Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010)
Based on the “The Supergirl from Krypton” issues of Superman/Batman, this is the sequel to Superman/Batman: Public Enemies and has an art style based on the late Michael Turner. Directed by Lauren Montgomery and written by Tab Murphy, this is the story of Kara Zoe-El (Summer Glau), the heroine who will become Supergirl and how Superman (Tim […]
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017)
Directed by Sam Liu and written by Ernie Altbacker, this is based on The Judas Contract, a long-running storyline — Tales of the Teen Titans #42-44, and Teen Titans Annual #3 — by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez. It somehow tries to combine Young Justice with Teen Titans and hopefully the original comics as […]
The Wizard of Space and Time (1979, 1987)
Mike Jittlov was a math major at UCLA, but taking an animation course to satisfy his art requirement led to two movies, The Leap and Good Grief, which made it into the professional finals for Academy Award nomination. With a 16mm camera and a multiplane animation system he built for $200, he became an animator. By 1978, […]
Tales from the Crypt S5 E13: Till Death Do We Part (1993)
Directed and written by W. Peter Iliff (Point Break, Varsity Blues), this episode stars John Stamos as Johnny Canaparo, a kept man in the employ of Ruth Rossi (Eileen Brennan), the widow of a powerful mob boss who killed her husband and took over his mob outfit. He never learns, as any woman he sleeps with […]
B&S About Movies podcast episode 63: Dondi
Let’s finish off 2024 with one of my most hated movies ever, based on the comic strip I hate more than Mark Trail and Mary Worth. It’s Dondi, a film that will kill you dead. You can listen to the show on Spotify. The show is also available on Apple Podcasts, I Heart Radio, Amazon Podcasts, Podchaser and […]
ARROW VIDEO 4K UHD AND BLU RAY RELEASE: Incubus (1966)
Created by ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, Esperanto is supposed to be a universal second language for international communication. In English, the name means one who hopes and it’s the largest constructed international auxiliary language with a few thousand speakers. Zamenhof had some big dreams that go past making an easy and flexible language. […]
B&S About Movies Video Essay: BEE-TLES: When the Bee-Gees Made Sgt. Pepper
Ever wondered, “What if The Bee-Gees and Peter Frampton got together, had a whole bunch of movie stars and other bands, and cosplayed The Beatles?” Well, it happened. Here’s the story.
FILM MASTERS BLU RAY RELEASE: Creature With the Blue Hand (1967), Web of the Spider (1971), The Bloody Dead (1987)
Film Masters has put together an exciting blu ray with Creature of the Blue Hand, scanned in 4K from 35 mm archival elements, a new 4K scan of Web of the Spider and The Bloody Dead. Bonus features include commentaries on both movies by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman; reimagined trailers for Creature of the Blue Hand and Web […]
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons (2020)
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons started as an animated web series on CW Seed. Once the first episode aired, the series was repurposed into a direct-to-video animated film. Written by J.M. DeMatteis and directed by Sung Jin Ahn, it attempts to make a hero out of Slade Wilson, the villain known as Deathstroke. Michael Chiklis is […]
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