was adapted into an Apple TV+ show that featured 10 episodes in its first season, allowing for an expansion of the story. Along with this expanded story came many changes, though they followed similar premises, making it a clear remake rather than a show inspired by the movie.

Perhaps the biggest changes between the show and the movie came...

Time Bandits star Lisa Kudrow recently shared that Taika Waititi slid into her DMs to ask her if she would star in the Apple TV+ series. According to the former Friends star, getting her to sign on to the fantasy adventure project didn't take much convincing.

In an interview with Collider, Kudrow confirmed reports that Waititi offered her the role of Penelope, leader of the Time Bandits, via a Dm. "I was thrilled. Id met him once at my friends house and had been a huge fan. I just met him really briefly, and then got this [message] that said, 'Hey, would you ever consider working in New Zealand?'" she recalled. "I was like, 'Well, Ive always wanted to go to New Zealand. It depends on what [it is].' And he was like, 'Oh, Jemaine Clement and I wrote a show thats based on Time Bandits.' And I just went,...

Warning: contains spoilers for Time Bandits (1981) & (2024) episodes one & two.

“Strong language, self-harm references & violence. This programme isn’t suitable for younger viewers,” is the warning from Channel4.com to anybody currently wishing to stream Terry Gilliam’s 1981 fantasy adventure film Time Bandits in the UK. Despite the film’s “G” (all ages admitted) rating, the streamer asks viewers to confirm that they’re over the age of 16 before it will play.

An overreaction, or fair dos, in light of the film’s meaty battle scenes and famously bleak ending?

The Original Time Bandits Ending

In the film’s final scenes, 11-year-old Kevin (Craig Warnock) awakens in his own bed following a series of perilous adventures through history with a band of time-travelling wannabe thieves played by actors with dwarfism.

After romping through Napoleon’s battlefields, having a hand in the killing of the Minotaur, experiencing the sinking of the Titanic,...

A couple of years ago, Taika Waititi slid into Lisa Kudrow’s Instagram DMs with a once-in-a-lifetime proposition: How would she feel about visiting New Zealand for the first time and filming a fantasy show — a genre she had yet to explore — for six months?

It was an offer that Kudrow, who was born and raised in Los Angeles and doesn’t particularly love to travel for long stretches of time, couldn’t pass up. The show in question was Time Bandits — Waititi, Jemaine Clement and Iain Morris’ series adaptation of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 fantasy classic. The original film starred Gilliam’s Monty Python co-stars John Cleese and Michael Palin, as well as Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall and Ian Holm.

In the new Apple TV+ series, which premiered Wednesday, Kudrow stars as Penelope, the de facto leader of a ragtag group of thieves who is forced to journey through time and space with an 11-year-old,...

Streaming on: Apple TV+

Episodes viewed: 10 of 10

On paper, it looks like the perfect comedy storm: a cult-classic post-Monty Python adventure from Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin, adapted and updated by the dudes behind What We Do In The Shadows and The Inbetweeners. But, for all its pedigree and Apple-funded VFX budget, this 21st-century Time Bandits doesn’t deliver the swag.

The main culprits are the titular gang. Portrayed in the original by dwarf performers including David Rappaport, Kenny Baker and Jack Purvis, the Bandits were an engagingly energetic crew, whose fractious antics powered much of the action-comedy (when the big-star cameos weren’t happening) — as loveable as they were amoral. Here, the noticeably ganglier likes of Lisa Kudrow, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva and Charlyne Yi fail to measure up.

The extended running time doesn’t do the concept any favours

This is mostly down to the new troupe’s oddly low-energy shtick,...

Time Bandits may not be one and done. Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, who developed the modern-day reimagining of the beloved 1981 film, recently revealed that a second season is being written.

Speaking with ComicBook.com to promote the upcoming Apple TV+ series, Clement shared that a second season is in the process of being written, although it has not officially received the greenlight from the streamer yet. "We are actually writing a second season, but it depends on if people watch the first season. If no one watches it, we throw it away in a bin," he said. "But I cannot tell you because I don't want to spoil the second season." Time Bandits is the latest collaboration between Waititi and Clement after the What We Do in the Shadows franchise.

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Apple TV+ has set the premiere date for its new comedy-adventure series Time Bandits, an adaptation of the 1981 film of the same name. Headlined by Friends star Lisa Kudrow, the series is described as an ‘unpredictable journey through time and space’ that can be enjoyed by audiences of all ages.

The show follows an 11-year-old history geek, Kevin, who tags along with a group of thieves on a mission to save his parents and the world. Jemaine Clement, Iain Morris, and Taika Waititi are the creators behind the series.

Release Date of Apple TV+’s Time Bandits Announced

On Monday, Apple TV+ announced that Time Bandits will be released on the streaming platform for the global audience on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. The series is going to comprise 10 episodes. Kudrow stars in the show as Penelope, the leader of the group of marauders. As per the official synopsis, the...

Grant Gustin has officially hung up his red suit: The Flash star marked his final day of shooting on the CW series with an emotional Instagram post on Tuesday.

