Movie Listing: Comic Book - All

300

Tagline:

Spartans, tonight, we dine in HELL!

Studio: Warner Bros

Release Date: Friday, March 9, 2007

Based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300 is a ferocious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fight to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Though they have virtually no hope of defeating Xerxes' intimidating battalion, Leonidas' men soldier on, intent on letting it be known they will bow to no man but their king.

Rating: Rated R

Batman (1966)

Tagline:

Pow! BLAM! The caped crusaders are out to save the leaders of the free world.

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Release Date: Wednesday, July 20, 1966

The archvillains of The United Underworld - The Catwoman, The Joker, The Riddler and The Penguin - combine forces to dispose of Batman and Robin as they launch their fantastic plot to control the entire world. Armed with a Penguin-personalized pre-atomic submarine, an army of ruthless pirates, exploding sharks and octopi, and an arsenal of polaris missiles, the dastardly villains hijack a yacht containing a superdehydrator, which can extract all moisture from humans and reduce them to particles of dust.

Rating: Rated PG

Batman (1989)

Tagline:

Where does he get all those wonderful toys!

Studio: Warner Bros

Release Date: Friday, June 23, 1989

Behind the black cowl, Gotham City superhero Batman is really millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton), who turned to crimefighting after his parents were brutally murdered before his eyes. The only person to share Wayne's secret is faithful butler Alfred (Michael Gough). The principal villain in Batman is The Joker (Jack Nicholson) who'd been mob torpedo Jack Napier before he was horribly disfigured in a vat of acid. The Joker's plan to destroy Batman and gain control of Gotham City is manifold.

Rating: Rated PG-13

Batman Begins

Tagline:

Evil fears the Knight

Studio: Warner Bros

Release Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2005

As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes, a trauma which led him to become obsessed with revenge but his chance is cruelly taken away from him by fate. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with the dangerous but honorable ninja cult leader known as Ra's Al-Ghul, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system whilst the company he inherited is slowly being pulled out from under him.

Rating: Rated PG-13

Batman Forever

Studio: Warner Bros

Release Date: Friday, June 16, 1995

The third film of the franchise sees many changes as; Tim Burton moves to Producer and makes way for Joel Schumacher to put his stamp on the highly successful comic adaptation, Michael Keaton is dropped for Val Kilmer in the lead roll and Robin makes his first appearance by way of Chris O'Donnell.

Rating: Rated PG-13

BATMAN RETURNS

Tagline:

The Bat, The Cat and The Penguin

Studio: Warner Bros

Release Date: Friday, June 19, 1992

In the first sequel to his 1989 Batman, Tim Burton takes us on a darker ride than before as a deformed baby boy is thrown into Gotham City's river by his horrified parents. Thirty-three years later, the child, resurfaces as the hideous Penguin (Danny DeVito), leader of the Red Triangles. Penguin blackmails Max Shreck (Christopher Walken) into helping him discover the identity of his parents. When Penguin learns his birth name, Oswald Cobblepot, he becomes a sympathetic figure to the city.

Rating: Rated PG-13

Daredevil

Tagline:

When justice is blind, it needs a man without fear

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Release Date: Friday, February 14, 2003

One of Marvel Comics' most popular characters comes to the screen for the first time in this sci-fi action-thriller. Matthew Murdock (Ben_Affleck) is a lawyer whose father, a prizefighter, was killed by gangsters when Murdock was just a boy. Since then, Murdock has devoted his life to bringing wrongdoers to justice and is willing to help others by taking on cases no other attorney will touch. Murdock is also blind, after being struck down by a truck while trying to save a man from being hit.

Rating: Rated PG-13

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

Tagline:

Protecting the undead from the real monsters of the world.

Release Date: Friday, April 29, 2011

The adventures of supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, who seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket, and blue jeans.

Dylan Dog is the world's only paranormal investigator. He hardly moved to New Olreans to escape a life made of nightmares. However, nightmares will find him again. A missing artifact, a beautiful heiress and a brutal murder conspire to drag him back into the dark world of the undead... Have you ever wondered if the person next to you was really part of your world?

Rating: Rated PG-13

Fantastic Four

Tagline:

4 times the action. 4 times the adventure. 4 times the fantastic.

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Release Date: Friday, July 8, 2005

Reed Richards, a brilliant but timid and bankrupt scientist, is convinced that evolution can be triggered by clouds of cosmic energy, and has calculated that Earth is going to pass one of these clouds soon. Together with his friend and partner, the gruff yet gentle astronaut muscle-man Ben Grimm, Reed convinces his conceited MIT classmate Dr. Victor Von Doom, now CEO of his own enterprise, to allow him access to his privately-owned space station. Von Doom agrees in exchange for control over the experiment and a majority of the profits from whatever benefits it brings.

Rating: Rated PG-13

IRON MAN

Tagline:

Heroes aren't born. They're built.

Studio: Marvel Studios

Release Date: Friday, May 2, 2008

Tony Stark is the complete playboy who also happens to be an engineering genius. While in Afghanistan demonstrating a new missile he's captured and wounded. His captors want him to assemble a missile for them but instead he creates an armored suit and a means to prevent his death from the shrapnel left in his chest by the attack. He uses the armored suit to escape. Back in the U.S.

