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Out of the films that regularly appear on “Worst Superhero Movies, Ever” lists, “Elektra” (2005) ranks as one of the best. While it admittedly has
After launching the “Lethal Weapon” franchise – still going strong to this day — in 1987, Shane Black shifted to writing one-off movies, but he
David Mamet is known for writing con movies, and he sticks to that style even in his biographical/historical tales such as “Hoffa” (1992). Mamet’s worldview
“The Shadow” (1994) is one of those pre-Superman non-comic superheroes. Created by Walter B. Gibson, The Shadow originated in a pulp novel in 1930. He
Today, the TV Tropes website catalogs TV and movie tropes, but “Last Action Hero” (1993) did it before the internet was around. The film, which
The formula of using a Philip K. Dick short story as a foundation for an action film had been established by the time director John
“Green Lantern” (2011) has a reputation for being garbage, but it’s a perfectly fine adaptation of the DC superhero who was created in 1940 by
The Oscar-nominated “Joker” has brought a key question about art front and center, perhaps most prominently since the early part of this century when sample-laden
Zorro is a rare superhero who doesn’t come from comic books, and indeed he predates the 1938 invention of Superman. He was created in 1919