Sentences with phrase «on comic book superheroes»

The fact that comics can be mainstream (movies based on comic book superheroes like Batman are pretty much the only sure thing at the box office nowadays) or highbrow (Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus: A Survivor's Tale won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992) isn't anything new.

Not exact matches

But «Ready Player One,» based on a 2011 novel, is vying for moviegoers at a time when the box office has been dominated by serial tales of comic - book superheroes and sequels to established hits, making it tougher for new material to shine.

He's known for his writing on race and politics — so it makes sense that his latest project, a comic book series for Marvel called «Black Panther,» is about the first black superhero in mainstream U.S. comics.

Keep on thanking him and send money, to some guys, so that this son, whom you'll never see again, can go on saving other people like some comic book superhero, or something.

Bonds stood in front of his locker on Sunday, stripped to his comic - book superhero musculature except for a pair of shorts, and smiled — yes, smiled — in defeat.

Late - night comedian Samantha Bee, whose «Full Frontal» show last year created images of Schneiderman as a comic - book superhero taking on Trump, distanced herself from him, demanding on Twitter that he take down a recent tweet of the pictures.

That a major university press would publish a series of graphic novels may come as a surprise to those who think of these works as comic books on steroids, offering plots about superheroes to younger readers.

A couple of months ago now, the world was finally treated to the superhero film every comic book fan had been waiting decades to see on the big screen: Batman v Superman.

The cybernetically reconstructed Richard Drumm is joined by antiquities dealer Paul Farren to aim fire at Justice League and Thor Ragnarock and look back on the year of Superhero and Comic Book Films.

This review of kick - ass a 2010 superhero / action - comedy film based on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr is awesome.

I've written before on this blog about the difficulties Marvel might face adapting Ant - Man, given the enormous damage to the superhero's reputation following a very nasty, very well documented domestic violence episode (involving his wife Janet van Dyne, AKA The Wasp) in an early 1980s comic book run.

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The current cycle of comic - book - superhero films could be credited to, or blamed on, the success of Bryan Singer's X-Men in 2000, which removed some of the taint and anxiety surrounding the idea of translating the cheesiness of comic - book storytelling for a cinema audience.

In a truly touching display of get - back - on - that - horse perseverance, the Hollywood actor has finally scored a hit superhero series, soldiering past the three previous indications that America had little interest in seeing him play a comic - book...

Liev Schreiber («X-Men Origins: Wolverine») narrates the first - ever documentary about comic book heroes in Superheroes: A Never - Ending Battle on PBS.

Not just a watershed moment — the first blockbuster comic - book movie centered on a female superhero — but an earnestly realized look at a character who embodies strength, compassion and courage in any century.

• Most scenes in modern blockbusters — superhero movies, comic book stories, FX - driven tentpoles, etc. — feel both perfunctory and dead on arrival.

It's another origin story we're familiar with in the world of comic book heroes, but given the emphasis on magic and alternate dimensions, there are many other toys in the toy box to play with to keep it all feeling like something new to the universe of big - screen superheroes.

Overloading the movie with superheroes might please fans of the comic books, but the rest of us will be chewing on our own spleens when the umpteenth brightly - coloured dude turns up to spout one line of dialogue, then drop off the map.

The finished film, based on the popular children's book series, focuses on two troublesome fourth graders, George and Harold (Kevin Hart & Thomas Middleditch), who hypnotize their cruel principal (Ed Helm) into thinking he's a comic book superhero, the titular Captain Underpants.

The movie is based on the comic book by Mark Millar (Wanted) and focuses on a high school kid who decides to become a superhero... with no super powers whatsoever.

Darwyn Cooke, the comic book artist best known for his vibrantly imaginative work on DC superheroes and noir crime stories, has died.

Super-Hero, Action Comedy - This is the sequel to the 2016 superhero action comedy hit, based on the long - running Marvel comic book series.

«The Avengers» is based on the comic book series of the same name, which brings various Marvel superheroes together.

They also have existing fanbase among Marvel and DC comic - book readers who are perpetually excited to see their beloved superheroes (or supervillains) come alive on the big screen.

Based on the iconic DC Comic book, Wonder Woman has earned more than $ 410 million in the U.S. and over $ 820 million worldwide, set numerous box office records, including becoming the highest - grossing film directed by a woman, the highest - grossing superhero origin film domestically, and the largest opening for a female - led comic - based Comic book, Wonder Woman has earned more than $ 410 million in the U.S. and over $ 820 million worldwide, set numerous box office records, including becoming the highest - grossing film directed by a woman, the highest - grossing superhero origin film domestically, and the largest opening for a female - led comic - based comic - based film.

