Josh Reviews the Animated Adaptation of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Part 2)!
DC’s series of direct-to-DVD animated films stepped up to the plate big-time, recently, by taking on direct adaptations of two of the greatest comics that DC ever published. Both were written by Frank Miller. The first was Batman: Year One (click here for my review of that a
The Top 10 DVDs/Blu-Rays of 2012!
And so, at last, we arrive at my final Best of 2012 list! I hope you enjoyed the rest of my lists. You can follow these links to see my Top 15 Movies of 2012: click here for part one, here for part two, and here for part three. Click here for part one of […]
Josh Reviews the Animated Adaptation of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Part 1)!
Released in 1986, Frank Miller and Klaus Janson’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is one of the most seminal Batman stories ever written, and certainly one of the finest super-hero comic-book stories ever told. The Dark Knight Returns forever changed the depiction of Batman, a
Superman vs. The Elite
The latest release from DC Animation is Superman vs. The Elite, an adaptation of “What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?” written by Joe Kelly and illustrated by Doug Mahnke and Lee Bermejo . The story was originally published in Action Comics
News Around the Net!
In response to this summer’s lousy Spider-Man reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man (click here for my review), comes this great article on 10 Remakes that Got it Right. There are some really intriguing films on this list that I have never seen, but have been immediately placed on my
Josh Returns to the DC Animated Universe with Justice League: Doom
Justice League: Doom is the latest direct-to-DVD DC Universe animated feature. The story is adapted from the “Tower of Babel” story-line that ran through issues #42-46 of JLA back in 1998. Those original comics were written by Mark Waid and Dan Curtis Johnson and illus
The (Animated) Dark Knight Rises
OK, I already posted a link to a “sweded” version of The Dark Knight Rises trailer. Now check out this version of the trailer created entirely from re-edited footage from the seminar and still-amazing Batman: The Animated Series: I love that so much!!
The Top 10 DVDs/Blu-Rays of 2011!
Click here for my list of the Top 15 Movies of 2011: part one, part two, and part three, and here for my list of the Top 15 Comic Book Series of 2011: part one, and part two. Now let’s dig into my list of the Top 10 DVDs/Blu-Rays of 2011! 10. The Increasingly Poor […]
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews the Animated Adaptation of Batman: Year One!
Back in 1986, Frank Miller turned the comics world on its ear with the release of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. This four-issue prestige-format limited series, which Mr. Miller wrote and pencilled (with inks by Klaus Janson and gorgeous colors by Lynn Varley), told the story of a
DC Animated Update
It’s been a while since I’ve chimed in with my thoughts on the recent direct-to-DVD DC Universe animated films! Here are my thoughts on the last three releases: Superman/Batman: Apocalypse — Coming hot off the heels of what I consider to be the strongest film in th