After muscling out the amusingly cheap and (not very) cheerful Captain America TV movie like a star spangled kidney stone, the producers must have somehow
Tag: Comic Book Movie
Supergirl (1984) – Review
After Superman III was virtually torpedoed single handedly by the confusing appearance of a gurning Richard Pryor, a female-centric spin off featuring Superman’s cousin Kara
Captain America: Sentinel Of Liberty (1979) – Review
Marvel’s desperate and clumsy attempts to shove their properties onto television in the late 70’s were a mixed bag at best. Sure, The Incedible Hulk
Jonah Hex (2010) – Review
The melding of Warner Brothers and DC has provided both compliments and complaints over the years but until recently the most prevalent one was the
The Death Of The Incredible Hulk (1990) – Review
The third and final entry into what increasingly feels more and more like a desperate act to keep Bill Bixby in gainful employment (he also
The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988) – Review
After about 8 years of being off the air, Marvel’s most successful attempt at getting any of their properties realized at the time returned for
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) – Review
Back in 2008, Batman (with a healthy assist by Heath Ledger’s definitive, punk, anarchist Joker) swung in and changed the face of an entire genre.
The Dark Knight (2008) – Review
Coming out of nowhere to redeem the bat-franchise with Batman Begins (not the Batman film we deserved, but the Batman film we needed), who could’ve
Batman Begins (2005) – Review
It’s always been said that Bruce Wayne’s pointy-eared alter ego can best any opponent given enough prep time and after Warners had unleashed the most
Blade: Trinity (2004) – Review
When you consider how much of an influence the original Blade is credited with when it comes to the meteoric rise (and rise) of the
Batman And Robin (1997) – Review
Here it is ladies and germs, the movie that’s regarded as one of the worst of the modern age. A film that brought a screeching
Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer (2007) – Review
Sometimes people, when faced with an adaption of beloved literature, can focus too much on the negative while being wilfully blind to the positive that’s
The Story Of Ricky (1992) – Reviews
Even though I myself have used the phrase before – possibly in one of these very reviews – I’ve never really liked the term “guilty
Batman Forever (1995) – Review
It’s a heady moment. You know the one; that moment when the quality of a franchise drops sharply and you know that all is lost.
Batman Returns (1992) – Review
After the movie Batman made the world at large ridiculously obsessed with a violent billionaire punching a mentally ill man in white-face, director Tim Burton
Fantastic Four (2005) – Review
There’s a prevailing theory that all you have to do to make a great comic book movie is keep it as close to the source
Batman: The Movie (1966) – Review
Holy crackpot! There’s a theory I’ve had for a while now that determines how mature you are based on your understanding and enjoyment of the
Ghost Rider (2007) – Review
Not unlike an attractive, yet dull, twentysomething sporting a stylish haircut and a good body, Johnny Blaze’s flaming skulled alter ego seems to have mostly
The Lego Batman Movie (2017) – Review
It’s remarkably telling that the best Batman movie in nine years has come, not from the DC’s own cinematic universe, but from those Lego guys.
Dr. Strange (1978) – Review
It’s easy to look at the comic book movies that came out between 1998 and 2008 that didn’t quite make the grade and mock their
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