Tagged: superhero

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2000s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

In this third installment of the popular superhero franchise, Peter Parker (Maguire, Seabiscuit) is all set to pop the question to the love of his life, Mary Jane Watson (Dunst, Marie Antoinette).  Unfortunately, every time he gets...

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1990s / Comedy / Fantasy

Meteor Man (1993)

I like films about superheroes.  I like Robert Townsend.  A film by Robert Townsend about superheroes would seem like it couldn’t miss with me.  It does — and by a lot. Meteor Man was created...

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1990s / Action / Fantasy / Superhero

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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1990s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero

Batman Forever (1995)

It’s not that the Batman series has run out of ideas by this point, it’s just that the makers of Batman Forever have no idea where to look for inspiration.  Tim Burton gives up the directorial reins to...

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2000s / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Superhero / Thriller

Unbreakable (2000)

M. Night Shyamalan, the heralded director of The Sixth Sense, follows up his mega-blockbuster with a very subdued but more profound thriller in Unbreakable. Although I admit that liked The Sixth Sense, I also must admit that...

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1990s / Action / Comedy / Superhero

Mystery Men (1999)

In a city of comical superheroes, its most prominent, Captain Amazing (Kinnear, As Good As It Gets), gets captured by its most feared villain, Casanova Frankenstein (Rush, Elizabeth). A fledgling crew of ineptitude band together to...

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1990s / Action / Fantasy / Martial Arts / Superhero

The Heroic Trio (1993)

The Invisible Woman (Yeoh, Wing Chun) is stealing babies from local hospitals for an evil master, while Wonder Woman (Mui, Rouge) is trying to take her down. Thief Catcher (Cheung, The Iceman Cometh) joins forces with the police to try...