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Who Is The Most Successful Superhero Actor?

9 May 2013 5:00 AM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

by Brett White

With Robert Downey Jr.'s contract renegotiations off to a start (not to mention every other Avenger as well... yikes!), a lot of talk is being made of just how integral Downey is to the Marvel franchise. To be honest, you're not going to get any argument about that here. Downey's commitment to the role, natural charisma, and superb acting chops all coalesced in 2008 to form the biggest surprise hero hit ever. Thanks to "Iron Man," the armored Avenger rocketed from Marvel's B-list all the way to the top. The guy is irreplaceable.

But is he the most successful superhero actor ever? To find out, I spent a lot of time on Box Office Mojo pulling data and making spreadsheets. I compiled a list of the top 10 most successful superhero actors, based on box office totals. There were a few requirements though:

» Actor has to have appeared »

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Meow. It's Michelle Pfeiffer's Birthday!

29 April 2013 3:33 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

To celebrate the 55th birthday of the one and only I thought we'd resurrect an old post about her Catwoman performance. If she's got nine lives so should this post. Please to enjoy...

Tim Burton's Batman Returns, the best Batman film (you heard me... throw down!) is now 15 21 years old and still one of the best comic book films. The movie didn't change cinema or its genre or significantly alter any careers. But it did send yours truly and millions of other Pfeiffer inclined moviegoers into a pfrenzy, arguably marking the apex of La Pfeiffer's cinematic reign. She was still in Oscar chasing mode (Love Field) and the full fledged move from heavy dramatic lifting into light mainstream fare (One Fine Day) and then blink and you'll miss her erratic appearances (Dark Shadows) was years away.

Ten Best Catwoman Line Deliveries

All the dialogue rocks but these are my »

- NATHANIEL R

Flickering Myth's Greatest Comic Book Movies: The Complete Top 50

27 April 2013 4:36 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Throughout April, we've been counting down our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here's our top 50 in full....

Well, the 2013 superhero season is now underway, with Marvel Studios launching Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe here in the UK yesterday with the release of Iron Man 3 [read our ★★★★ spoiler free review here]. As you know, we're big comic book movie fans around these parts, so we've spent the month counting down our picks for the 50 Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time, and you can check out our full list right here.

For more on positions #50 through #26 visit here, or click on any of the links from the top 25 to read more about each pick:

#50 - The Punisher (1989)

#49 - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

#48 - The Amazing Spider-Man

#47 - Wanted

#46 - Red

#45 - The Punisher (2004)

#44 - 30 Days of Night

#43 - Weird Science

#42 - Superman Returns

#41 - Spider-Man

#40 - Constantine

#39 - »

- Flickering Myth

5. Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: 5 Best Things About The Timm/Dini Animated DC Universe

26 April 2013 11:23 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »

The stepping down of Bruce Timm from WB animation a few weeks ago has made me rather introspective. It forced me to not only reflect on the impact he has had on animation as a whole, but also to recall my childhood and why I became interested in these characters in the first place.

Taking a cue from the Tim Burton directed Batman films, Bruce Timm along with Paul Dini did something that no one ever thought possible – they took cartoons seriously. By respecting their audience and not talking down to them, this team accomplished something that has yet to be seen in animation today.

The Timm/Dini Animated DC Universe could very well be a template to the upcoming DC and have been to the current Marvel Film Universe. If it isn’t, it should be.

Batman Tas was the first in a new generation of animation. »

- David Dickerman

Flickering Myth's Greatest Comic Book Movies: #1 - The Dark Knight (2008)

26 April 2013 8:02 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Throughout April, we're counting down to the release of Marvel's Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; and here it is, our #1 pick...

The Dark Knight, 2008.

Directed by Christopher Nolan.

Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Eric Roberts, and Cillian Murphy.

