Category: Superhero

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X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

This is the third installment of the X-Men series, continuing the storylines developed since the first X-Men and the show-stopping finale which culminated in the death of Jean Grey (Janssen) in X2.  Jean Grey does make a comeback here,...

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Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998)

Back in the days before Spider-Man, projects based on Marvel Comics characters were pretty laughable, to say the least, and the made-for-TV movie, Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. is a prime example.  Regardless of the casting, such...

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Batman & Robin (1997)

“Batman smells — Robin laid an egg.”  I couldn’t get these words to the famous “Jingle Bells” parody out of my head while watching what might be the worst mega-budget fiasco of the decade.  By...

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Batman Begins (2005)

Easily the best Batman movie made to date (later bested by its sequel), Batman Begins takes an ice-cold franchise and makes it red-hot again by reinventing itself.  When we last left the series, Joel Schumacher had run...

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Elektra (2005)

In the comic book world, Elektra has always been more of a third-tier “superhero,” who has had her purpose and enjoyed a brief moment in the spotlight due to her philandering with a well-known...

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Batman Returns (1992)

I remember when I was much younger being completely entranced by this sequel to the mega-blockbuster, Batman, for its darkly complex, psychological world of gray-area shades of good vs. evil.  Watching it today, I wince...

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Steel (1997)

Unintentional humor abounds, in this very poor attempt at trying to start up another franchise superhero (based on an actual DC Comics character spun off of Superman) with Shaquille O’Neal in the lead role. ...

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Catwoman (2004)

Change the name, change the origin, change the town, change the personality, and what do you have?  Not DC Comics’ Catwoman, I can attest.  The only similarities between Catwoman‘s Patience Phillips and Selina Kyle of...