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Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017)

Rating: ★★½

Dec 8, 2017Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes

The Teen Titans get their first solo film in the DC Universe Original Animated Movies. A reasonable adventure based on a classic comic title that works with a good story and characterisation, even if some of it has an adult flavour that makes you wonder who the audience is

Director: Sam Liu

Actors: Christina Ricci, Kari Wahlgren, Brandon Soo Hoo, Stuart Allan, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 December 201710 October 2025 by Roog

Justice League Dark (2017)

Rating: ★★

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.

Director: Jay Oliva

Actors: Matt Ryan, Jason O'Mara, Camilla Luddington, Nicholas Turturro, …

Category: Fantasy

19 March 20176 December 2024 by Roog

Batman: Hush (2019)

Rating: ★★½

Jul 26, 2019Comic-Book Superhero/Animation

Animated adaptation of the classic Batman comic-book story, this places the Batman/Cat Woman relationship centre stage to give her the most substantial workout of any film

Director: Justin Copeland

Actors: Jason O'Mara, Jennifer Morrison, Jerry O'Connell, Peyton List, …

Category: Fantasy

26 July 201910 October 2025 by Roog

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)

Rating: ★★

May 15, 2020Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes

The DC Comics animated version of an Avengers film where they put every superhero under their roof on screen at once, including Justice League Dark, the regular Justice League, Suicide Squad and Teen Titans

Director: Christina Sotta, Matt Peters

Actors: Matt Ryan, Jerry O'Connell, Taissa Farmiga, Jason O'Mara, …

Category: Science Fiction

15 May 202016 May 2026 by Roog

Injustice (2021)

Rating: ★★½

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

Director: Matt Peters

Actors: Justin Hartley, Anson Mount, Janet Varney, Gillian Jacobs, …

Category: Science Fiction

24 October 202119 April 2026 by Roog

Green Lantern: Beware My Power (2022)

Rating: ★★

Jul 24, 2022Animation/DC Comics Superhero

Green Lantern is a classic comic-book character but his screen presence were damaged by the Ryan Reynolds film. This conducts a severe reset of the character’s continuity

Director: Jeff Wamester

Actors: Aldis Hodge, Jimmi Simpson, Jamie Gray Hyder, Brian Bloom, …

Category: Science Fiction

24 July 202226 October 2025 by Roog

Justice League: Warworld (2023)

Rating: ★★

Aug 13, 2023Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes

Another of the animated DC Comics films in which various of their regular characters find themselves incarnated in simulated combat arenas

Director: Jeff Wamester

Actors: Darren Criss, Stana Katic, Jensen Ackles, Ike Amadi, …

Category: Science Fiction

13 August 202322 August 2024 by Roog

Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires (2025)

Rating: ★★½

Oct 10, 2025Aztec Version of Batman

A real oddity among the Batman animated films – one where the basics of the Batman mythos are translated into Aztec culture at the time of the arrival of the Conquistadors

Director: Juan Meza-Lion

Actors: Horacio Garcia Rojas, Alvaro Morte, Teresa Ruiz, Omar Chaparro, …

Category: Fantasy

10 October 202521 November 2025 by Roog