While Superman made his live-action debut with the Kirk Alyn-led theatrical serials it was George Reeves and his interpretation of the “Man of Steel” that would cement how the character would be perceived for decades to come, and even though this “movie” clocks in at a meagre 58-minutes it is still considered to be Superman’s…
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Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) – Review
The 1948 Superman serial was an incredible success for Columbia Pictures, so successful that it was even released in theatres not known for showing serials, which meant a sequel was pretty much a foregone conclusion. And while that first one featured the nefarious plotting of the femme fatale known as the Spider Lady, who was…
Superman: The First Serial (1948) – Review
There have been many adaptations of Superman over the years but it was Columbia Pictures who brought the world its first “live-action Superman” to theatres – Max Fleischer at Paramount was technically the first one to bring Superman to the big screen but his was an animated version – and while Columbia’s superhero serial was…
The Spirit (2008) – Review
With the successful adaptations of two Sin City movies, based on the Frank Miller comics, it must have seemed like a great idea to give the man a shot at adapting the Will Eisner comic to the big screen as he was a big fan of the character, unfortunately, in the case of those Sin…
The Spirit (1987) – Review
The Spirit is a fictional masked crimefighter created by cartoonist Will Eisner and first appeared in comics way back in 1940 despite remaining a somewhat popular character for decades he never reached the heights of say Batman or Superman and thus his road into other mediums never quite took.