Casey Chong looks at Cameron Diaz’s best films as the star makes her return to the screen… It’s nice to see the long-missed Cameron Diaz ‘Back in Action‘ after an 11-year hiatus following her retirement from acting to raise her family. Her latest movie, streaming now on Netflix [read our review here], also sees her […]
The Mask at 30: The Story Behind the Smokin’ Superhero Comedy
As it turns 30, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind The Mask… Move over Deadpool, ‘cos here comes the fourth-wall breakin’, pop culture referencin’ dark humor spoutin’ OG of comic book movies – The Mask. Released in 1994 this zany superhero film chock full of quotable one-liners not only cemented Jim Carrey’s status as […]
The 1990s in Comic Book Movies
Tom Jolliffe looks at the eclectic range of comic book movies brought out in the 1990s… The MCU. The DCU. Modern multiplex cinemas have been packed to the rafters with comic book adaptations for decades now, but in the 1980s, the notion of comic book films being a lucrative well to create marketable movies was […]
The Essential 1990s Superhero Movies
Hasitha Fernando on the essential superhero and comic book movies of the 1990s… The popularity of the superhero sub-genre has waxed and waned over the years. Despite having a fairly early start in cinemas it wasn’t until blockbusters like 1978’s Superman: the Movie and 1989’s Batman that cape and cowl affairs began to be taken […]
When Jim Carrey Was a Revelation
Tom Jolliffe looks back the emergence of Jim Carrey, who ruled comedy from the mid-late 90’s… It was 1993/94. I was at the cinema to see a film with a friend. For the life of me, I cannot remember what film it was. It was something comedic, but by the time we came out of […]
90’s Comic Book Movies: The Good, The Bad, The Awful | Flickering Myth TV
EJ and Allen discuss the good, the bad, and the awful of 1990’s comic book movies in the latest episode of Flickering Myth TV… We’re truly in the Golden Age of Comic Book Movies right now, but it hasn’t always been this way… In the latest episode of Flickering Myth TV, EJ Moreno and Allen […]
The Mask could receive a female-led reboot
During an interview with Forbes ahead of the film adaptation’s upcoming 25th anniversary, creator and Dark Horse Comics founder Mike Richardson has suggested that a female-fronted reboot of the 1994 superhero comedy The Mask may be on the horizon. “I’d like to see a really good physical comedian [in the role],” said Richardson. I have […]
