Stories by @michaelcosby

Gavin O'Connor's Batman: Hush

In Batman: Hush, a mysterious bandaged figure named Hush orchestrates a devastating conspiracy against Batman, manipulating allies and enemies alike. After a near-fatal fall, Bruce Wayne is saved by childhood friend Dr. Thomas Elliot, while a romance with Catwoman deepens. As Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, Superman, the Joker, and others are turned against him, Batman unravels a plot tied to his past. The trail leads to Elliot, revealed as Hush, but the true mastermind is the Riddler, who knows Bruce's secret. Betrayed and heartbroken, Batman loses Catwoman's trust, ending their relationship as the Dark Knight stands alone, more isolated than ever.

Antoine Fuqua's Scarface

After escaping a brutal Sinaloan cartel training camp as a child, Antonio "Tony" Zavala and his friends cross into America, determined to claim their piece of the American Dream. Years of grinding poverty in Los Angeles lead Tony to a ruthless, self-made kingpin, Michael Martillo, who becomes his mentor. Tony's hunger and cunning quickly propel him up the criminal ladder, securing a direct cocaine pipeline from Bolivia and cutting out the cartel. But his rise ignites a bloody war with his former tormentor, the cartel boss El Sapo. As the violence escalates—culminating in the bombing of Martillo's home and the death of his young daughter—Tony seizes control of the entire empire, orchestrating a final, brutal coup that leaves him standing atop Los Angeles, the world finally his.

Greg Berlanti's The Flash

When a bolt of freak lightning imbues obsessive but emotionally scarred CSI Barry Allen with superhuman speed, he becomes the Flash—a silent guardian protecting Central City from a grief-stricken killer known as Cold. But his mentor, the brilliant Dr. Eobard Thawne, is secretly the Reverse-Flash: a time-traveling speedster who murdered Barry's mother and is now stealing his speed to rip a hole in reality. With the help of his childhood love Iris West and a loyal team of scientists, Barry must race faster than light, survive a black hole, and confront Thawne across the fabric of spacetime itself to save his city, prove his father's innocence, and finally learn his mother's lesson: that feeling—and love—is the only force faster than time.

Robert Smigel's Green Lantern

When slacker reality TV contestant Jud Plato is mysteriously chosen by a dying alien to inherit a powerful Green Lantern ring, he gains the ability to create anything he can imagine—but his reckless, immature antics immediately draw the ire of the universe's most rigid and orderly Lantern, Sinestro. As a race of yellow alien conquerors targets Earth and Sinestro's thirst for control threatens cosmic balance, Jud must overcome his own insecurities, win over his disapproving mother, and prove that even a chaotic goofball can be a true hero—if he can just stop using the ring to make giant condoms, Elmo humping Barbara Walters, and green lap-dancing babes.

Ninja Turtles: The Blue Door

When small-town hockey enforcer Casey Jones witnesses a covert military operation at his dead-end night watchman job, he unwittingly frees four hulking, captive creatures who turn out to be mutant ninja turtles—Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo. Forced on the run with the Turtles and his ex-girlfriend, aspiring reporter April O'Neil, Casey discovers their true origin: they were born in Dimension X, prophesied to defeat the tyrannical alien warlord Krang. As Krang merges Dimension X with Earth to power his Technodrome, Casey must abandon his small-town life, embrace his destiny, and help the Turtle brothers fulfill their prophecy—before two worlds collide and New York falls.

The Punisher: Kitchen Irish

When a Hell's Kitchen bar explodes, the Punisher is drawn into a gang war over $10 million supposedly left by the hated late crime lord Nesbitt. As rival Irish gangs—the Westies, the River Rats, Finn Cooley's crew, and Maginty's outfit—battle for the inheritance, Frank teams with MI6 veterans Yorkie Mitchell and Andy Lorimer to hunt Finn Cooley. But the money is a final trick: a bomb meant to cleanse Hell's Kitchen from beyond the grave.

