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Super Movies – Fantastic Four, Part 2
Continuing the recap of 2005’s big-budget feature adaptation of Marvel’s Fantastic Four. When we left off last week, Victor Von Doom was mutating. His skin and bones were turning to metal, plus he had magnetic and electrical powers. My God, … Continue reading
Super Movies – Fantastic Four, Part 1
Live-action success for Marvel’s original superhero team, the Fantastic Four, was a long time coming. They were featured in cartoon series over the years, from Hanna Barbera in the 60’s to DePatie/Freleng in the 70’s (in which the Human Torch … Continue reading
Super Movies – Daredevil, Part 2
Continuing our look back at 2003’s Daredevil, starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner and Colin Farrell. As we concluded last week, the Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan) had just hired Irish hitman Bullseye to kill his errant henchman, Nikolas Natchios. But before … Continue reading
Super Movies – Daredevil, Part 1
Yeah, you read that right. Imma’ spend two weeks on this joint, or whatever cool guys say. And yeah, that title card above is made up of three different elements from the clever opening credit sequence. I hope you appreciate … Continue reading
Super Movies – Robocop
Since yesterday’s Vault featured a man trapped in a robotic suit, I figured why not continue the theme with 1987’s Robocop? Directed by Paul Verhoeven from a script by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner, Robocop tells the story of Alex … Continue reading
Super Movies – Blade: Trinity
Cleaning up the last straggler from Halloween, we come to the third and final feature in the Blade trilogy, Blade: Trinity, written and directed by David S. Goyer. Yes, I know there’s a DVD set that includes a fourth Blade film, … Continue reading
Super Movies – V For Vendetta
Yes, it’s another late post. Not because I was too busy, but because I had forgotten. Not forgotten to post, nor forgotten that this movie wasn’t very good. No, I had forgotten how angry the movie makes me, so I … Continue reading
Super Movies – Blade II
Sorry for the late drop on this. A lot of things have piled up here lately, and last night, I suffered a bout of stupid that delayed things even more. But here we are. To cap off our five-week festival … Continue reading
Super Movies – Blade
In 1998, superhero movies were in a slump. There hadn’t been a good Superman film in almost 20 years, and the Batman franchise, which had started with such a bang, had ended with a whimper and a yawn the year … Continue reading
Super Movies – Ghost Rider
Continuing our Halloween Cavalcade of Heroes Who Are Monsters, let’s take a look back at 2007’s Ghost Rider. Written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson, the man who earlier brought us Ben Affleck as Daredevil, Ghost Rider tells the story … Continue reading
