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We got Superman spoilers aplenty here! Forget Superman. Forget Guy Gardner, Hawkgirl, and even Mr. Terrific. The real breakout character of Superman is the one who creates the most trouble for our hero. Every one of Kyrpto’s scenes, whether he’s nipping at Superman’s heels or throwing around Lex Luthor like a chew toy, thrills the […]
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Read MoreAfter months and years of speculation, James Gunn’s Superman-slash-kickoff to a brand new cinematic DC Universe just opened to $122 million across its first three days at the North American box office, according to Warners Bros. estimates. That figure marks WB’s second movie to cross $100 million this year, and only the third to do […]
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Read MoreThis article contains Superman spoilers. If there’s one complaint that people seem to have about Superman, it’s that the movie has too many superheroes. For some, Guy Gardner, Hawkgirl, and Mr. Terrific overtake time that could have been spent with Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and the rest of the Daily Planet team. Those who disagree […]
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Read MoreWith the huge success of Jaws, it was inevitable that Universal Pictures would be interested in a sequel. But aside from the ludicrous premise of the same town getting terrorized by a shark again, Jaws 2 was saddled with two directors, massive reshoots, an unhappy star, and a script that never quite seemed finished. That […]
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Read MoreThis article contains Superman spoilers. For the most part, David Corenswet played Superman as we’ve known and loved him for going on 90 years. Sure, he had a few more emotional outbursts than we’re used to seeing but he’s still the kindhearted and slightly corny guy who debuted back in 1938. The same cannot be […]
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Read MoreThis article contains spoilers for this weekend’s new Superman movie. Truth, justice, and the American way. These words, which were first uttered in a 1942 Superman radio show, do not appear in James Gunn’s Superman movie released 83 years later. Yet their spirit and intent are in such vivid technicolor in the finished film that […]
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Read MoreThis post contains spoilers for Superman As the first movie in a rebooted DC universe, it’s no surprise that Superman begins with title cards that establish the world. As a superhero movie post-Iron Man, it’s also no surprise that Superman has a mid-credit and post-credit scene. What is surprising, then, is the approach that James […]
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Read MorePunk music features heavily in James Gunn’s films, going all the way back to Tromeo and Juliet. Bands like MxPx, the Runaways, and Bowie help fill out the intricate soundtracks that often go on to be hits in their own right. Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix Vol. 1 reigned over the Billboard Top Soundtracks […]
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Read MoreAfter something of a mixed bag during Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the world’s highest-grossing franchise is trying to usher in a new era with a familiar family that’s sporting some new faces. It was a few years ago that casting the Fantastic Four reboot was the only Marvel news fans cared about, […]
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Read MoreJames Gunn’s long-anticipated Superman has the best special effect I’ve seen in a summer blockbuster this year—and I don’t mean the digitally aided flying or fighting. There is plenty of that too, most of it impressive and some of it astonishing. But that’s expected in a superhero movie these days, especially one with as much […]
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Read MoreAs we near the middle of the summer movie season, it appears that most the big blockbusters for older audiences have come and gone. None of these major releases – including Marvel’s Thunderbolts*, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Ballerina, and M3GAN 2.0 – has been a box office success. The range of revenue earnings […]
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Read MoreEvery year when the long Independence Day weekend comes around, cinephiles and theater programmers across the United States try to work out the perfect movie to watch. The perfect Fourth of July film needs to be one that’ll invoke that vital feeling of celebration and nostalgia, with an exciting edge, and maybe even a little […]
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Read MoreThis Fourth of July weekend, some Americans will spend their time at the beach, some will host barbecues, and still others will be watching dinosaurs on screen. No matter what the activity, one phrase will be in the American imagination: No kings! And yet, unless you count the recording of the stage production of Hamilton […]
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Read MoreBack in 1997, audiences shuffled out of theaters with one thought on their minds: “I guess not even Steven Spielberg can make a good sequel to Jurassic Park.” The Lost World: Jurassic Park failed to match the quality of its predecessor in every way, setting off a series that would be nothing but lackluster entries. […]
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Read MoreA 4K restoration re-release and a long-awaited sequel to This Is Spinal Tap, a mockumentary about a very punctual band, are arriving in the nick of time. A single pierce from an amplified instrument can infuse musicians with the blood of rock and roll. Director Rob Reiner’s sonic infection took a lumbar puncture. In his […]
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Read MoreRemember the James Bond movie in which 007 teams up with an enemy agent to defeat a megalomaniacal supervillain? Of course you do. How about the one in which M is kidnapped and Bond must save his boss’s life at all costs? Yeah, that sounds familiar too. And let’s not forget the rogue North Korean […]
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Read More“I’m starting to see I have had an effect here, but not the one I intended” monologues Robert Pattinsons‘s Bruce Wayne at the end of The Batman. Over shots of Batman carrying a child from the wreckage of the Riddler’s attack, Wayne describes a change in methods. “I have to become more. People need hope. […]
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Read MoreIn Gareth Edwards’ mind, it does not get better than Reservoir Dogs. The debut film from Quentin Tarantino which revolutionized indie cinema is also one of those movies you can’t help falling in love with the first time you see it. Actually, the way Edwards tells it, it might have started before that—back when it […]
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Read MoreIn its first two scenes, Jurassic World Rebirth doesn’t feel very much like a rebirth at all. In the first, a mutant hybrid dinosaur called the Distortus rex gets loose from its pen and wreaks havoc on a bunch of scientists. In the second, New Yorkers complain about a traffic jam caused by a dying […]
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Read MoreThe first trailer for MGM’s ‘Project Hail Mary’ has been released.
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