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.
Casper (1995)
6.1/10
Director: Brad Silberling
Starring: Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle
Amazing special effects render this tale of the friendly ghost more real and exciting than previous tales of good-humoured hauntings. Bill Pullman, Er... Read more
Tank Girl (1995)
5.3/10
Director: Rachel Talalay
Starring: Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts, Malcolm McDowell
Apocalypse - ker-pow! Lori Petty is the British comic book-inspired heroine who enjoys cigarettes, beer, her half-man, half-kangaroo boyfriend and her... Read more
The Crow ( Blu-ray ) (1994)
7.6/10
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Bai Ling, Brandon Lee, David Patrick Kelly, Ernie Hudson, Jon Polito, Michael Wi...
A superhuman mystical hero returns from the grave to exact revenge on the killers of his fiancee and himself on the eve of their wedding. The tragic d... Read more
The Mask ( Blu-ray ) (1994)
6.9/10
Director: Charles Russell
Starring: Amy Yasbeck, Cameron Diaz, Jim Carrey, Peter Green, Peter Riegert, Richard Jeni
Inspired by the manic 1940s cartoons of Tex Avery and based on the comic book of the same name, this loopy tale has a bank clerk discovering an ancien... Read more
Richie Rich (1994)
5.8/10
Director: Donald Petrie
Starring: Edward Herrmann, John Larroquette, Macaulay Culkin
Based on the popular comic, this entertaining family film stars Macaulay Culkin as the richest kid in the world, who with the help of his friends and... Read more
The Crow (1994)
7.6/10
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Bai Ling, Brandon Lee, David Patrick Kelly, Ernie Hudson, Jon Polito, Michael Wi...
A superhuman mystical hero returns from the grave to exact revenge on the killers of his fiancee and himself on the eve of their wedding. The tragic d... Read more
Asterix Conquers America (1994)
Director: Gerhard Hahn
Starring: Asterix, Obelix, Getafix
Getafix has been captured by Romans and catapulted off the edge of the world. Asterix and Obelix follow in hot pursuit and find themselves in America.... Read more
The Mask (1994)
6.9/10
Director: Charles Russell
Starring: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Green
Inspired by the manic 1940s cartoons of Tex Avery and based on the comic book of the same name, this loopy tale has a bank clerk discovering an ancien... Read more
Timecop (1994)
5.8/10
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver
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
Dennis the Menace (1993)
5.5/10
Director: Nick Castle
Starring: Walter Matthau, Mason Gamble, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Plowright, Lea Thompson, P...
Based on the famous comic strip, this centres on the relationship between 6 year old Dennis Mitchell and his grouchy neighbour, Mr Wilson. Walter Matt... Read more