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Rise of the Superheroes [Played Nov. 17 as part of AARP's Movies for Grownups and available on Tubi and various VOD platforms.] Tom O'Dell's educational, entertaining, in-depth, fascinating, insightful, 117-minute, 2018 documentary that chronicles the rise and popularity of superheroes derived from comic books beginning with Tim Burton's Batman in Batman in 1989 that lead Batmania followed by Superman, Captain America, Blade, Wolverine, X-Men, Spiderman, the Hulk, Iron Man, Catwoman, the Avengers, Black Widow, Wonder Woman, and Black Panther and consists of archival film footage, comic book clips, movie and TV show excerpts, and interview snippets with comic book writers and creators (such as Stan Lee, Scott Beatty, Chuck Dixon, and Chris Claremont), author and journalist Jenna Busch, film critic Geoff Boucher, actor and storyboard artist Jeffrey Henderson, actors (such as Robert Downey Jr., Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Jon Favreau), comic book artist Neal Adams, Superheroes! Capes, Cowls and the Creation of Comic Book Culture author Laurence Maslon, editors Rosie Fletcher and Emma Loggins, film journalist and analyst Scott Mendelson, Comic Book Nation author Bradford Wright, deputy editor Matt Maytum, and director Kenneth Branagh.
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