Jay Oliva

The Invincible Iron Man (2007)

The Invincible Iron Man (2007)
Rating: ★★
Feb 12, 2013Animation/Marvel Comics Superhero
One of the animated Marvel Comics films that set out to emulate the success had by Bruce Timm with DC properties. This confusingly presents a different origin story to the live-action Iorn Man film, while the major villain of The Mandarin is completely mishandled
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Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008)

Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008)
Rating: ★★
Jul 27, 2015Animation/The Children of Marvel Superheroes
Whose bright idea was it to give us kid versions of The Avengers (ostensibly their children)? While Marvel have had an unparallelled string of hits on the big screen in the 00s, their attempts to replicate the successes that rival DC have had in animation have been a dismal failure
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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011)

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011)
Rating: ★★★
Oct 15, 2013Animation/Tales of the Green Lantern Corps
Animated film that tells different stories of various members of the Green Lantern Corps (including two stories from Alan Moore). Another of the worthwhile animated DC adaptations
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part I (2012)

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part I (2012)
Rating: ★★★
Dec 22, 2012Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
The first of a two-part animated adaptation of the classic graphic novel ever written. The film lacks the same impact because, firstly, it is an incomplete story, and secondly, Frank Miller's ideas have now become so much part of the modern Batman
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Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
Rating: ★★★
Mar 9, 2014Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes/Alternate Timeline
Ar DC Universe animated film set in an alternate timeline where the histories of various familiar DC characters have turned out radically different. A film that works through a strong, intelligent story and the shock of seeing familiar characters turned on their heads
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part II (2013)

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part II (2013)
Rating: ★★★½
May 6, 2013Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
The second of the two-part animated adaptation of Frank Miller's classic graphic novel. The film is staged as a series of epic confrontations between iconic DC characters and written with a dark bite to emerge much more satisfying than the first part
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Justice League: War (2014)

Justice League: War (2014)
Rating: ★★
Apr 13, 2015Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
Another of the DC Universe Animated Films that rewrites the Justice League into DC's New 52 continuity reboot. The New 52 was more a marketing exercise than anything and this changes the character's origins and designs to little point
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Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014)

Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014)
Rating: ★★★
Jun 15, 2015Comic-Book Super-Villain Team-Up/Animation
This is more of a Suicide Squad than a Batman film. Based on the popular Arkham videogames, this a Justice League-type adventure but with super-villains where the emphasis is on dark humor and gleeful mayhem
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