Comics and movies both blossomed in the cultural landscape of the 20th Century. And as they flowered they cross-pollinated one another with their brightest blooms and their most effective arrangements. The digital revolution has opened many doors to the previously unfilmable, leading to an explosion in the number of comic book adaptations. For many people 'comics movies' mean gaudy titans in tights pounding the snot out of one another. However, if you remove the properties of the two big American companies (DC and Marvel), a broader spectrum of the fantastic and mundane is revealed. Presenting for your selection, a cornucopia of pocket universes born of ink, transformed into light. For Superheroes peruse the DC and Marvel sub-headings under Comics Movies, stage left. Pictured: Marv (Mickey Rourke) takes a moment to collect his thoughts in 2005's "Sin City" - cinema's most faithful comic book adaptation to date.
Imprisoned on the other side of the universe, the mighty Thor finds himself in a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against the Hulk, his forme... Read more
Imprisoned on the other side of the universe, the mighty Thor finds himself in a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against the Hulk, his forme... Read more
In the year 2004, a new law enforcement agency polices time-tripping criminals; top agent Jean-Claude Van Damme is determined to nail the ringleader o... Read more
This hugely successful (with 'Tintin-ologists' and families alike) live-action series sees the young adventurer investigating fruit in his second outi... Read more
Herge's beloved Tintin bursts onto the screen in a globe-trotting, live-action adventure in this French-language family film. The first ever live 'Tin... Read more
Aka "Tintin et le Lac aux Requins". Someone is stealing priceless works of art from museums and replacing them with excellent forgeries. Meanwhile, fo... Read more
The amphibious crime-fighters are back as computer animated 'heroes in a half shell', taking on a legion of malevolent monsters who gather just once e... Read more
Tokyo's future is overshadowed by a looming mountain of garbage, a stinking blot on the landscape where everything from toasters to cars to corpses ar... Read more
After a past trauma a young girl is trying to recover her memories with the aid of a psychiatrist and the name 'Tomie' keeps cropping up. Meanwhile a... Read more
The dystopian world depicted in the graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd is brought to the screen in this thrilling sci-fi actioner. In a fasci... Read more