Genre: Comic Book

Stories drawn from or about comic books — the serialized, panel-by-panel medium where heroes, villains, and whole universes unfold in ink.

  • Sin City (2005) Cover

    Sin City (2005)

    Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's 2005 hyper-stylized noir. Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Clive Owen. Black-white with red accents.
  • The Dark Knight (2008) Cover

    The Dark Knight (2008)

    Nolan's 2008 Batman sequel. Bale, Ledger, Eckhart. Ledger's posthumous Oscar. The film that proved comic book films could be major cinema.
  • Joker (2019) Cover

    Joker (2019)

    Todd Phillips's 2019 character study. Joaquin Phoenix won Best Actor. Scorsese-adjacent but not Scorsese. Still the strongest live-action Joker film.
  • The Punisher (1989, 2004, 2008) Cover

    The Punisher (1989, 2004, 2008)

    Three theatrical Punisher films: 1989 Lundgren, 2004 Jane, 2008 Stevenson. Three distinct approaches, three distinct production eras.
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