"builds a crepuscular alternate history story whose aim is to explain on a historical and psychoanalytical level why all European super-heroes disappeared from popular culture and European collective memory with World War II. Jess Nevins has produced a series of annotations for each volume which are available online (see links) and have also been expanded into book form: A film adaptation was released in 2003, also by the name ""The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"". The film stars Sean Connery, who plays Allan Quatermain, and features Captain Nemo, Mina Harker, Rodney Skinner aka ""An"" Invisible Man (the rights could not be"
"him all along as his vision operates in the infrared spectrum, a fact that he had hidden from Griffin. In the film version, the Invisible Man who joins the League is not Griffin (due to copyright issues), but Rodney Skinner (played by Tony Curran), a cheerful thief who stole the invisibility formula from the original Invisible Man (presumably Griffin). The fact that his skin is invisible is also related to his name of ""Skinner"". Skin samples of him are taken by Dorian Gray for Professor Moriarty, allowing him to duplicate the invisibility process, Contrary to the graphic novels, Skinner himself"
"physically approaches the League as M, with no presence of Campion Bond. The revelation is not made clear until well into the film's climax, with no reference to Sherlock Holmes or Moriarty apparent at any earlier point. The film also mimics ""Volume One"" in a sequence where the Invisible Man (here named Rodney Skinner, a thief who stole Griffin's invisibility formula) departs from the team to spy on the antagonists while the League wrongly accuse him of betraying the group. Subtle references to the comic are also made in the background, such as a mutual newspaper front page which speculates"
"filmed in 1987 as ""Burglar"", with Whoopi Goldberg as Bernie (or Bernice). Besides Scudder and Rhodenbarr, Block has written eight novels about Evan Tanner, an adventurer and accidental revolutionary who, as a result of an injury sustained in the Korean War, cannot sleep. All but the last of these were published in the '60s and early '70s (beginning with 1966's ""The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep""), while the most recent, 1998's ""Tanner on Ice,"" revived the character after nearly a thirty-year hiatus. Chip Harrison, running on the twin engines of lust and curiosity, originally appeared in two funny, non-mystery novels which"
"Skinner (film) Skinner is a 1993 Independent Film/Splatter/Slasher film directed by Ivan Nagy and starring Ted Raimi, Traci Lords, Ricki Lake and Richard Schiff. Dennis Skinner is a likeable decent-looking lad, who is driven by a disturbing childhood; moonlights as a skid row slasher style, serial killer who tends to prey on hookers, in-between those co-workers of his who despise him as he does in return. Who ""punishes"" those (he finds offensive) in particular, by flaying his victims alive. On his trail is Heidi (Traci Lords), a junkie prostitute, who survived one of his brutal attacks and now strives for"
"3000 Miles to Graceland 3000 Miles to Graceland is a 2001 American action adventure crime film directed, co-produced by Damien Lichtenstein. The script was written by Richard Recco and Demien Lichtenstein. It stars Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner with supporting roles Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Bokeem Woodbine, Christian Slater, and Kevin Pollak. It is a story of theft and betrayal, revolving around a plot to rob the Riviera Casino during a convention of Elvis impersonators. Before the film's opening, Warner Bros. released a series of animated prequels, ""The Road to Graceland"", voiced by stars Costner, Slater, Long, and Woodbine. Outside"
"Invincible (2001 TV film) Invincible is a 2001 American fantasy/martial arts film starring Billy Zane. Os travels the world to find these warriors – these ""elements"" – who will be known by the fact that they are all protectors. He must hurry before the Shadow Men find them. Ray Jackson, the representation of the element of Fire, is a young, brash, African-American soldier recently dishonorably discharged from the US Army. Michael Fu, the representation of Water, is a Chinese bodyguard assigned to protect a witness in a high-profile case. Serena Blue, the representation of Air (Metal in the Chinese Elements),"
"revenge. Skinner (film) Skinner is a 1993 Independent Film/Splatter/Slasher film directed by Ivan Nagy and starring Ted Raimi, Traci Lords, Ricki Lake and Richard Schiff. Dennis Skinner is a likeable decent-looking lad, who is driven by a disturbing childhood; moonlights as a skid row slasher style, serial killer who tends to prey on hookers, in-between those co-workers of his who despise him as he does in return. Who ""punishes"" those (he finds offensive) in particular, by flaying his victims alive. On his trail is Heidi (Traci Lords), a junkie prostitute, who survived one of his brutal attacks and now strives"
