Superman has long been Hollywood’s toughest nut to crack: the original superhero, yet often labelled “too perfect,” “too square,” or—worst of all—“boring” for modern audiences. Since Richard Donner set the gold standard in 1978, filmmakers have tried to solve the Superman problem by darkening him, complicating him, or basically turning him into Batman. James Gunn,…
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“It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman!” (1975) – Review
The first Richard Donner/Christopher Reeve Superman movie was three years away when this Broadway musical adaptation was forced on the unsuspecting public and despite being well-reviewed on Broadway it was the biggest flop to hit “The Great White Way” at that time. This led to the creation of a heavily reworked TV special which was…
Scooby-Doo! And Krypto, Too! (2023) – Review
Many fans of Scooby-Doo were saddened to hear of several projects being cancelled during the Warner Bros/Discovery tax write-off purge, including the animated feature Scooby-Doo! Holiday Haunt as well as the live-action Batgirl movie, and while those cancellations left many in mourning at least one item seems to have escaped the chopping block by being…