Thanks to Blu-ray releases over the last few years, I can assure you that Kinji Fukasaku is the master of the gangster film. Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma and Quentin Tarantino are tourists in the genre. Between his eight Battles Without Honor or Humanity films and numerous one-off efforts during the ’70s, … Read more
In 1938, Superman arrived in Action Comics #1 to bring costumed superheroes into the world. Superman spawned a host of imitators. But the next great innovation to the genre came in 1940, when Detective Comics #48 introduced Batman’s sidekick Robin. Designed to appeal to younger readers, Robin changed superhero comics
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