Accompanied by a photo of him on set in his Flash costume standing on a green screen, Gustin said: “I said goodbye to The Flash and my Flash family on Saturday. Very special day, with moments I will cherish for the rest of my life. My family got to see my last shot as The Flash — that’s something I could’ve never imagined nearly 10 years ago when I started this journey.

Starring Sting, Jennifer Beals, Clancy Brown, David Rappaport Directed by Franc Roddam Distributed by Scream Factory The Bride (1985) isn’t really a horror flick. It’s pretty much a straight drama/romance. Which is to say, despite this being about Frankenstein’s monster and his bride, there’s nothing remotely scary about the film. Also, there’s just a small amount of gore. […]

The post The Bride Blu-ray Review – Even Sexy Androgynous Sting Can’t Make this Watchable appeared first on Dread Central.

While October is officially just days away now, we have another batch of excellent genre home media releases in the meantime to help get us ready for the best month of the year. Scream Factory has put together an incredible box set for the [Rec] series that fans will definitely want to add to their personal collections, and for those who have made the upgrade, John Carpenter’s original Halloween makes its debut in 4K this week.

Arrow Video has put together a Special Edition release for The Baby, and for those of you who may have missed it earlier this year, Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich heads to multiple formats on Tuesday. Both The Swarm (1978) and The Cyclops (1957) head to HD for the first time ever courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection, and there’s a bevy of cult classics headed to both Blu-ray and DVD from the likes...

"A woman born of electricity. A man driven by obsession." Co-starring Sting and Jennifer Beals in a reimagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, The Bride (1985) is coming to Blu-ray on September 25th from Scream Factory, and to celebrate, we've been provided with three high-def copies to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers!

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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of The Bride.

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"It's electric!" The neon of the 1980s mixed with the timeless tale of Dr. Frankenstein and his creations Franc Roddam's The Bride, a remake of The Bride of Frankenstein, starring Sting, Jennifer Beals, Clancy Brown, and David Rappaport, is finally coming to Blu-ray from Scream Factory on September 25th! New bonus content is available with this Blu-ray, including a new audio commentary and brand new interviews with the director and co-star Clancy Brown.

Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – A woman born of electricity. A man driven by obsession. Scream Factory proudly presents The Bride on Blu-ray on September 25, 2018. The electrifying '80s remake of The Bride of Frankenstein comes to the Blu-ray for the first time in a release complete with new bonus features, including new audio commentary and interviews with director Franc Roddam and actor Clancy Brown.

Frankenstein builds the perfect woman — and lives to regret it — in this tantalizing marriage of horror,...

From a haunted house to a doomed romance, Scream Factory has been giving horror fans several reasons to mark their calendars for high-def home media releases this September, including new Blu-rays of The Evil, The Seventh Sign, and The Bride.

Special features have yet to be announced for this trio of horror Blu-rays, but we'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated on further details. In the meantime, you can read the initial announcements and check out the cover art (via Facebook) for all three releases below:

The Evil Blu-ray: "The often-requested 70s haunted house film The Evil is finally coming to Blu-ray for the first time!

A psychologist (Richard Crenna) and his wife (Joanna Pettet) buy a dilapidated historical mansion with a dark past in this terrifying chiller. Hoping to restore the estate and turn it into a drug rehabilitation clinic, he accepts the help of some of his students and current patients.

At long last, one of the Bat-family is coming to the Arrowverse!

Next season’s big four-way crossover between The CW’s four DC shows will introduce Gotham City and one of its heroes, Kate Kane Aka Batwoman, into the Arrowverse for the very first time. The announcement was made earlier this month but, obviously, plot details and the like were kept under wraps.

That didn’t stop fans from trying to pick Arrow star Stephen Amell’s brain about the crossover though while he held a Q&A panel at this weekend’s Heroes & Villains Fan Fest in London. When asked about the incoming introduction of Batwoman, the actor couldn’t give anything away, but he did reveal that he knew the whole story and promised that it’d be “awesome.”

“I know the entire story of the crossover. It’s awesome, and I can’t talk about it at all.

The Flash Is Casting A Mystery Role That Has Many Fans Thinking Jay Garrick Fresh off their scoop that The Flash is looking to cast their own Felicity Smoak-type character for season 2, TV Line is now reporting on More additions to the show. Fans are already speculating that the description could be for Jay Garrick, who was previously teased in the epic season one finale. Read for yourself and let us know what you think in the comments below. In addition to Wendy – is casting the season-long role of a classically handsome, square-jawed hero in his 30s to early 40s, a slightly cynical man “with an edge.” The casting call lists the character as “John Clark,” which is obviously fake/a nod to the DC Comics letterer. Though I must wonder if one of Clark’s works hints at the character being introduced…. If David Rappaport is indeed looking to...

Following the news that the casting of the planned Supergirl TV series will be handled by David Rappaport Casting (Arrow, The Flash), interest in the Casting Director’s Twitter account has inevitably increased. Eagle-eyed followers were not disappointed, either, as a sizeable hint appeared on December 30th.

