Category Archives: Super Movie Monday

Super Movies – Captain America, Chapters 11-15

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Tony Frazier

This is it, the conclusion to Captain America, the most expensive serial of all time and the first appearance of a Marvel Comics superhero on screen. This may seem to go by more quickly than previous entries simply because some … Continue reading →

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Super Movies – Captain America, Chapters 6-10

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Tony Frazier

Continuing our look back at Captain America, the 1944 Republic serial that marked the first on-screen appearance of a Marvel Comics character, sort of. As in past serials, I thought I might try a drinking game this week, but was … Continue reading →

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Super Movies – Captain America, Chapters 2-5

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Tony Frazier

Continuing our look back at Captain America’s first screen appearance, the 1944 Republic serial Captain America. At the end of Chapter One, “The Purple Death,” Captain America (also known as crusading district attorney  Grant Gardner) was trapped in a building … Continue reading →

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Super Movies – Captain America (1944)

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Tony Frazier

While discussing Howard the Duck last time, I mentioned that the only Marvel Comics character to make it to the big screen previously was Captain America. Given the current release of the latest (and one might even say “Ultimate”) Marvel … Continue reading →

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Super Movies – Howard the Duck, Part 2

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Tony Frazier

Continuing our recap of 1986’s Howard the Duck. Burdened with a bad script, a bland lead and a cartoonish supporting cast, Howard would just be another forgettable 80’s comedy, except for two things. Number one, this was not some cheap … Continue reading →

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Super Movies – Howard the Duck

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Tony Frazier

Besides co-creating Omega the Unknown, Steve Gerber also wrote what some consider the defiinitive run of issues of Marvel’s Man-Thing. And in one of Gerber’s Man-Thing stories, he introduced a talking humanoid duck named Howard, who went on to star … Continue reading →

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Super Movies – The Incredible Hulk, Part 2

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Tony Frazier

Continuing our recap of The Incredible Hulk starring Ed Norton and Liv Tyler. But first, I mentioned last week that this film departs from the Ang Lee film in several ways to draw more inspiration from the 70’s/80’s TV series … Continue reading →

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Super Movies – Ivan Reitman’s Watchmen

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Tony Frazier

Most fans know about the unreleased Fantastic Four movie that was made by Roger Corman’s New World studio, or the unaired Justice League TV pilot starring David Ogden Stiers as Martian Manhunter. There are plenty of low-quality bootleg copies floating … Continue reading →

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Super Movies – The Incredible Hulk, Part 1

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Tony Frazier

Please excuse the screencaps in this one. I only have the fullscreen version of this one, so no widescreen goodness for you. Last week, we concluded our recap of Ang Lee’s Hulk. And though the critical reception was pretty lukewarm, … Continue reading →

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Super Movies – Hulk, Part 3

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Tony Frazier

Continuing our look back at Ang Lee’s take on the Hulk from 2003. The movie has finally gotten around to showing us what we’ve known was coming for almost 2 hours–that Bruce’s childhood trauma was watching his father kill his … Continue reading →

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