Ultimate Avengers (2006)
Jun 6, 2009Marvel Comics Superhero Team/Animation
The first of several animated films based on Marvel Comics properties, this does a solid job in adapting Mark Millar's The Ultimates, a retelling of The Avengers origin story
Fred Tatasciore
Ultimate Avengers II (2006)
Sep 21, 2010Marvel Comics Superhero Team/Animation
Follow-up to the previous animated Marvel Comics film featuring The Avengers, this serves to introduce Black Panther to the screen for the first time
The Invincible Iron Man (2007)
Feb 12, 2013Animation/Marvel Comics Superhero
One of the handful of animated Marvel Comics films. This confusingly presents a different origin story to the live-action Iorn Man film, while the major villain of The Mandarin is completely mishandled
Garfield Gets Real (2007)
Dec 28, 2011Lazy Talking Cat/Animation
Animated film spun off from the Garfield comic-strips in which Garfield emerges out into the real world. A cute premise that the film fails to develop
Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008)
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
9 (2009)
Nov 2, 2009Animation/Post-Holocaust Dolls vs Evil Machines
Extraordinary animated film from Shane Acker concerning the lives of a series of stitchpunk dolls as they try to make sense of the world in the aftermath of civilisation
Hulk Vs (2009)
Sep 7, 2017Animation/Marvel Comics Superhero Battles
An animated Marvel Comics adaptation that is actually two separate stories involving The Incredible Hulk, who battles respectively Wolverine and Thor
Batman: Year One (2011)
Jan 20, 2012Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
Animated adaptation of the classic Frank Miller graphic novel, this is dark, psychologically brooding, far more adult than the children's niche it is sold to, and with producer Bruce Timm and his team at the top of their game
Superman vs. The Elite (2012)
Mar 7, 2017Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
This adapts What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?, the highly acclaimed graphic novel that was written as a response to 9/11. Unfortunately, I am not sure condensing the story into a 76 animated film fully does justice to the complex debate of the original
Son of Batman (2014)
Aug 11, 2014Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
Another of the DC Universe Original Animated Movies, this devoted to the character of Batman's son Damian. Solid action, a well moving plot that makes good use of its characters, adding to a decent entry even if it is not up among the best of these animated DC films
Justice League Dark (2017)
Mar 19, 2017Animation/Team of Occult Superheroes
We are familiar with the Justice League but this gives us an alternate League whose members have supernatural abilities or are versed in dealing with the occult.
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018)
Mar 16, 2020Animation/Comic-Book Superhero Team
Film spinoff from the animated tv series Teen Titans Go! This hits in with an hilairous barrage of one-liners wickedly spoofing the superhero genre and jokes at DC Comics canon
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge (2020)
Apr 26, 2020Animation/Interdimensional Combat/Videogame Adaptation
An animated film revival of the Mortal Kombat videogame franchise. This does a quite reasonable reworking of the basics, while leaving you blown away with the ultra-violent excesses of the action
Batman: The Long Halloween Part One (2021)
Jul 9, 2021Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
The first in a two-part adaptation of a classic Batman story, this shows great promise that lifts the DC Universe Original Animated Movies out of the comfortable middle ground they have been drifting through the last few years
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
Jul 24, 2021Toon Basketball Game
For reasons not clear to me, Space Jam is considered a classic. Now we get a sequel that updates it to the present featuring a different NBA star LeBron James
Batman: The Long Halloween Part Two (2021)
Aug 6, 2021Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
The Long Halloween Part One was one of the best DC animated films in some time, now comes the concluding chapter, which alas fails to fulfill the promise that the first film showed
Injustice (2021)
Oct 24, 2021Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
An alternate world take on DC Comics continuity where Superman snaps and creates a totalitarian police state and the other DC superheroes come together to stop him
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (2021)
Mar 4, 2024Animation/Interdimensional Combat/Videogame Adaptation
The second of the Mortal Kombat animated films, this continues into another tournament, introducing a bewildering array of characters from the games amid a high degree of violence and bloodshed