Met some amazing DC fans on my holiday travels back east. Getting me pumped to return to work. She’s coming soon… pic.twitter.com/ZXnLkN4H01

— DavidRapaportCasting (@RapaportCasting) December 30, 2014

“She’s coming soon” suggests that the casting process is beginning to crystallize, and an announcement could be imminent. Interestingly, unlike developing series such as Marvel’s Jessica Jones, there does not seem to be a popular shortlist of actresses for the role. Some names have come and swiftly faded, but a single name has led the field for some time – British actress Gemma Atkinson. The rumours swirling around the involvement of the...

Terry Gilliam’s second solo directorial effort, Time Bandits, remains an oddly hilarious bridge between his work with the Monty Python gang and his subsequent dystopian solo films like Brazil, Twelve Monkeys and even last year’s The Zero Theorem. Drenched in English dry wit and warped by the cartoonist’s soul that pervades all of Gilliam’s work, the film sees a gang of little people abandoning their posts as the creator’s right hand men to leap through the corridors of time pillaging as many treasures as they can drag with them, while a child gets wrapped up in the mischief along the way. Of its period in more ways that one, it feels a bit like a valiant attempt at emulating Spielberg with Gilliam-Goggles on.

With a stolen map of all time and space in hand, the little gang of burglars, led by Randall (played by a...

The CW have released the description (via FlashTVNews) for the eighth episode of the second season of Arrow, titled "The Scientist", featuring Glee's Grant Gustin guest starring as Barry Allen, who ultimately becomes The Flash in Episode 20. The following description reveals just what exactly brings Barry Allen to Starling City and how he gets tangled up in all of it. Will this episode bring more hints about the S.T.A.R Labs particle accelerator? Gustin's screentest has been praised by the likes of Geoff Johns, and his performance in the episode was even moreso praised by the producers and talent involved with Arrow. David Rappaport and the Arrow crew haven't missed a beat with casting yet, so Grant Gustin will probably be no different.Barry Allen Comes To Starling City — A seemingly impossible robbery at Queen Consolidated’s Applied Sciences Division brings Central City police scientist Barry Allen...

Stars: Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, David Warner, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Malcolm Dixon, Mike Edmonds, Jack Purvis, Tiny Ross | Written by Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin | Directed by Terry Gilliam

Time Bandits was first released in 1981. A family adventure film that sported a fantastic and massive cast of names, with the likes of Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm and Michael Palin, among others. It was like a fantastical family film with the cast of Monty Python.

Director and another former Python, Terry Gilliam, who went on to direct such incredible cinematic events as Brazil, Twelve Monkeys and Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas was behind the camera here, much like he was in the Monty Python movies and it feels very similar to his previous work in many ways. Surreal and at times incredibly weird, Time Bandits just feels like a Gilliam film.

To mark the DVD release of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five Series 1 on May 21st, we’ve been given three copies of the show to give away. The release includes all 13 episodes of the classic 70’s TV show and has been released to celebrate 70 years of Enid Blyton.

The series was originally broadcast on ITV over two series in 1978 and 1979 and this year marks the 70th anniversary of the release of the Famous Five series of books.

Meet the Famous Five: Julian (Marcus Harris), Dick (Gary Russell), Anne (Jennifer Thanisch), their cousin George (Michelle Gallagher) and her dog Timmy. Ruined castles and rolling moors; mysterious islands and hidden caves: the five can find adventure wherever they are. Join them at Kirrin Cottage, or away on their holidays as they encounter smugglers, scoundrels and spies. Thankfully, Uncle Quentin and Aunt Fanny are always around to offer lashings of ginger beer.

He may be the star of the new Snow White adaptation, but Povinelli's dwarfism means he's fighting for varied roles

In his hotel room in New Orleans, Mark Povinelli is reflecting upon the sort of scripts he receives. "They're usually obnoxious. I flick through to what page I'm going to be on and … 'Oh look! Biting someone on the ankle! Or punching someone in the balls!' … The trick is to be one step ahead of them. You can't just say, 'I don't like this', you have to come up with an idea that is better. And that's the real challenge – an extra added task that a lot of average actors don't have to deal with. Not only do you have to be a good performer, but you have to come up with better material than you're given a lot of times, to allow yourself to sleep at night."

Povinelli...

Popular Monday Night Double-Feature Block to Present Full Month of Horror Madness

Culver City, Calif., Sept. 26, 2011 - Sony Movie Channel is celebrating Halloween throughout the entire month of October as its weekly double-feature block Mandays takes a stab as Killer Mandays.

“Sony Movie Channel is thrilled to bring such high quality horror films to our viewers during the month of October,” said Superna Kalle. “With such prestigious filmmakers as John Carpenter and Tsui Hark programmed for Killer Mandays, our audience will be screaming for more.”

The thrills will continue online when from Monday, October 3rd - Thursday, November 3rd, sonymoviechannel.com will launch a “Killer Mandays Costume Contest,” where people can submit a photograph of their best horror costume. The winner, voted on by the public, will win a Sony Blu-ray Player and a “Resident Evil” Blu-ray collection. Additional prizing to ten second place winners will include a “Resident Evil” Blu-ray collection.