Comics Movies
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.
The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
4.6/10
Director: Tim Pope
Starring: Ian Dury, Iggy Pop, Mia Kirshner, Thomas Jane, Vincent Perez
French actor Vincent Perez steps into the late Brandon Lee's shoes in this stylish sequel that finds the undead hero returning for revenge in a decayi... Read more
Garfield (2004)
5/10
Director: Peter Hewitt
Starring: Bill Murray, Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Debra Mess...
Cartoonist Jim Davis's lasagna-eating, nap-loving, fat cat comes to life in a comedic family adventure that mixes live-action with computer-generated... Read more
Golgo 13: Kowloon Assignment (1977)
7.5/10
Director: Yukio Noda
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Emi Shindo, Callan Leung
Based on a best-selling Japanese comic, Sonny Chiba stars as 'Golgo 13', a master assassin whose calling card is a single shot between the eyes. Match... Read more
The Gifted: Season 1 (2017)
7.6/10
Starring: Amy Acker, Stephen Moyer, Jamie Chung, Sean Teale, Natalie Alyn Lind, Percy Hyne...
In a world where mutated humans are treated with distrust and fear, an institute for mutants battles to achieve peaceful co-existence with humanity. Read more
Friday Foster (1975)
6/10
Director: Arthur Marks
Starring: Carl Weathers, Eartha Kitt, Pam Grier, Scatman Crothers, Yaphet Kotto, Thalmus R...
Statuesque action star Pam Grier is supremely cast as comic-strip heroine Friday Foster. A free-lance photographer with an insatiable thirst for adven... Read more
X-Men: Volume 1, Episodes 9-16 (1992)
7.4/10
Director: Various
In a world that hates and fears them, several mutants (humans who are born with unique powers and abilities) have banded together to fight the hatred,... Read more
Thor: Love And Thunder (Blu-ray) (2022)
6.3/10
Director: Taika Waititi
Starring: Idris Elba, Tessa Thompson, Chris Hemsworth, Taika Waititi, Christian Bale, Russ...
Thor's retirement is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher, who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor... Read more
Buck Rogers: The Serial (1939)
7.3/10
Starring: Larry 'Buster' Crabbe
A classic action packed sci-fi serial in 12 chapters. Emerging from a state of hibernation after 500 years, Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe) and young Budd... Read more
M.W. (2009)
5.5/10
Director: Hitoshi Iwamoto
Starring: Yuriko Ishida, Ryo Ishibashi, Takayuki Yamada, Hiroshi Tamaki
When a top secret compound called M.W. (pronounced 'mew') infects an island community, the military moves in to kill the victims and cover up the stor... Read more
300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
6.2/10
Director: Noam Murro
Starring: Hans Matheson, Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green, Sullivan Stapleton
This new chapter of the epic saga "300", told in the breathtaking visual style that defined the original blockbuster, brings the fight for glory to a... Read more