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Aaron Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Nicolas Cage star in the superhero movie by Matthew Vaughn

Last chance: ‘Kick-Ass’ – wicked superhero fun on Hulu

!Featured, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Hulu, Last chance, satire, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD, thriller 08/23/2021 Sean Axmaker

This darkly satirical superhero movie, based on the uber-violent comic by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., tosses a high school teenager into a crime-fighting culture he isn’t the least bit prepared for.

Taylor Dooley and Taylor Lautner are in Robert Rodriguez's 'Shark Boy and Lava Girl'

‘The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, childhood, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, HBO Max, Kid Stuff, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 08/21/2021 Sean Axmaker

Robert Rodriguez collaborates with his kids on this whimsical fantasy that celebrates and encourages the fantasy lives of children. See a very young Taylor Lautner as Sharkboy.

‘Watchmen’ – Superhero redux on Hulu and HBO Max

!Featured, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, HBO Max, Hulu, satire, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD, thriller 08/18/2021 Sean Axmaker

Zach Snyder’s 2009 adaptation of the landmark graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons is as faithful as anyone could hope for.

What to stream: animated musical ‘Vivo’ on Netflix, ‘The Suicide Squad’ and ‘Obama’ on HBO Max, ‘Val’ on Amazon

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Animation, Apple TV+, based on a comic book, Comedy, Criterion Channel, Disney+, family friendly, HBO Max, Hulu, IMDB TV, Musical, Netflix, Paramount+, Peacock, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD, What to Stream 08/06/2021 Sean Axmaker

Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … The animated musical “Vivo” (2021, PG) follows the odyssey of a kinkajou, a cute, colorful monkey-like critter from Cuba, from Havana to Florida. Lin-Manuel Miranda writes the original songs and voices the […]

Ron Perlman is "Hellboy" in Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of the Mike Mignola graphic novel

‘Hellboy’ – A demon of a superhero on Amazon Prime

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Halloween, horror, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 07/13/2021 Sean Axmaker

Hellboy (2004) – Before Marvel recreated the superhero movie in the context of a connected universe of characters and storylines, like the comic books that inspired them, the best comic book movies created their own, self-contained worlds. One of the best of these was Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Mike Mignola’s cult comic Hellboy and […]

What to stream: ‘Barb and Star’ on Hulu, ‘Shiva Baby’ and a new ‘Gossip Girl’ on HBO Max, ‘Black Widow’ on Disney Premium

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Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … Scarlett Johansson reprises her role as Natasha Romanoff aka “Black Widow” (2021, PG-13) in the first solo film for the Marvel hero. Set between the “Civil War” and “Infinity War” films, it’s […]

‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ on Disney+

!Featured, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 06/29/2021 Sean Axmaker

In X-Men 2, the feral, ferocious Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) went in search of his forgotten past and found it in an abandoned laboratory filled with menacing looking instruments. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) fills in the rest. It’s a prequel that opens like a gothic horror film in 1884, with a mutant boy whose power come […]

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

‘The Dark Knight’ vs. The Joker on Hulu

!Featured, Academy Award, Action, BAFTA winner, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Crime Cinema, DVD, Hulu, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 06/07/2021 Sean Axmaker

Superhero films became increasingly sophisticated and decidedly darker as they become (for better or worse) a full-fledged genre in the 2000s. With Batman Begins, writer/director Christopher Nolan (drawing inspiration from the revisionist Batman comic books by Frank Miller and Jeph Loeb) rebooted the Batman mythos for the big screen, bringing the often lighthearted hero back […]

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

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

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, DVD, Hulu, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, superheroes, SVOD 06/01/2021 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

One of the defining films in the elevation of comic book movies to adult fare, Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins (2005) rebooted the Batman mythos for the big screen, bringing the often lighthearted hero back to the shadows, both figuratively and literally. It’s quite a leap from the previous Batman revival launched by Tim Burton’s 1989 […]

Last chance: ‘X-Men: First Class’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, DVD, HBO Max, Last chance, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 05/25/2021 Sean Axmaker

X-Men: First Class (2011) is both a reboot and a prequel to the big screen comic book series about a team of mutant superheroes with new, younger models of the series elders Charles “Professor X” Xavier (James McAvoy as a flirtatious, precocious incarnation of Patrick Stewart’s more professorial figure) and Erik “Magneto” Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender, […]