It was in the year 1984 that we saw Supergirl’s first appearance outside the pages of DC comics, which was pretty sad considering her cousin Superman had been appearing in serials, cartoons, television shows and movies dating as far back as the 1940s. Yet it wasn’t until the Christopher Reeve movies started to show diminishing…
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Venom (2018) – Review
How does one go about making a Venom movie without even mentioning the name Spider-Man? This was the challenge Sony Pictures set for the three screenwriters that were tasked to salvage a character the studio had previously ruined in the third Raimi Spider-Man movie; and just to make it a little tougher, Venom’s first solo…
The Death of Superman (2018) – Review
Looking back over the last twenty-five years it’s hard to imagine just how big an impact The Death of Superman comic had when it was initially released, not only were many comic fans shocked by the even but it became a media circus across the board – which I always found especially weird when you consider…
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) – Review
In 2015, Marvel’s Ant-Man could easily have come across as a low-rent Iron Man – both featuring high-tech costumed heroes – but instead, the studio doubled down on the comedy and we got an incredibly fun caper flick that surprised many a viewer. Now, with 2018’s Ant-Man and the Wasp, we get the answer to…
Cloak & Dagger (2018) Pilot Review
Marvel may be kicking butt and taking names with their Cinematic Universe – the latest Avengers movie having earned literally all the money – but on the small screen they haven’t been as consistently successful. With Netflix doing most of the heavy lifting on television – the less said about ABC’s Inhumans the better- one…