Tag: superhero
THE RAID And JOHN WICK Veterans Join Indonesian Superhero Series With SATRIA DEWA: GATOTKACA
Martial arts fans take note: Production has launched on the first in a proposed eight film series based on the Indonesian comic book series Satria Dewa. And not only will there be a whole lot of hand to hand combat...
THE RAID And JOHN WICK Veterans Join Indonesian Superhero Series With SATRIA DEWA: GATOTKACA
Martial arts fans take note: Production has launched on the first in a proposed eight film series based on the Indonesian comic book series Satria Dewa. And not only will there be a whole lot of hand to hand combat...
Friday One Sheet: SHAZAM! (And the Deadpool Effect)
It has been a slow month for movie posters. And I rarely highlight superhero stuff, because I am no expert at the nuance/history of the characters and they are ubiquitious, and generally they are lazy. And yet, here we are...
Joko Anwar Teases His Son Of Thunder With First Look At GUNDALA
Indonesian director Joko Anwar is a long time favorite in these pages. From his start in character driven comedy (Joni's Promise) we've watched Anwar move from genre to genre, and seemingly master them all. And following the massive success of...
Review: WONDER WOMAN Is The Superhero Movie We All Need Right Now
At a time when men in certain circles feel compelled and emboldened to weaponise their fragility in the face of advancing feminism, the world needs a hero like Wonder Woman more than ever. Created more than 75 years ago, and...
RENDEL: Watch The Full Trailer For Finnish Superhero Movie
It was right around this time last year that word surfaced on Finnish superhero film Rendel, a vigilante style masked hero picture based on the original creation of Jesse Haaja. The basics here are fairly familiar - vigilante in mask...
Full Trailer For Russian Superhero Film GUARDIANS Brings On The Were-Bear!
Look, I'm not even going to pretend that the VFX in upcoming Russian superhero picture Guardians are up to Hollywood blockbuster standards. I mean, they're not horrible or anything - I'd put them around the level of a typical Chinese...
Russian Superhero Team Lays Waste In Full GUARDIANS Trailer
Who wants to see a heavily armed were-bear battling mecha-tanks? the producers of Russian superhero film Guardians are hoping the answer is 'rather a lot of you' because that's exactly what they're delivering in their upcoming action spectacle. Clearly aiming...
After KRYPTONITA Get Ready For NAFTA SUPER
It was back in October of 2015 that we first reported on Nicanor Loreti's adaptation of Leo Oyola's novel Kryptonita. A delirious inversion and translocation of super hero tropes into the slums of Buenos Aires where the truly heroic are...
Raven Banner Entertainment Lands Worldwide Sales Rights For Finland's First Superhero Flick, RENDEL
News out of the market at Cannes is that local lads Raven Banner Entertainment have landed the worldwide sales rights for Finland's first superhero movie. Rendel. The trailer has been out for a while and you may have a look...
Meet The Whole Team In New Trailer For Russian Superhero Flick GUARDIANS
We've been keeping an eye on Russian superhero flick Guardians for a little while around here, the curiosity of what Russian talent would do with this incredibly American concept leveled up to open excitement when the first proper footage of...
It's A Panty Storm In The Trailer For HENTAI KAMEN 2: ABNORMAL CRISIS
Japan's Forbidden Hero returns with Hentai Kamen 2: The Abnormal Crisis because, you know, when panties start raining down upon Tokyo the time has come for one man to don those panties over his face and stand against the forces...
Russian Superhero Lays Waste In New GUARDIANS Clip
It was a few months back that we first brought news of Guardians, an upcoming Russian entry into the superhero world. And while it's still some time before the film releases theatrically those intrigued by that early glimpse have a...
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Trailer Teases Massive Scale Mutant Action
It's back to the past for the latest of Bryan Singer's X-Men adventures with James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender et al donning the suits for X-Men: Apocalypse. And while the titular Apocalypse himself continues to look far more silly than threatening...
Indonesia Gets Into The Superhero Game With JAGOAN INSTAN
There's a masked man taking flight over Indonesia as the Asian nation steps into the superhero game with Jagoan Instan. The story of a young man who gains power after being injected with an experimental drug looks standard enough but...
Mar Del Plata 2015 Review: KRYPTONITA Puts A Darkly Satirical Spin On Superhero Conventions
It's just another night as usual for Dr Gonzalez working the graveyard shift in the ER. Another battered young thug left for dead at the hospital doorway, another patient the police make clear they'd prefer not to survive, another in...
LO CHIAMAVANO JEEG ROBOT: Watch A Clip From The Unusual Italian Superhero Film
Gabriele Mainetti's Lo Chiamavano Jeeg Robot is not your typical superhero film. Now screening as part of the Official Selection at the Rome Film Festival, Mainetti's debut begins instead by laying the groundwork for a run through the Rome underworld,...
Russia Gets A Superhero Team Of Their Own With GUARDIANS (Защитники)
Though the superhero phenomenon is principally looked upon as an American institution, superhero films are becoming increasingly common around the globe as well with different nations creating their own local heroes. And Russia is about to get into the game...
Danny Trejo, Cain Velasquez And Marko Zaror Battle THE GREEN GHOST In First Teaser For Kid Friendly Hero Flick
Well, now, here's something you may not have seen coming from director Michael D. Olmos on the heels of his Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominated indie hit Filly Brown: A kid friendly, multicultural superhero film titled The Green Ghost. A "gringo"...
Trailer: Van Damme Gets Tasty In Chinese Superhero Comedy JIAN BING MAN
The muscles from Brussels, Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to China, to play a supporting role in Da Peng's superhero comedy Jian Bing Man...literally translated as "Pancake Man".The film is being lined up for a big summer release in the mainland,...