Rating: Rated PG-13

IRON MAN 2

Tagline:

New Armors. Same Hero.

Studio: Marvel Studios

Release Date: Friday, May 7, 2010

With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. All the while dealing with a mysterious illness facing Tony and a secretive government agency that sees him as a person of interest. Unwilling to let go of his inventions, Stark, along with Pepper Potts and Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances - and confront powerful enemies.

Rating: Rated PG-13

Kick-Ass

Tagline:

Shut up. Kick-ass.

Studio: Lionsgate Entertainment

Release Date: Friday, April 16, 2010

Kick-Ass tells the story of an ordinary teenager, Dave, who sets out to become a real-life superhero, calling himself "Kick-Ass". Dave gets caught up in a bigger fight when he meets Big Daddy, a former cop who, in his quest to bring down the drug lord Frank D'Amico, has trained his 11-year-old daughter to be the ruthless vigilante Hit-Girl.

Rating: Rated R

Men in Black

Tagline:

Protecting the earth from the scum of the universe

Studio: Sony Pictures

Release Date: Wednesday, July 2, 1997

For his fifth effort as a feature-film director, one-time cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld brought his cartoonish visual style and darkly humorous sensibilities to this adaptation of, appropriately enough, a tongue-in-cheek sci-fi comic book. Will Smith stars as James Darrel Edwards, a New York City cop with an athletic physique and a flippant, anti-authoritarian attitude toward law enforcement.

Rating: Rated PG-13

RED

Tagline:

Retired, Extremely Dangerous!

Studio: Summit Entertainment

Release Date: Friday, October 15, 2010

Based on the cult D.C. Comics graphic novels by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, RED is an action-comedy starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren.

Rating: Rated PG-13

SIN CITY

Tagline:

Walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything.

Release Date: Friday, April 1, 2005

Sin City is infested with criminals, crooked cops and sexy dames, some searching for vengeance, some for redemption and others, both. The film incorporates storylines from three of Miller's graphic novels including 'Sin City,' which launched the long-running, critically acclaimed series. Hartigan, a cop with a bum ticker and a vow to protect young Nancy Callahan, must break the law in order to preserve it.. Marv, an outcast misanthrope, is on a mission to avenge the death of his one true love, Goldie..

Rating: Rated R

Spider-Man

Tagline:

With great power comes great responsibility.

Studio: Sony Pictures

Release Date: Friday, May 3, 2002

Based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the film follows the story of Peter Parker (Maguire) who lives in Queens, New York with his beloved Aunt May (Harris) and Uncle Ben (Robertson). Peter leads the life of a normal student, working as a photographer at the school paper, pining after the beautiful Mary Jane Watson (Dunst) and hanging out with buddy Harry Osborn (Franco).

Rating: Rated PG-13

Spider-Man 2

Tagline:

Sacrifice. Destiny. Choice.

Studio: Sony Pictures

Release Date: Thursday, June 30, 2005

It's been two years since Peter Parker transformed into Spider-Man, and he is still trying to find a balance in his life. His love for Mary Jane is becoming much stronger, as he finds it hard to not let her down. His friendship with Harry Osborn is at risk since Harry is convinced Spider-Man got away with his father's death. And if this wasn't enough for the super hero, a new enemy is thrown into the midst of his life. Dr. Otto Octavius, one of Peter's mentors, is involved in a freak scientific accident that deforms his body and warps his mind.

Rating: Rated PG-13

Spider-Man 3

Tagline:

Every hero has a choice, to face the darkness... or be consumed by it.

Studio: Sony Pictures

Release Date: Friday, May 4, 2007

Peter Parker has finally managed to piece together the once-broken parts of his life, maintaining a balance between his relationship with Mary-Jane and his responsibility as Spider-Man. But more challenges arise for our young hero. Peter's old friend Harry Obsourn has set out for revenge against Peter; taking up the mantle of his late father's persona as The New Goblin, and Peter must also capture Uncle Ben's real killer, Flint Marko, who has been transformed into his toughest foe yet, the Sandman.

Rating: Rated PG-13

Superman

Tagline:

You'll Believe a Man Can Fly!

Studio: Warner Bros

Release Date: Friday, December 15, 1978

Unable to convince the ruling council of Krypton that their world will destroy itself soon, scientist Jor-El takes drastic measures to preserve the Kryptonian race: He sends his infant son Kal-El to Earth. There, gaining great powers under Earth's yellow sun, he will become a champion of truth and justice. Raised by the Kents, an elderly farm couple, Clark Kent learns that his abilities must be used for good. The adult Clark travels to Metropolis, where he becomes a mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet...and a caped wonder whose amazing feats stun the city: Superman!

SURROGATES

Tagline:

How do you save humanity when the only thing that's real is you?

Release Date: Friday, September 25, 2009

In the not too distant future, technology allows humans to live their lives through robots they call surrogates. Humans have, in effect, cocooned themselves in their homes, never venturing outside. They explore life, in all it's aspects, through their Surrogates. Tom Greer and his partner are FBI agents assigned to investigate the destruction of two Surrogates that has also caused the unthinkable: their human hosts were also killed. The use of Surrogates is not universally endorsed, some humans live in technology and machine-free zones.

Rating: Rated PG-13