DVD Releases for the Week of Apr. 14, 2009

As an avid reader of Will Eisner’s graphic stories, it is with some trepidation that I approach Frank Miller’s adaptation of The Spirit, especially considering Miller’s comic-book fare (Sin City, Batman: Year One) is almost the antithesis of Eisner, pulp fiction as opposed to multi-layered drama. Critics have mostly blasted the adaptation, though have continued to laud the visual imagery of the graphic novel adaptation phenom that began with 300. Read more »