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Title: Batman: Under the Red Hood

Format: Blu-Ray

MPAA: PG-13

Director: Brandon Vietti

Writer: Judd Winick

Producer: Warner Bros., Premiere

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Review by: Archie Easter

The Film

Based on Judd Winick’s original six-issue Batman story arc Under the Hood, Under the Red Hood streamlines and slightly modifies the original without compromising the writing or integrity of the story in the process. The end result is one of DC’s best animated films to date, and an absolute must-see for fans and newcomers alike. (more…)

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Title: Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

Format: Blu-Ray

MPAA: PG-13

Director: Sam Lui, Lauren Montgomery

Writer: Dwayne McDuffie

Producer: Warner Bros., Premiere

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Review by: Thomas Braaksma

The Film

There seems to be a resurgence of animated, comic-book movies these days. Some are less than impressive, and some resurrect the feeling of the glory days, when the X-Men and Batman ruled animation. Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths falls in the latter camp, delivering entertainment on par with the aforementioned cartoons that graced small screens in the 1990s.

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths will actually be a familiar story to viewers who may have come across a similar story in the DC comic JLA: Earth 2, and others before it. It is a revisualization of the idea of another earth where Lex Luther and the Joker are the heroes of the world, and Superman, Batman and friends are the villains. Though the stories are similar, Two Earths‘ interpretation does a great job of standing as its own. It tones down the adult content that JLA: Earth 2 contained, and appropriately reinterprets the story for all audiences. (more…)

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