RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) The Criterion Collection has revamped two of its earliest titles – Seijun Suzuki's delirious, excessive, self-conscious mid-1960s film noirs were first released on DVD in 1999 – into gloriously… (get the story…)
I’ve long pondered why the world has never seen a Batman-type superhero rise from the streets. I wasn’t alone. Kickass explores this very same idea, and one could even argue the origins of Batman are not too dissimilar. But are superheroes real? Has one ever honestly emerged from the dark…
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