Articles related to "Superhero Film"

Batman stalks the streets terrifying the criminal underworld, but he is about to meet is match in the form of the insane clown prince of crime, the twisted Joker.

Hancock is a bad tempered, drunk superhero who foils crimes but causes millions of dollars in property damages. After meeting a PR spokesman he is given a makeover.

Magneto is imprisioned and Wolverine is returning from looking into his past. A mutant attack on the President ignites the spark that could result in a human mutant war

Humanity fears what it does not understand. The X-Men fight to protect humanity from the mutants who believe that a war between humanity and mutants is inevitable.

James and his brother Victor are brothers and mutants. James puts his violent past behind him until Victor appears and kills his girlfriend. James vows revenge.

A 'cure' for mutation has been found which prompts Magneto to rise up against humanity, and only the X-Men can prevent a war from erupting between mutant and human.

Billionaire weapons maker Tony Stark is is captured and forced to build a deadly weapon. After confronting the damage he has done he decides to make things right.

Heroes, X-Men, The 4400 and other superhero stories use similar characters, plots and themes. Their true superpower is their ability to make old scripts appear to be new.

With the recent box office success of Iron Man, Marvel Studios is already planning a sequel to the film. Other Marvel comic book adaptations are in the works as well.

Watchmen may be geared towards being a big blockbuster success, but it is also like no other film of it's kind: a singular and unique experience.

Iron Man is an unbelievably entertaining film but at its core, it is about something of great interest to the entire world.

Two main factors influence the increasing popularity of onscreen live-action superheroes such as Spider-Man, Batman, and Superman.

Watchmen is a superhero movie more like Magnolia than Mystery Men, weaving an intricate plot through a three hour running time.

Following Iron Man's success Marvel has announced an ambitious, highly anticipated schedule of superhero films through 2011 including a string of Avengers related movies.

A group of second generation superheroes are forced to confront the past when one of their number is murdered.

Who can resist the excitement of car chases, explosions, and good old-fashioned fistfights? Hollywood action movies are full of them.

Films based on comic book characters have a history of success at the box office and the summer of 2008 will see the release of several films hoping to cash in.

DC Comics has a vast stable of characters that belong on the silver screen. Batman and Superman have their franchises, but it's time that other DC properties break out.

Keeping in line with his recent film works (Bourne Identity, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) , filmmaker Doug Liman gives us Jumper, a tale of teleportation and survival. 7.5/10

People will call it the first adult comic book movie - but sidestepping that and all the other chit-chat, Watchmen is a sprawling, sophisticated and gripping film.

Guillermo del Toro wrote/directed the foreign film Pan's Labyrinth, picking up pretty much every award going in the process. He's also set to direct the new Hobbit films.

Iron Man, released in summer of 2008, stands apart from the recent slew of superhero movies (Superman Returns, the Spiderman trilogy) in that it is more adult.

Iron Man is the first big blockbuster of summer, and Marvel has created the next successful superhero franchise. Jon Favreau and Company has struck gold with Iron Man.

Spring always brings a groundswell of potential blockbuster films, and this spring is no different. A look at the most anticipated films of the season.

Superman, rocketed off Krypton, crashed on Earth as a baby to grow into the greatest hero in history. The Last Son of Krypton also rocketed off the page into every media.

With his drinking problem and bad attitude, John Hancock may seem like a poorly executed Tony Stark rip-off. If only it were that simple.

A solar storm is due to pass Earth and Reed Richards believes it is the key to evolution. He, and 4 others, travel to space and are accidentally exposed to the storm.

Director Rakesh Roshan creates Krrish, a Bollywood movie masterpiece that doesn't quite comport to mainstream American film tastes, not that it should.

From costars to family trees, Jeff Bridges and George Clooney, the frontrunning competitors for the 2010 best actor Oscar, have more in common than acting chops.

From superheroes to folding cities, the next year promises to be another record-breaking year for the box office.

Another year is ending, which ends another year of cinema and film. 2009 was a great year for movies, showcasing some really amazing box office successes.