So, we've reached first place in our countdown of the Greatest Comic Book Movies, and of course our pick for the number one spot is none other than Christopher Nolan's masterful Batman sequel The Dark Knight - which is hardly surprising really, considering our writing team selected it as the greatest film of all-time back in August of last year. While that accolade may be debatable, it would take a brave man (or a huge Marvel fan) to argue against The Dark Knight being the absolute pinnacle of the superhero genre, »

- Flickering Myth

Flickering Myth's Greatest Comic Book Movies: #2 - Batman Begins (2005)

25 April 2013 7:38 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Throughout April, we're counting down to the release of Marvel's Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here's #2...

Batman Begins, 2005.

Directed by Christopher Nolan.

Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe and Mark Boone Junior.

Eight years after Joel Schumacher brought the Dark Knight to his knees with Batman & Robin, British filmmaker Christopher Nolan breathed new life not just into Batman franchise but the entire comic book movie genre Christian Bale donned the cape and cowl for Batman Begins - a movie which simultaneously reinvented the superhero movie and also served as the opening chapter for one of the finest film trilogies in cinema history.

Although only a modest success financially - earning $372 million globally, placing it second at that time behind Tim Burton's Batman in terms »

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Flickering Myth's Greatest Comic Book Movies: #7 - The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

21 April 2013 11:00 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Throughout April, we're counting down to the release of Marvel's Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here's #7....

The Dark Knight Rises, 2012.

Directed by Christopher Nolan.

Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Josh Pence, Alon Abutbul, Juno Temple, Matthew Modine and Ben Mendelsohn.

Having rejuvenated the Batman franchise with 2005's Batman Begins and it's blockbuster 2008 sequel The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan reunited with Christian Bale's Caped Crusader in 2012 to deliver the epic conclusion to his Dark Knight saga. Set eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises sees Batman forced out of a self-imposed retirement when his beloved Gotham City is threatened by the brutal terrorist leader known as Bane (Tom Hardy).

A huge smash hit, The Dark Knight Rises went »

- Flickering Myth

10 Best Cliffhanger Endings In Recent Films

17 April 2013 4:14 PM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »

Usually films have a beginning, middle and end. That is pretty much the way it works. But sometimes films know they have a sequel coming, or are just the first part of a grander story to tell. This leaves room for those irritating, tantalising twists at the end, the type of endings that leave you wanting more. Obviously the main objective of this is to pile as many viewers into the cinema for the next installment, but when done well can leave the weary audience shocked or exciting.

These endings can kill off a character, change up the facts and leave a burning question in ours minds: What happens next? In recent times, where certain franchises are safe for another sequel, cliffhanger endings have become a more common sight, so for this list we’re taking a look at post-2000 films and their ingenious ending.

10. X2/X-Men 2 – Is Jean Alive? »

- Jordan Wicks

Flickering Myth's Greatest Comic Book Movies: #9 - Batman (1989)

17 April 2013 3:34 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Throughout April, we're counting down to the release of Marvel's Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here's #9....

Batman, 1989.

Directed by Tim Burton.

Starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Tracey Walter, Michael Gough and Jack Palance.

After the phenomenal success of the 1960s Adam West television series, it would be more than two decades before Bob Kane's Dark Knight Detective returned to the screen in live-action form, courtesy of an unproven director in Tim Burton and hugely contentious casting choice in Michael Keaton.

Despite initial fan concerns, audiences flocked to Burton's Batman in their droves as the director reinvented the Caped Crusader by taking him back to his roots as a dark vigilante of the night. The film shattered opening weekend box office records, becoming the highest grossing North America release of 1989 and »

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Faster sequels, and directorial collateral damage

16 April 2013 2:50 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »

Feature Simon Brew 17 Apr 2013 - 06:37

Is Hollywood's thirst for a shorter gap between sequels resulting in the departure of some decent directors, Simon wonders...

Off the back of the success of 1995's Batman Forever, Warner Bros raised some eyebrows when it announced that it was jumping straight into work on a further Batman sequel. But then, it had reason to be confident. Batman Forever's box office was in excess of its predecessor's, Batman Returns, and the studio had a rebooted franchise, with a director - Joel Schumacher - keen to do another movie.

