Genre: Comic Book

Films adapted from comic books and graphic novels, reviewed on whether they translate the page or just strip-mine it. Panels to frames is a harder journey than studios admit.

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Sin City (2005)

Black-white with red accents. Sin City is Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's 2005 American neo-noir adapting three Frank Miller graphic novels from his Sin City series.

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The Dark Knight (2008)

The film that proved comic book films could be major cinema. The Dark Knight is the Christopher Nolan-directed second entry in his Batman trilogy and the film that established the post-2008 standard for superhero cinema.

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The Punisher (1989, 2004, 2008)

Three theatrical Punisher films: 1989 Lundgren, 2004 Jane, 2008 Stevenson. The Punisher has been adapted as theatrical film three times across two decades: The Punisher (1989) starring Dolph Lundgren, The Punisher (2004) starring Thomas Jane, and Punisher: War Zone (2008)…

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