"... To call this film shit is an insult to fragrant brown logs everywhere."" Dracula 3000 Dracula 3000, also titled Dracula 3000: Infinite Darkness, is a television horror movie released in 2004 that brings Bram Stoker's fictional vampire Count Dracula into outer space in the distant 30th century. Despite its name, it is not a direct sequel to ""Dracula 2000"". In the year 3000, the space salvage ship ""Mother III"" happens upon the derelict transport ""Demeter"". Captain Van Helsing (Casper Van Dien) and his crew board the abandoned ship. They explore the bridge and find the corpse of the ""Demeter's"""
"Shredder (film) Shredder is a 2003 American slasher film directed by Greg Huson. It stars Scott Weinger and Lindsey McKeon and centers on a group of friends being stalked and murdered by an unknown figure at an abandoned ski resort. It was filmed in Northern Idaho at Silver Mountain Ski Resort, and released directly to video in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment. Chad (Elliot Olson) is snowboarding down a mountain, when suddenly a skier dressed in black attacks him. Chad attempts to get away, but is decapitated by a piece of wire strung up between two trees. Meanwhile,"
"being that they all feature heroes with extraordinary abilities and typically in a distinctive costume, many of the successful superhero films have used a plethora of genres like horror (""Blade""), thriller (""Unbreakable""), period drama (""""), space opera (""Guardians of the Galaxy""), family film (""The Incredibles""), teen film (""""), heist film (""Ant-Man""), political drama ("""") and Western (""Logan""). Many sequels and spin-offs were also released throughout the decade, including ""Blade II"" (2002), ""X2: X-Men United"" (2003), ""Spider-Man 2"" (2004), """" (2004), ""Elektra"" (2005), """" (2006), ""TMNT"" (2007), ""Spider-Man 3"" (2007), """" (2007), """" (2008), ""The Dark Knight"" (2008), """" (2009), and"
"Tony Curran Tony Curran (born 1969) is a Scottish actor who has appeared in """", ""Doctor Who"", ""Roots"" and the Netflix historical epic ""Outlaw King"". Curran was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1969. He is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. In 2012, he married Mai Nguyen. Curran appeared in the BBC television series ""This Life"". Since then, the Scots star has appeared in a number of major film and television roles. Some of his roles have included Rodney Skinner (""The Invisible Man""), an original character in ""The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"". To portray the"
"Dracula 3000 Dracula 3000, also titled Dracula 3000: Infinite Darkness, is a television horror movie released in 2004 that brings Bram Stoker's fictional vampire Count Dracula into outer space in the distant 30th century. Despite its name, it is not a direct sequel to ""Dracula 2000"". In the year 3000, the space salvage ship ""Mother III"" happens upon the derelict transport ""Demeter"". Captain Van Helsing (Casper Van Dien) and his crew board the abandoned ship. They explore the bridge and find the corpse of the ""Demeter's"" captain, (Udo Kier) tied to a chair and clutching a crucifix. Despite the misgivings"
"The Expendables 3 The Expendables 3 is a 2014 American action film directed by Patrick Hughes and written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt and Sylvester Stallone. It is the third installment in ""The Expendables"" film series and the sequel to ""The Expendables"" (2010) and ""The Expendables 2"" (2012). The film features an ensemble cast of stars including Stallone, Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Jet Li, Wesley Snipes, Dolph Lundgren, Kelsey Grammer, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Kellan Lutz, Ronda Rousey, Glen Powell, Victor Ortiz, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The story follows the mercenary group known as ""The Expendables"" as"
"cut down for the script paper... If you're a connoisseur of the terrible, you might get a twisted joy out of it."" Sin (2003 film) Sin is a 2003 American crime thriller film directed by Michael Stevens. It stars Gary Oldman and Ving Rhames, with a supporting cast including Kerry Washington, Alicia Coppola and Chris Spencer. The film, which was released direct-to-video, has been censured by Oldman. Retired Reno, Nevada police officer Eddie Burns (Rhames) goes in search of his wayward sister Kassie (Washington). Along the way, his past wrongdoings make him the target of a revenge campaign by enigmatic"
"And there are projects that I had to turn down."" The Expendables 3 The Expendables 3 is a 2014 American action film directed by Patrick Hughes and written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt and Sylvester Stallone. It is the third installment in ""The Expendables"" film series and the sequel to ""The Expendables"" (2010) and ""The Expendables 2"" (2012). The film features an ensemble cast of stars including Stallone, Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Jet Li, Wesley Snipes, Dolph Lundgren, Kelsey Grammer, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Kellan Lutz, Ronda Rousey, Glen Powell, Victor Ortiz, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The"