Bryan Singer's take on Marvel's popular mutant team kicked off a renaissance of complex comic - book movies: You mean superheroes could function as social metaphors?

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women: Based on the bold and illuminating true superhero origin story depicting the creation of the beloved comic book character Wonder Woman in 1941 by Dr. William Moulton Marston.

At times the focus might be too much on teenage angst (Superboy has daddy issues with his genetic «father» Superman for instance) but the positives far outweigh the negatives and Young Justice is recommended viewing for both older and younger superhero comic book fans.

Crackle's stop - motion animated superhero comedy SuperMansion comes to comic books this week, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here courtesy of Titan... Based on the Emmy nominated web - based animated show airing on Crackle, now featured on Adult Swim!

The final result: Civil War's superhero brawls deliver many a moment and «money shot» that will thrill both casual moviegoers and hardcore comic book fans, whether the fight in question involves a group brawl or one - on - one (or two - on - one) showdown.

Logan ends with that child uprooting the makeshift crucifix on Wolvervine's grave and then repositioning it, swastika - style, to evoke X-Men, the team of comic - book superheroes from which Wolverine / Logan originated.

If it isn't the fact that superhero films dominate the box office, and comic book adaptations are making a mint on TV, there's the fact that two years ago, Disney released the even more geeky Wreck - It Ralph.

Logan, perhaps taking cues from the fourth wall - breaking Deadpool, will also be a bit of a meta commentary on comic books, superheroes, and the fandom surrounding both, as glimpsed in a scene from this new trailer.

Yes, Affleck starred in what is widely considered one of the worst films ever based on a comic book, 2003's «Daredevil,» which flopped critically (45 percent on the Tomatometer) and commercially ($ 102.5 million total domestically, which is usually what a blockbuster superhero movie will make on its opening weekend alone).

Now donning a skin - hugging bodysuit, the muscled actor takes on the character of comic book protagonist The Green Lantern — not to be confused with the superhero wannabe in The Green Hornet.

Twentieth Century Fox first launched their comic book superhero film universe in 2000 with X-Men, which introduced Jackman's take on Wolverine.

Despite some minor alterations to his origin and the emphasis on a love story — a surprisingly touching one, Deadpool stuck the superhero landing as one of the most accurate portrayals of a comic book character in film.

Part war movie, part doomed romance, overfull with artful and exciting action sequences (the No Man's Land assault led by Diana is worth the cost of admission alone), and all told some pretty subversive content for a populist DC superhero film ---- and easily the best outside of Nolan's Batman films, from that expanded universe ---- this is a charismatic, crowd - pleasing, comic book conversion that works on every conceivable level.

In what is beginning to look like the summer of the superhero film (remember, still to come are Green Lantern and Captain America: The First Avenger), it is with a big, stupid fanboy grin that I report X-Men: First Class builds on the momentum established by the season's first successful superhero, Thor, and delivers another solid, entertaining, and thoroughly satisfying comic book movie.

In other comic book movies, directors such as Ang Lee, Christopher Nolan, Shane Black, James Mangold, Joss Whedon and Zac Snyder have all put their stamp — for good or ill — on their superhero product.

Frank Miller's big screen incarnation of Will Eisner's landmark comic superhero series The Spirit was not a hit in theaters and the visually dynamic but narratively sketchy comic book movie isn't any better on DVD.

According to Splash Report, Netflix is in talks to develop a series based on Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's comic book series about a group of dysfunctional superheroes uniting after a decade apart to save the world.

Admittedly, I feel somewhat overdosed on Superhero and Comic book adaptations, yet the action and effects are still quite fun to watch, even if director Marc Webb (Ok, that pun is just too easy) seems to jumble up too many story lines.

Not only was it a great film that empowered women (both on - screen and off, with Patty Jenkins the first - ever woman to direct a live - action, theatrically released comic book superhero film) Wonder Woman was quite frankly the best superhero movie of recent years and undoubtedly DC's saving grace from a sinking film roster.

In the ELLE Canada feature, Tessa talks about her reluctance to take on a role like Valkyrie, a character who was blond and blue - eyed in the comic books, because she never dared to dream to play a superhero.

To celebrate «Pool's free - for - all attack on the superhero genre, we've collected every mention of other live action comic book characters.

The Black Panther superhero initially appeared during the civil rights era in a Stan Lee and Jack Kirby co-authored 1966 Marvel comic book, and made his first appearance on film in 2016 in «Captain America: Civil War.»

Growing up, I didn't collect comic books, but I did watch every single superhero movie that came out and every superhero series on TV during the Nineties, which I consider the Golden Age of superhero animation.

It doesn't matter who the on - screen villain is, studio execs are the film's real target, which makes it an experience custom built for comic book obsessives and superhero movie junkies.