Pictures of Superheroes Packs in the Austin Comedy Talent

Quirky comedy filled with familiar faces

"...premiere of his first narrative feature film, Pictures of Superheroes. It's not an easy film to describe without using..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Comic Creator Spotlight on Evan Narcisse: “This Is Important Beyond Any Preconceived Notions About Superheroes”

For Free Comic Book Day we chat with Austin's sequential standouts

"...realized, this is important beyond any preconceived notions about superheroes as a genre or putting on a costume or..."

May 5, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Flashback: Superheroes & Superstars

To a magical world where everyone is 100% that bitch

"...by Prime Video at this year's South by Southwest, Superheroes & Superstars was an interactive experience promoting the streaming..."

March 25, 2022 Screens Post by Ellen Daly

Not So Super Superheroes

What if you were Lois Lane's rebound?

"...a pompous, third-rate superhero who tries to keep other superheroes out of the clink. And 2) Listen to this..."

July 9, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

Get ready for anime superhero action!

"...The back story is pretty by-the-numbers: There are superheroes with powers (or quirks) and there are superheroes-in-training like..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Shazam!

DC finally gets to the heart of why we love superheroes

"...a movie explicitly built around our childhood fascination with superheroes. One wonders how the franchise producers manage to make..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Kick-Ass

Everyone's a superhero these days, and this film based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s comic book series takes that concept to the Nth degree.

"...Kick-Ass asks the pointy question: "Instead of reading about superheroes and watching them at the movies, why not commit..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

Catholic school boys and comics.

"...sequences that play in Francis' imagination, in which the superheroes fight Nunzilla and her minions. The animation by Todd..."

June 21, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Incredibles 2

Pixar's superhero family returns with familiar but still welcome action

"...tycoon whose mission is to see the return of superheroes to public life and service. He launches a campaign..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Avengers: Infinity War

Earth's mightiest heroes face their greatest, most nuanced threat

"...culture history. Nineteen interlocking films over a decade, making superheroes cool and ubiquitous again. An achievement that big needs..."

April 27, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Justice League

Another ho-hum entry to the DC Extended Universe

"...his frenemy Batman (Affleck) to recruit a team of superheroes to fight this Steppenwolf, including Wonder Woman (Gadot); speedy,..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Thor: Ragnarok

The Marvel Universe's funniest movie to date

"...What Waititi does is scale superheroes down to size. Thor’s still tough stuff, but also:..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Captain America: Civil War

It's a Marvel Universe, and we all just live in it

"...UN officials wanting to register and rein in the superheroes, while Cap’s healthy suspicion of authority and his uber-patriotic..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Project Almanac

Teens discover plans for a time machine within found footage, but things go awry when they begin to construct it.

"...for the time-travel movie what Chronicle did for teen superheroes – and basically succeeds at fulfilling its own pre-made..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Don Swaynos, Superhero

Trailer for new feature arrives online

"...other day. Speaking of his new feature Pictures of Superheroes, he writes, "I sort of accidentally released a teaser..."

Jan. 22, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Despicable Me

Steve Carell provides the voice of the supervillain Gru in this animated movie in which he plots to capture the moon.

"...of Despicable Me is reminiscent of The Incredibles, where superheroes and supervillains participate in everyday life, raising their kids..."

July 9, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Superhero Movie

Superhero Movie is a tonally confused spoof, which, for once, doesn't go far enough comedically.

"...a semismart, affectionate wink-and-nod toward the whole concept of superheroes and what, if anything, they did on their days..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost Rider

The movie adds little to Marvel's source material, but to be fair, there wasn't a surfeit of originality in the comic book to begin with.

"...it, but Cage, an avowed fan of lesser Marvel superheroes (he did rechristen himself after Luke Cage: Hero for..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Waking the Dead

"...a spring movie season peppered with martial arts and superheroes. It may be just what you're looking for...."

March 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wonder Seven

"...taken by an equally mysterious group of covert government agents-superheroes (the titular Wonder Seven). All things considered, the Seven,..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Phantom

"...and Patrick Mcgoohan. A throwback to the days when superheroes were basically cheerful, gun-toting guys in tights, this adaptation..."

June 14, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rooster Teeth Announces RWBY Justice League Film

DC crossover one big surprise of many from the RTX panel

"...just announced a crossover animated film with DC's greatest superheroes: RWBY Justice League...."

July 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What’cha Watchin’?

Operations coordinator Trace Thurman on stalkers and superheroes

"...as it features queer, black, and (TV's first) Muslim superheroes! Detention (Amazon Prime)..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Column

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...Rafael Antonio Ruiz, filmmaker: We've always needed superheroes. Always will. We just lie to ourselves and call..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Black Adam

The Rock joins the DC Universe as the shadowy version of Superman

"...that doesn’t share the same fascinating, near-religious reverence of superheroes as that particular director...."

Oct. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Morbius

Marvel's living vampire gets a Sony Spidey-verse spinoff

"...There are dark and brooding superheroes, and then there's Morbius the Living Vampire. Originally created..."

April 8, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

Forget that horrible live-action trailer – here's your real Teen Titans

"...gothling Raven). Not only are you constantly disrespected by superheroes and villains – Superman and Wonder Woman laugh in..."

July 27, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Watchmen

Although this hotly anticipated film has ideas galore, it remains bizarrely cold and uninvolving.

"...Watchmen unfold in 1985, on an alternate Earth where superheroes are real (but out of favor). America has won..."

March 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Zoom

This superhero sci-fi farce drags its feet, while the sappy sweetness will make you wince.

"...his prime (The Incredibles), and a school that trains superheroes (Sky High). Probably because the elements of Zoom rest..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Holy conceptual contortions, Batman!

In his Austin Shakespeare Festival staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream, director Robert Tolaro creates a fantasy world of superheroes with a strong hint of modern Chicago 'burb, that pulls up a bit short conceptually, but is still a fun, rambunctious evening.

"...A Midsummer Night's Dream into a fantasy world of superheroes with a strong hint of modern Chicago 'burb to..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

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