What do you get when one of the stars of DC’s television show Arrow tries to crowdfund a low rent X-Men movie into existence? The answer is Code 8, a somewhat futuristic movie brought to us by Jeff Chan and cousins Robbie Amell and Stephen Amell. This is one of those movies that started as…
Tag: Superhero
Hero at Large (1980) – Review
Who wouldn’t want to meet a superhero in real life? Many of us grew up pouring over countless Marvel or DC comic books, hoping to if not be bitten by a radioactive spider at least to someday meet one of those larger-than-life-heroes for ourselves. Martin Davidson’s film, Hero at Large, wonderfully taps into the hopeful…
Batman Returns (1992) – Review
When 1989’s Batman made over $400 million worldwide the idea of a follow-up film was a no-brainer, but Tim Burton wasn’t all that interested in returning to the world of Gotham City and this left the studio a little stressed, with big money on the line, and the execs over at Warner Brothers were not…
Batman (1989) – Review
If director Tim Burton can be credited for anything it would be in proving to Hollywood that big-budget superhero movies could, once again, be a successful venture, especially after Superman IV: The Quest for Peace practically drove the superhero movie into hibernation, but the resurgent popularity of Batman (thanks to the contemporary work of comic…
Swamp Thing (2019) – Review
In 1982, DC comics revived their Swamp Thing character to capitalize on Wes Craven’s Swamp Thing movie, but after a couple years, the book found itself nearing cancelation, with the title’s sales plummeting, so with nothing to lose, DC gave a relatively unknown English writer named Alan Moore free rein to revamp the title as…