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Gen 13 (1998) Movie Review
Back in the mid-90s, the most popular team in comic books wasn’t the X-Men, but a group from independent publisher Image Comics. Created by Jim Lee, Brandon Choi and Jim Scott Campbell, “GEN 13″...
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Bulletproof Monk (2003) Movie Review
You have to be a really big fan of Hong Kong legend Chow Yun-Fat (“The Killer”) to fully appreciate “Bulletproof Monk”, a derivative film about an immortal Tibetan monk (Chow) who has been protecting...
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The Punisher (2004) Movie Review
Probably the only thing writer/director Jonathan Hensleigh got right with his big budget version of “The Punisher” is to cast Thomas Jane (“Deep Blue Sea”) in the lead role. With his raspy voice and...
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Batman (1989) Movie Review
Before 1989, unless you were an avid comic book reader, you probably viewed Batman as a clownish superhero, trading punches and quips with bad guys with his youthful assistant Robin faithfully at his side....
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Batman Returns (1992) Movie Review
With two bad movies back to back that ultimately wrecked the series, it’s hard to remember that at one time the Batman series was actually really good. Probably the best example of that is...
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Hellboy (2004) Movie Review
Movies featuring little know comic book characters have come a long way since the modestly budgeted “The Crow” in 1994. Now Columbia Pictures gives Mike Mignola’s creation the full big budget treatment, complete with...
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The Punisher (1989) Movie Review
With the big budget version soon to come out, it’s inevitable that there’s going to be renewed interest in the original attempt to bring Frank Castle to the screen. But anyone planning on renting...
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The Crow 2: City of Angels (1996) Movie Review
The second “Crow” film was controversial even before it was released, due to a massive re-editing by the film studio against the will of the writer and director. The result is a visually impressive...
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Captain America (1991) Movie Review
Promoted as Marvel’s answer to “Batman” and set for release to coincide with the character’s 50th anniversary, this cinematic embarrassment was quickly shelved in 1990. It eventually received a quiet release on home video...
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Lady Death (2004) Movie Review
In 1998, Lady Death creator Brian Pulido announced that the character would make the transition to the screen in the form of an animated feature film. Six years later, the “Lady Death” film finally...
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The Hulk (2003) Movie Review
“The Hulk” is probably the best comic book adaptation of 2003, which is unofficially the Year of the Superheroes. What “The Hulk” has going for it is a sure hand by director Ang Lee...
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Batman: Dead End (2003) Movie Review
A reader sent me a copy of “Batman: Dead End”, which has been making the rounds of comic book conventions and the online fanboy community for the last month or so. Harry Knowles at...
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) Movie Review
The biggest problem with “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” (or “LXG” as the promos call it) is that it doesn’t offer anything new. Oh sure, the story takes place in 1899, and all of...
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Batman 4: Batman and Robin (1997) Movie Review
“Batman and Robin” doesn’t require a lot of thought, except for this notion: Why didn’t the filmmakers call the third installment “Batman and Robin” and save the title “Batman Forever” for this fourth installment?...
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X-Men 2: X-Men United (2003) Movie Review
“X2″, the sequel to 2000′s “X-Men”, is a better movie than the original, but not by much. Considering that director Bryan Singer and his screenwriters were burdened with having to introduce the world of...
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Daredevil (2003) Movie Review
Continuing the seemingly unstoppable streak of Comic Book Superhero movies, 2003′s first entry is “Daredevil”, a mid-level character from Marvel Comics, which also put out “X-Men”, “Spiderman”, the “Blade” franchise, and the upcoming “Hulk”...
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Batman 3: Batman Forever (1995) Movie Review
“Batman Forever,” the third installment in the live-action “Batman” franchise, is generally considered (and quite rightly so) as the beginning of the end of “Batman” as a viable superhero franchise. Not content to doom...
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Birds of Prey: Pilot (2002) TV Review
The following review refers to the workprint version, which is not the final print, meaning there is a very good chance the final print — that is, the print that appears on TV —...
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Blade 2 (2002) Movie Review
In one particularly telling scene in Guillermo del Toro’s “Blade 2,” a vampire is nailed to the wall by another character’s sword, but instead of pulling the sword out and escaping that way, the...
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Spider-Man (2002) Movie Review
The major treat of all “Golden Age” comic book characters is the simplicity of their Origin Story. Superman is an alien who came to Earth as a child and was raised by a kind...
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