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Jane Fonda stars in the campy psychedelic romp from director Roger Vadim

‘Barbarella’ – Sexy space camp on Paramount+

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Jane Fonda stars in this campy psychedelic fantasy posing as science fiction, reworked for the 1960s culture of free love and pop art.

Hugh Jackman is ‘The Wolverine’ on Peacock and Disney+

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The second solo film featuring the break-out ‘X-Men’ character sends him to Japan to take the yakuza.

Paul Rudd is Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man. in the Marvel superhero movie directed by Peyton Reed.

‘Ant-Man’ – Marvel gets small on Disney+

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Paul Rudd plays the diminutive hero in the most playful and whimsical of superhero adventures in the MCU and Michael Douglas costars as his mentor.

‘Justice League: War’ – superheroes collide on HBO Max

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This 2014 DCU Animated Original reimagines the first meeting Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the DC superhero stars

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ – the trilogy concludes on HBO Max

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It’s Christian Bale’s Batman vs. Tom Hardy’s Bane in the culmination of Christopher Nolan’s trilogy of high-minded comic book superhero action spectacles

Heath Ledger is The Joker in the Christopher Nolan Batman sequel starring Christian Bale

‘The Dark Knight’ vs. The Joker on HBO Max

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The second film in Christopher Nolan’s trilogy starring Christian Bale as Batman is a pulp tragedy with costumed players and elevated stakes.

Christian Bale is Batman in Christopher Nolan's 'Batman Begins'

‘Batman Begins’ – Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight on HBO Max and Hulu

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Christopher Nolan rebooted the Batman mythos for the big screen in 2005, bringing the often lighthearted hero back to the shadows, both figuratively and literally.

Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg are the ‘2 Guns’ on Netflix

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Washington and Wahlberg play a pair of freelance criminals in this action-packed thriller where these bad guys are the good guys compared to everyone else around them.

‘Red’ – Bruce Willis is deadly funny on HBO Max

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John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren costar in the action comedy about retired agents who prove that cunning, confidence and skill beats youth and arrogance.

‘Big Hero 6’ – a cuddly superhero on Disney+

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This animated Disney adventure features the cuddliest, sweetest, most protective crimefighter the world has ever seen.