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Film Club Rule #482: The 50s were nifty, but 1999 was mighty fine.

Film Club Rule #613: Spike Lee will always do the right thing.

Film Club Rule #888: There's great filmmaking going on in your backyard, just open the door.

Film Club Rule #634: Your taste may not be everyone's taste, but that doesn't mean it's not good taste.

Film Club Rule #835: If a woman can secure the Presidential nomination, we can have a woman direct a Marvel superhero movie — and win an Oscar for it.

Film Club Rule #587: Why cast just one Cusack when you could cast two?

Film Club Rule #87: Say whatever the hell you want.

Film Club Rule #47: Musicians who act should avoid the Elvis trap.

Film Club Rule #237: Watch the hair. The hair defines the performance.

  Heather, Jeff, and Rusty discuss the career of the late John Hughes. Music: bensound.com

Heather, Jeff, and Rusty finish up their superhero movie talk for now with a look at the genre after 2002 and Sam Reimi’s adaptation of Spider-Man which ushered in the “Golden Age of Marvel”. They talk about the changes in scope of the superhero formula, the reasons behind the glut of films with people in spandex, and where they’re headed. Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy starts a discussion of the differences in approach between the Marvel and DC adaptations to film, leading to movies about would be superheroes in Kick-Ass and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog. The recent film Deadpool and Netfilx’s first season of Jessica Jones are discussed.

Jeff Yanc, Heather Lares, and Rusty Boulet-Stephenson sat down to start a discussion of Super Hero movies. Part 1 is a discussion of the super hero genre before the Golden Age of Marvel which started in 2002. We talk Batman TV show, Wonder Woman, the Tim Burton Batman films, and even a little Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Jeff, Heather, and Rusty discuss the disaster film genre after 1990 including notable films: Deep Impact, Armageddon, Dante’s Peak, and Mars Attacks. We talk about differences in disaster films from the 70s and look at where the genre is headed.

Jeff, Heather, and Rusty sit down for the very first episode of The Many Rules of Film Club to talk about disaster movies before 1990.