Geoff Johns Archives

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 9, 2014Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes/Alternate Timeline

A strong, intelligent DC Universe animated film set in an alternate timeline where the histories of various familiar DC characters have turned out radically different

Director: Jay Oliva

Actors: Justin Chambers, Kevin McKidd, C. Thomas Howell, Michael B. Jordan, …

Category: Science Fiction

9 March 201417 May 2026 by Roog

Superman Unbound (2013)

Rating: ★★★½

May 6, 2014Comic-Book Superhero/Animation

One of the best among the incredibly underrated animated DC Comics films. A beautifully character-driven venture into the Superman mythos where Brainiac gets a magnificently theatric airing, while Supergirl undergoes some astonishing revisions

Director: James Tucker

Actors: Matt Bomer, Stana Katic, John Noble, Molly Quinn, …

Category: Science Fiction

6 May 20146 December 2024 by Roog

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. This changes the character's origins and designs to little point

Director: Jay Oliva

Actors: Jason O'Mara, Alan Tudyk, Justin Kirk, Shemar Moore, …

Category: Science Fiction

13 April 201518 May 2026 by Roog

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015)

Rating: ★★

Sep 13, 2015Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes

Not so much a Justice League film as an Aquaman origin film, which at least conducts a character oft regard as a DC laughing stock with suitable dignity

Director: Ethan Spaulding

Actors: Matt Lanter, Shemar Moore, Jerry O'Connell, Rosario Dawson, …

Category: Science Fiction

13 September 201518 May 2026 by Roog

Aquaman (2018)

Rating: ★★★★

Mar 16, 2019Comic-Book Merman Superhero

A few years ago Aquaman was regarded as a joke among superheroes. James Wan dispels any notion of Aquaman's wimpiness in a series of jaw-dropping effects sequences that propel this ahead of anything the MCU is doing at the moment

Director: James Wan

Actors: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Willem Dafoe, …

Category: Science Fiction

16 March 201918 October 2025 by Roog

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

Rating: ★★

Jan 2, 2021Comic-Book Superheroine

The much-anticipated sequel to the Gal Gadot starring Wonder Woman is a highly divided success, partly due to an inane plot centred around a magic wishing stone

Director: Patty Jenkins

Actors: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, …

Category: Fantasy

2 January 202127 February 2026 by Roog