You know what happened next. The two year gap to Batman & Robin was arguably a contributory factor to the many, many problems with the movie. And Hollywood promptly backed off the two year gap between sequels at that point, and moved back to three.

It's little coincidence that the most compelling sequels have time between them. »

- ryanlambie

Batman: Arkham Origins – Fan Reaction Analysis

15 April 2013 8:29 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »

This past Tuesday Warner Bros. announced the latest instalment to their Batman series, Batman: Arkham Origins. Since then a wave of news has surfaced about the game and fans reactions have been mixed. Do the concerns have any weight or are they just making mountains out of mole-hills?

What seems to be the biggest concern for fans is that Rocksteady, developers of the first two, are not making the latest title. Instead Warner Bros. Games Montreal is heading up development. I don’t see the big problem, especially since we knew quite a while ago that Rocksteady wouldn’t be developing this title. Rocksteady have more than proven themselves with their first two Batman games and despite a new developer the game will be pretty much the same both in aesthetic and gameplay mechanics.

Rocksteady even came to the defence of Games Montreal. Sefton Hill, director of Arkham Asylum and City, »

- Curtis Dillon

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A Walken Legend: Christopher’s Most Memorable Performances

14 April 2013 2:30 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

He’s one of cinemas most intense performers and one of my all-time favourite movie icons, but Oscar-winner Christopher Walken has more in his locker than a menacing thousand-yard stare and gravity-defying hair-do. This week sees the UK DVD and Blu-ray release of Martin McDonagh’s brilliant black comedy, Seven Psychopaths, in which Walken steals the show from under the nose of Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson, as a loveable dog-napping petty crook, devoted pal and husband.

Over his 60 year career, which currently features over 12o credits, he’s featured in superhero blockbuster Batman Returns, gothic horror Sleepy Hollow; taken on suave British super spy 007 in A View To A Kill; chased rodents and marsupials in family favourites, Mousehunt and Kangaroo Jack, and tripped the light fantastic in Fatboy Slim’s memorable music video for Weapon Of Choice. Now Thn has picked out some of our favourite, and »

- Craig Hunter

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'Iron Man 3' clip: Tony throws down the gauntlet -- Video

8 April 2013 10:46 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »

A new clip from Iron Man 3 shows un-armored alter ego Tony Stark angrily calling out new nemesis the Mandarin. A clearly-perturbed Stark makes the announcement in front of a gang of reporters: “You just died, pal. I’m gonna come get the body.” He gives the Mandarin his home address. He also describes his message as a “holiday greeting.” (Could the threequel join Die Hard and Batman Returns in the pantheon of “action movies set during Christmas?”) Watch below.

Iron Man 3 opens May 3.

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- Darren Franich

Batman Movies: 10 Obscure Facts You Never Knew

2 April 2013 11:25 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »

Since 1966 there have been 8 Batman movies made, from directors;

Leslie H. Martinson (Batman 1966)

Tim Burton (Batman & Batman Returns)

Joel Schumacher (Batman Forever & Batman & Robin)

And the more recent and highly successful Christopher Nolan films (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight & The Dark Knight Rises) or as they are more commonly known – the “Nolanverse”

Each director has taken there own unique spin on the Batman franchise, with the Tim Burton films taking on the dark and tormented world of Bruce Wayne as he struggles with the memory of losing his parents.

The first film “Batman” (1989) – although awaited with scepticism – once it was received in cinemas the fans loved it, despite the incorrect adaptations from the comics; mainly the way Tim Burton had the Joker kill Bruce Waynes parents.

The sequel “Batman Returns” (1992) which was also heavily criticised for being a little too dark, was still greeted with positive acclaim and triumphed in the box office. »

- Thomas Weller

Flickering Myth's Greatest Comic Book Movies: #25 - Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

2 April 2013 2:21 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Throughout April, we're counting down to the release of Marvel's Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here's #25...

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, 1993.

