It Begins 2005 takes a look at the worst, the weirdest, and the most puzzling of comic book movie misfires
Celebrate the creepiest time of the year with a look back at the oldest feature-length superhero movie ever made: a sci-fi “horror” yarn in which the Man of Steel faces mysterious creatures loosed from the depths of the Earth! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack Halloween Special: SUPERMAN AND THE MOLE MEN (1951)
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Alec Baldwin, apparently! Gaze into the cold, black eyes of yet another attempt by Hollywood to exploit early-90s Bat-Mania with a retro pulp cash-grab. But at least this time the guy has a cape! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: THE SHADOW (1994)
Ring in the new year with a look back at the first of a trend of ’90s retro pulp adaptations lookin’ to cash in on the success of Tim Burton’s Batman: a colorfully garish and excessively stylized movie… about a regular ol’ run-of-the-mill cop in a trenchcoat! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: DICK TRACY (1990)
The Rack is back! Rising from the grave just in time for the spooky season, we’re going to be taking a look at an ancient and forgotten relic from the dark and dusty crypts of the mid-’90s: a colorful, fun, and upbeat Batman movie! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack Halloween Special: BATMAN FOREVER (1995)
Remember when this was pitched as Chris Nolan and David Goyer’s take on Superman? If only that could have been the case… With DC’s first swing at a cinematic universe officially coming to an end, let’s cast our gaze back ten long years ago to where this whole flaming garbage pile started… and ask just who was really to blame for its failure. (SPOILER: It’s Zack Snyder.) Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: MAN OF STEEL (2013)
Travel back through the mists of time to the late ’90s as we look at a delightfully satirical overlooked gem of the superhero-comedy genre– with one HELL of an ensemble cast! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: MYSTERY MEN (1999)
It hasn’t even been a YEAR since the release of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s fetid DCEU star vehicle, but few comic book movies have deserved a dressing-down as much as this. We could all smell it; now come see what the Rock was cooking, and despair. Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: BLACK ADAM (2022)
Lightning strikes in this TV movie spin-off from the classic Incredible Hulk TV series, which features the first-ever live-action Marvel superhero team-up as the Green Goliath meets Thor, the God(?) of Thunder! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: THE INCREDIBLE HULK RETURNS (1988)
Take a bite outta the suckiest vampire film this side of Twilight in this Halloween extravaganza! Feel the dread overcome you with this in-depth look at Sony’s latest effort to bleed the Spider-Man film rights dry… Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack Halloween Special: MORBIUS (2022)
So Warner Bros. has been in the news for screwing up their DC films again… Who wants to go back and revisit the absolute WORST thing they ever did with the property? Gaze into the cynical, desaturated maw of the disaster that is David Ayer’s Suicide Squad! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: SUICIDE SQUAD (2016)
Zoom back to the early 1990s with this two-hour pilot episode of CBS’s The Flash TV series– a live-action adaptation of the Scarlet Speedster that draws not-to-subtle inspiration from a certain big-screen Dark Knight… Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: THE FLASH (1990)
Take a journey into Hell– which looks exactly like L.A. rush-hour traffic– in this underrated starring vehicle for Keanu Reeves that kinda, sorta resembles a popular comic-book character! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: CONSTANTINE (2005)
Celebrate All Hallow’s Eve with everyone’s favorite vampire hunter (who isn’t Buffy Summers), in this third and final installment of his titular trilogy! The movie itself may not have fangs, but rest assured: it bites. Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack Halloween Special: BLADE: TRINITY (2004)
Brace yourself for the inevitable sexist subtext (and there is a LOT of it) as we soar through the clouds with the first female superhero to ever hit the big screen: Kara Zor-El, the Maid of Might! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: SUPERGIRL (1984)
Dancing babies, murderous dogs, and Alan Cumming– oh my! Come take a look at possibly the most disappointing comedy sequel of all time… and brother, that is SAYING something! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: SON OF THE MASK (2005)
Witness the near-miss that almost dropped a (Terrigen) bomb into the middle of the MCU, as we take a look at the much-maligned TV series about Marvel’s OTHER band of colorful genetic misfits… you know, the ones that nobody likes! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: INHUMANS (2017)
Stare into the face of horror as we take a look at the Wonder Woman that MIGHT have been: a 2011 T.V. pilot, written by David E. Kelley, that puts the cynicism and Randian selfishness of even Zack Snyder to shame! (It’s gonna be a rough one, folks…) Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: WONDER WOMAN (2011)
In keeping with the spirit of Halloween, watch a young Brandon Routh play dress-up as a hard-bitten supernatural private detective in this cheap-o action flick based on the Italian horror comic character! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack Halloween Special: DYLAN DOG: DEAD OF NIGHT (2011)
T4ke 4 look b4ck 4t 20th Century Fox’s l4st, desp4r4te swing 4t n4iling M4rvel’s First F4mily 4nd competing with Disney’s MCU: Josh Tr4nk’s c4t4strophic4lly botched “gritty, re4listic” reboot! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: FANT4STIC (2015)
Take a scenic tour through Hell (or at least Texas) with Nicolas Cage as your guide, in this look at the Faustian superhero Western about that totally cool-looking skull guy who sets everybody on fire! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: GHOST RIDER (2007)
Sylvester Stallone is THE LAW (or at least a decent approximation) in this brainless adaptation of the popular British comic character… a film which kinda, sorta accidentally endorses fascism. Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: JUDGE DREDD (1995)
