Joel Schumacher’s much maligned 1997 war crime, Batman & Robin, is often touted as one of the worst comic book movies of the modern age.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze
After making literally all of the money that 1990 had to offer, a sequel to the adaptation of Eastman and Laird’s gonzo comic concoction was
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Back in ’84, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s nutzoid, yet devilishly compelling indie comic was unleashed on the world and promptly caught on like fucking
Hulk
After the announcement that the acclaimed director of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain was going to tackle his first summer blocker with an
Howard The Duck
A cinematic car crash of legendary proportions, Howard The Duck has gone down in history as one of THE most notorious misfires that blockbuster cinema
Man-Thing
Any of you that ever read the magazine Toyfair back in the days of print will no doubt be familiar with the humorous comic strip
Aquaman
Sea-Thor, Sea-Thor, on the sea floor?After one of the most disappointing payoffs in cinema history scuppered all that good will provided by Wonder Woman, you
Elektra
We currently live in a time where women are thankfully starting to see more varied roles both in front and behind the camera and it’s
Daredevil
There’s been a lot said about Mark Steven Johnson’s 2003 shot at Marvel’s visually impaired crook puncher and to be fair, most of it is
Birds Of Prey And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn
Hoping to simultaneously dilute the headache inducing stink that was Suicide Squad and keep DC’s recent (and overdue) hot streak going, Birds Of Prey has
Dredd
After Sylvester Stallone’s disastrous time under the helmet (or lack thereof) in 1995’s Judge Dredd, you’d think that any more attempts to realise the varied,
Punisher: War Zone
By the time we got to the third swing at capturing the criminal slaughtering, skull shirted vigilante that is known as The Punisher, there was
The Punisher
Why is it so fucking hard to get The Punisher right?After four separate actors have been hurled at the role like sacrifices dumped into a
V For Vendetta
V For Vendetta, the magnificent graphic novel written by famously anti-social hair sculpture Alan Moore, was always going to be a tough nut to crack
Watchmen
Based on renowned misery-wizard Alan Moore’s legendary DC graphic novel (some say the greatest ever written) Watchmen takes place in an alternate universe where costumed
Nick Fury: Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Those only familiar with the Samuel L. Jackson incarnation of the Marvel comic’s cyclopian super spy may be surprised to know that the original model
Joker
At this point, what HASN’T been said about Todd Phillips’ controversial attempt at an orgin story for comic book’s greatest villain? Skewing close to what
Constantine
First dreamed up by grumpy, fuzzy faced comics overlord Alan Moore as a supporting character to mossy eco-warrior Swamp Thing, chain-smoking, street magician and full
Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance
When attempting to review the second attempt to slap the skull-faced Spirit Of Vengeance into a second attempt at cinematic glory, a few things become
The Trial Of The Incredible Hulk
After the… well, I don’t exactly wanna say success exactly, but SOMEONE must have watched it… of the Incredible Hulk Returns, a follow up TV
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