Tom Jolliffe looks at the eclectic range of comic book movies brought out in the 1990s… The MCU. The DCEU. Modern multiplex cinemas are usually packed to the rafters with comic book adaptations, but in the 1980s, the notion of comic book films being a lucrative well to create marketable movies was a little far […]
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 […]