Gina Prince-Bythewood's Silver and Black

Under the cover of a snowstorm in Kiev, mercenary Silver Sable watches her father executed by the cyberneticist Dr. Mendell Stromm. Seven years later, she is hired by the U.S. government to track down Felicia Hardy—the Black Cat—a reckless thief who has stolen Stromm's technology. Their chase through the lawless Tri-Border region forces them into an uneasy alliance when Stromm's enhanced enforcers, the Scorpion and the Tarantula, hunt them both. As Felicia's artificial intelligence implant awakens, the two damaged women must confront their haunted pasts and stop Stromm before he perfects his weaponized future.

Shane Black's Death Note

When brilliant Chicago teen Light Turner discovers a supernatural notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it, he decides to become the divine vigilante "Kira" and purge the world of criminals. As his body count rises, the world's greatest detective—the eccentric recluse known only as "L"—closes in, turning their hunt into a deadly game of psychological chess. But Light's quest for utopia comes at a devastating cost: his girlfriend Naomi dies reaching for him on a bridge, his father is broken by suspicion, and Light himself must sacrifice his memories to survive. In the end, he faces an impossible choice—renounce the Death Note forever, or embrace the monster he has become.

Alfonso Cuarón's The Umbrella Academy

A dysfunctional family of superpowered adopted siblings—led by the guilt-ridden Spaceboy, the bitter Kraken, the reality-bending Rumor, the spirit-channeling Séance, the time-traveling Boy, and the forgotten Vanya—reunites after the death of their abusive alien father, Sir Reginald Hargreeves. As they gather to bury him, Number Five arrives from a apocalyptic future, warning that the world will end in less than twelve hours. The siblings must overcome decades of resentment, trauma, and infighting to stop the mysterious Conductor and his Black Orchestra from unleashing Vanya's suppressed power as the world-destroying White Violin—before a lunar meteor finishes the job.

Justin Lin's Highlander: The Reckoning

When 16th-century Scottish warrior Conner MacLeod is murdered by the barbaric Kurgan and mysteriously resurrects, he learns he is one of an ancient race of Immortals—doomed to duel through the centuries until only one remains to claim the Prize. After 500 years of loss, love, and ruthless training under the manipulative mentor Ramirez, MacLeod hides as a New York history professor, haunted by his past. But when the murderous Kurgan resurfaces, MacLeod is forced from the shadows into a final, brutal confrontation through the streets of Manhattan—where the Prize isn't power, but the freedom to finally live.

John Singleton's Cage

After being framed for murder and beaten by sadistic guards, Carl Lucas volunteers for a risky genetic experiment that grants him superhuman strength and unbreakable skin. Escaping Riker's Island, he assumes the name Luke Cage and heads to the African nation of Canann, where charismatic leader Moses Magnum is building a Black utopia. Cage initially aligns with Magnum, but discovers his new ally is a ruthless dictator armed with a deadly bio-weapon and plans to create an army of super-soldiers. Teaming up with the amnesiac martial artist Iron Fist and government spy Dr. Claire Temple, Cage must stop Magnum before he unleashes the virus on the world—all while his own body slowly begins to deteriorate from the experiment that saved his life.

John Woo's Max Payne

In the dead of a New York winter, haunted detective Max Payne—hollowed by his family’s unsolved murder and drowning in painkillers—uncovers a conspiracy linking the Valkyr drug trade to the Aesir Corporation. With help from Internal Affairs officer Mona Sax, he navigates a brutal underworld of mob dons, fallen angels, dirty cops, and ruthless executives. As he closes in on CEO Nicole Horne, Max learns the truth: his wife was killed for witnessing Horne’s operation, and his quest for revenge is a slow suicide. In the end, justice comes at a cost—Max survives, but paralyzed, stripped of his badge, and finally at peace.

Stephen Fung's Hard Boiled II

After fifteen years of relentless police work, Hong Kong Inspector Tequila Yuen retires and moves to Seattle to win back his estranged wife, Teresa—only to discover she's engaged to Captain Larry Cain. When Cain is kidnapped by a ruthless corporate "troubleshooter" named Waxman, hired by fugitive CEO Terence Fearing, Tequila reluctantly teams up with his romantic rival to rescue him. Their unlikely alliance ignites a bloody war through Seattle's underworld, pitting them against Waxman's mercenaries and a Chinese-American gang led by the vengeful A-Dawg. As the body count rises, Tequila must choose between his old life of violence and the new beginning he desperately craves—but first, he has to survive the night.

Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys II: Lost Girl

When Sam Emerson's summer school crush, Vanessa Harker, falls in with a new gang of vampires led by the returning David, he must team up with the Frog brothers and Vanessa's feisty younger sister, Sarah, to save her before she is lost forever. As Vanessa and the sympathetic vampire Julian struggle against their monstrous urges, Sam discovers the vampire conspiracy reaches all the way to the Mayor's office. With the help of his eccentric Grandpa, the unlikely heroes must infiltrate the vampire lair and destroy David and his coven once and for all.

Paul Hunter's Constantine

A cynical, chain-smoking exorcist and con artist, John Constantine, discovers he is dying of a brain tumor and that his soul is damned to Hell for his past sins. When a demon begins systematically murdering psychics ("Watchers") across the globe, Constantine is drawn into the investigation alongside a skeptical detective, Angela Murdoch. As they uncover a satanic plot to bring about the Apocalypse, Constantine learns that the demon's ultimate goal is to build a staircase from Hell using the souls of those who could stop him. Forced to confront his greatest failure—a botched exorcism that sent a young girl's soul to Hell—Constantine must make the ultimate sacrifice to save humanity, trick the Devil himself, and hopefully, earn his own redemption.

Roger Avary's Driver

After his estranged FBI father is brutally murdered by rogue mobster-turned-war-profiteer Timmy Vermicelli, precision test driver Driver abandons his sterile life in Germany to hunt the killer. His quest pulls him into a web of international corruption spanning Paris and Baghdad, where he must infiltrate the criminal underworld, outmaneuver French crime lord Victor Lelouch, and form an uneasy alliance with a tenacious reporter. With only his unmatched driving skills and burning rage, Driver races through a gauntlet of betrayal and violence to settle the ultimate debt.

Walter Hill's The Punisher

When an elite FBI agent's family is brutally murdered by a ruthless crime lord he was investigating, he survives the assassination attempt and becomes a relentless vigilante known as "The Punisher." Armed with military precision and fueled by grief, he systematically dismantles the criminal empire responsible, exposing government corruption and forming an unlikely alliance with a determined detective. As he carves a bloody path through Miami's underworld, he must confront his own dark past and the fine line between justice and vengeance—ultimately sacrificing his humanity to ensure no one else suffers the same loss.

John Woo's Devil May Cry

After a diner encounter with a mysterious, tattooed stranger triggers his latent supernatural abilities and turns his hair silver, orphaned outcast Dante discovers he is the half-human son of Sparda—a legendary demon who rebelled against the demon lord Mundus. Framed for murder and hunted by both the police and a secret society of demon-hunting knights, Dante teams up with his best friend Sera to follow a cryptic trail left by his father. The journey leads from London's museums to ancient Stonehenge, through a portal into a twisted demon realm, where Dante must embrace his demonic nature, wield his father's sword Rebellion and the twin guns Ebony & Ivory, and confront Mundus to save humanity—and himself.

Jackie Chan's Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

After her father Dorai is abducted by the ruthless crime lord M. Bison, young Chun-Li grows up training in secret, eventually shedding her privileged life to find him. Guided by the enigmatic master Gen, she joins forces with cynical Interpol agent Charlie Nash to dismantle Bison's Shadow Law empire. As she battles Bison's deadly enforcers—Balrog, Maya, and the sadistic Vega—Chun-Li discovers the truth about the "White Rose," the innocent girl who carries Bison's only weakness. In a final, electrifying confrontation, Chun-Li must destroy the monster who stole her father and reclaim her destiny.

Darren Aronofsky's The Wolverine

In Japan to honor a dying wish, Logan—the immortal mutant known as Wolverine—is drawn into a web of ancient honor and modern treachery when he falls for Mariko, the noble granddaughter of the man who once spared his life. Forced to protect her from a Yakuza hitman, a corrupt minister, and her own power-hungry father, Logan becomes the reluctant champion of the legendary Black Clan. As he battles ruthless assassins and his own tormented past, he must decide whether to embrace his feral nature or finally forge a new destiny—before Japan's hidden masters claim his soul for their own.