"Spider-Man 3 Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 American superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It was directed by Sam Raimi from a screenplay by Raimi, his older brother Ivan, and Alvin Sargent. It is the third and final installment in Raimi's original ""Spider-Man"" film trilogy, following ""Spider-Man"" (2002) and ""Spider-Man 2"" (2004). The film stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rosemary Harris, Cliff Robertson, J. K. Simmons, and James Cromwell. It is the highest grossing Spider-Man film ever made. Following the events of ""Spider-Man 2"", Peter Parker"
"Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (also known as Terminator 3 or T3) is a 2003 American science-fiction action film directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, and Kristanna Loken. It is the third installment in the ""Terminator"" film series, following 1991's """", and does not involve James Cameron, who directed and wrote the first two films. After Skynet fails to kill Sarah Connor before her son John Connor (Stahl) was born, and also failed to kill John as a child, Skynet now sends another Terminator back in time"
"and Most Annoying On-Screen Group (The Elvis Impersonators) but failed to win any of those categories. The film' soundtrack consists of 14 tracks; released by TVT Records on February 20, 2001. 3000 Miles to Graceland 3000 Miles to Graceland is a 2001 American action adventure crime film directed, co-produced by Damien Lichtenstein. The script was written by Richard Recco and Demien Lichtenstein. It stars Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner with supporting roles Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Bokeem Woodbine, Christian Slater, and Kevin Pollak. It is a story of theft and betrayal, revolving around a plot to rob the Riviera Casino"
"Daredevil (film) Daredevil is a 2003 American superhero film written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson. Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, the film stars Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer who fights for justice in the courtroom and on the streets of New York as the masked vigilante Daredevil. Jennifer Garner plays his love interest Elektra Natchios; Colin Farrell plays the merciless assassin Bullseye; David Keith plays Jack ""The Devil"" Murdock, a washed up fighter and Matt's father; and Michael Clarke Duncan plays Wilson Fisk, also known as the crime lord Kingpin. The"
"the character ""The Invisible Man"" was changed to ""An Invisible Man"" since Fox was unable to obtain the rights to the title character of H. G. Wells' ""The Invisible Man"", and his name was changed from ""Hawley Griffin"" to ""Rodney Skinner"". The Fu Manchu character was also dropped from the script. At Fox's request, the character of Tom Sawyer was added for American audiences and to give the movie some ""youth appeal"". Producer Don Murphy, who described the request as a ""stupid studio note"", later said that the move to add Sawyer was ""brilliant"". Connery was paid US$17 million for"
"characterised by his bleached blonde hair. Götz Otto Götz Otto (born 15 October 1967) is a German film and television actor who is perhaps best known internationally for his roles as henchman Richard Stamper in the 1997 James Bond film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", and as Nazi commander Klaus Adler in the 2012 comic science fiction film ""Iron Sky"". Otto was born in Dietzenbach and his parents ran a bakery in the city. He played Mr. Stamper, the villain Elliot Carver's assistant, in the 1997 James Bond film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"". When called for casting, Otto was given twenty seconds to"
"""X-Men"" (2000) became a film franchise by its surprise hit, and M. Night Shyamalan's ""Unbreakable"" (2000) also succeeded and added an element of more urban realism to the genre. Later, one of the largest blockbusters of all time was released with Sam Raimi's ""Spider-Man"" (2002). With high ticket and DVD sales, several new superhero films were released every year in the 2000s, including ""Daredevil"" (2003), ""The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"" (2003), ""Hulk"" (2003), ""Catwoman"" (2004), ""Hellboy"" (2004), ""The Punisher"" (2004), the semi-animated ""Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow"" (2004), ""Batman Begins"" (2005), ""Fantastic Four"" (2005), ""Ghost Rider"" (2007), ""Transformers"""
"Trancers III Trancers III is a 1992 American direct-to-video science fiction action film directed by C. Courtney Joyner. It is the second sequel of the Trancers series. Jack (Tim Thomerson) is now a successful private detective, catching cheating lovers in the act. However, Jack's life with Lena (Helen Hunt) has gotten rocky and he faces divorce if he can't clean up his act. Before he can mend his troubled relationship, he's jacked back up the line to 2247 by Alice (Megan Ward), to save Angel City from its future destruction in a massive trancer war. His mission—find the origin of"
"Sin (2003 film) Sin is a 2003 American crime thriller film directed by Michael Stevens. It stars Gary Oldman and Ving Rhames, with a supporting cast including Kerry Washington, Alicia Coppola and Chris Spencer. The film, which was released direct-to-video, has been censured by Oldman. Retired Reno, Nevada police officer Eddie Burns (Rhames) goes in search of his wayward sister Kassie (Washington). Along the way, his past wrongdoings make him the target of a revenge campaign by enigmatic criminal Charlie Strom (Oldman). Dominic Wills of ""TalkTalk"" described ""Sin"" as ""a kind of cross between ""Death Wish"" and ""8mm"""". ""DVD Talk"""
