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Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018)

Rating: ★★

Apr 8, 2018Animation/Team-Up of DC Comics Super-Villains

A DC Universe Original Animated Movie given over to Suicide Squad. Clearly inspired by the live-action film, this goes overboard on the super-villains present, having three entire teams running around to general confusion, while striking a very odd tone in its pitch for an R-rating

Director: Sam Liu

Actors: Christian Slater, Tara Strong, Vanessa Williams, Billy Brown, …

Category: Fantasy

8 April 201830 November 2020 by Roog

Batman: The Long Halloween Part Two (2021)

Rating: ★★½

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

Director: Chris Palmer

Actors: Jensen Ackles, Josh Duhamel, Naya Rivera, Billy Burke, …

Category: Fantasy

6 August 202125 November 2025 by Roog

Batman: The Long Halloween Part One (2021)

Rating: ★★★

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

Director: Chris Palmer

Actors: Jensen Ackles, Josh Duhamel, Billy Burke, Titus Welliver, …

Category: Fantasy

9 July 20218 February 2024 by Roog