Directed by Eric Radomski and Bruce W. Timm.

Featuring the voice talents of Kevin Conroy, Dena Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach, Abe Vigoda, Dick Miller, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Bob Hastings, Robert Costanzo and Mark Hamill.

A mysterious new vigilante appears in Gotham, hunting down and killing a number of the city's major crime bosses. With the finger of suspicion pointing towards Batman, the police launch a manhunt for The Dark Knight as he attempts to uncover the true identity of The Phantasm - a path which forces the Caped Crusader to confront his a figure from his past and leads to a showdown with his nemesis, The Joker.

Created by the Batman: The Animated Series producing team of Bruce Timm, »

- Flickering Myth

Flickering Myth's Greatest Comic Book Movies: #50 - #26

1 April 2013 11:42 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

As you'll no doubt be aware if you're a regular around these parts, we're big fans of comic book movies here at Flickering Myth. So with the 2013 comic book movie season about to get underway in April with the arrival of Oblivion and Iron Man 3, we thought we'd spend the month counting down our picks for the 25 Greatest Comic Book Movies, beginning on April 1st and running right through to the UK release of Iron Man 3 on April 25th.

Over the past few weeks, the writing team here at Flickering Myth have been putting together their own individual top tens, which we've used to compile our list. Any film based upon a comic book was eligible for inclusion, providing it had received a theatrical release either in North America or here in the UK. So, if you're a huge fan of David Hasselhoff and you're outraged as to »

- Flickering Myth

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Ranked: 10 Most Iconic Movie Cars

26 March 2013 11:31 PM, PDT | Cinelinx | See recent Cinelinx news »

It’s not always the actors that are the stars of a film. Sometimes it’s the car. Here’s our list of the 10 most iconic cars in movie history.

Much like in our everyday modern life, cars are a big part of movies. They have created many memorable moments, been a part of many exciting action sequences, and helped to define characters clearly. Cars are much more than just another movie prop. Sometimes they are part of the cast, and others they are the main attraction.

This list commemorates those cars that went above and beyond simple transportation in a film. These are cars that define a particular movie or character. These are cars that, when seen in real life, conjure up images of their movie counterparts. These cars have infiltrated popular culture and become historic icons of both film and motoring.

Top Ten Most Iconic Movie Cars

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Holy Franchise, Batman! makes Batman-on-Film's 'Books About Batman Every Fan Should Read'

25 March 2013 2:13 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Jett over at the interweb's #1 Batman fansite Batman-on-Film has put together a list entitled 'Books About Batman Every Fan Should Read', which just so happens to feature my little Bat-chronicling effort Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen. Here's Jett's take on the book...

"This is the definitive book on the TV and film incarnations of The Batman as it includes All animated versions of the character. If you dig Batman on film and in animation, this is the book for you."

There are some fantastic must read books on the list, which also includes Batman and Psychology by Travis Langley, The Art and Making of the Dark Knight Trilogy by Jody Duncan Jesser, The Boy Who Loved Batman by Michael E. Uslan, Batmobile: The Complete History by Mark Cotta Vaz, Billion Dollar Batman by Bruce Scivally, Wisdom from the Batcave by Cary A. Friedman, The »

- Flickering Myth

The Mimic - Episode 2 Review

21 March 2013 10:29 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Luke Owen reviews the second episode of Channel 4's The Mimic...

Remember last week when I said I had high hopes for this series? Well, I don’t think I do anymore.

The Mimic’s laugh-free second episode stunned me by just how poorly thought through this possibly good idea is. Because the comedy is down-played, you’re not clued in to whether what is happening on screen is comedy or just a really boring character study.

Martin is still living his bland life but is looking for some form of love. His new best friend, who he met last week doing a (poor) Al Pacino impression, has just started Internet dating (leading to one of the episode’s lamer jokes) and he encourages Martin to do the same – especially now that housemate Jean has a new boyfriend. On top of that, his relationship with his son is taken »

- luke-o