"achieving an almost Hammer Film type ambiance. Truly inspired stuff."" Dracula III: Legacy Dracula III: Legacy is a 2005 horror film and the sequel to ""Dracula 2000"" and """". The film was directed by Patrick Lussier and stars Jason Scott Lee, Jason London, Roy Scheider, and Diane Neal. It was released direct-to-video on July 12, 2005. The role of Dracula is played by Rutger Hauer, following Gerard Butler in ""Dracula 2000"" and Stephen Billington in """", continuing the theme of Dracula's appearance changing due to ""regeneration"". Hauer had played vampires before, in ""Salem's Lot"" and in ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"","
"Pacino. In July 2003, she was number 183 on VH1's and ""People"" magazine's ""200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons"" countdown list. In 2006, following her hiatus, Ryder appeared in Richard Linklater's ""A Scanner Darkly"", a film adaptation of Philip K. Dick's well-received science fiction novel A Scanner Darkly. Ryder starred alongside Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr. and Woody Harrelson. Live action scenes were transformed with rotoscope software and the film was entirely animated. ""A Scanner Darkly"" was screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and the 2006 Seattle International Film Festival. Critics disagreed over the film's merits; Carina Chocano of the"
"Dreamcatcher (2003 film) Dreamcatcher is a 2003 American science fiction horror film based on Stephen King's novel of the same name. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan and co-written by Kasdan and screenwriter William Goldman, the film stars Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis and Timothy Olyphant as four friends who encounter an invasion of parasitic aliens. Also starring Morgan Freeman, Tom Sizemore and Donnie Wahlberg. ""Dreamcatcher"" was released on March 21, 2003. The film received negative reviews and was a box office bomb, grossing $75.7 million against a $68 million budget. Jonesy, Beaver, Pete, and Henry are four friends on an"
"inventive"" and named it the best film of 1999, while Owen Gleiberman of ""Entertainment Weekly"" called it the ""most excitingly original movie of the year"". At the 72nd Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Keener. Jonze co-starred opposite George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube in David O. Russell's war comedy ""Three Kings"" (1999), which depicts a gold heist by four U.S. soldiers following the end of the Gulf War. Jonze's role in the film, the sweet, dimwitted, casually racist PFC Conrad Vig, was written specifically for him. Jonze"
"Warlock III: The End of Innocence Warlock III: The End of Innocence is a 1999 direct-to-video horror film written by Bruce David Eisen and Eric Freiser and also directed by the latter. It is the third film in a series that started with the 1989 ""Warlock"". The first two films starred Julian Sands as the Warlock but this film stars Bruce Payne in the titular role of The Warlock. The story tells of a young girl called Kris who has no knowledge of her family, so when a historian tells her she has inherited a family house, she goes to"
"Agent Cody Banks Agent Cody Banks is a 2003 American spy comedy film directed by Harald Zwart. It follows the adventures of the 15-year-old title character, played by Frankie Muniz, who has to finish his chores, avoid getting grounded, and save the world by going undercover for the CIA as a James Bond type superspy. Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon, Keith David, Cynthia Stevenson, Daniel Roebuck, Darrell Hammond, Ian McShane, and Arnold Vosloo co-star. The film was filmed in British Columbia and was released in the United States on March 14, 2003. This film was the first major motion picture project"
"Dracula III: Legacy Dracula III: Legacy is a 2005 horror film and the sequel to ""Dracula 2000"" and """". The film was directed by Patrick Lussier and stars Jason Scott Lee, Jason London, Roy Scheider, and Diane Neal. It was released direct-to-video on July 12, 2005. The role of Dracula is played by Rutger Hauer, following Gerard Butler in ""Dracula 2000"" and Stephen Billington in """", continuing the theme of Dracula's appearance changing due to ""regeneration"". Hauer had played vampires before, in ""Salem's Lot"" and in ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"", and he would later go on to portray Dracula's nemesis"
"Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (also known as Spy Kids 3: Game Over) is a 2003 American spy adventure comedy film and the sequel to """". Written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, co-produced by Elizabeth Avellán and the third installment in the ""Spy Kids"" series. It was released in the United States on July 25, 2003 by Dimension Films. The film stars Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Ricardo Montalbán, Holland Taylor, Mike Judge, Cheech Marin, and Sylvester Stallone. Though this was initially intended to be the final installment in the ""Spy Kids"""