Tag: DC Comics
REVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 3, Episode 2, “Uncontrollable Forces”
Superman & Lois takes a big step in the right direction with “Uncontrollable Forces,” an episode with more fun, better-balanced plotlines, and a clearer picture of the themes that look like they’ll be central this season. Lois and Clark head to Metropolis to interview the judge who release...
Read MoreREVIEW: Shazam: Fury of the Gods (2023)
Another year, another DC movie review from yours truly. When I say that I have zero problems with this film, I genuinely mean that. “But Tuggs!” you’ll say, “what about the FUN (I imagine you’ll hiss this word, like that little evil emoji with the horns and frowny face,...
Read MoreBen Affleck is Done with Batman and DC
Ben Affleck is done with superheroes. In an excellent interview with The Hollywood Reporter (in which he talks about the movie business, dishonest media, his new film Air, and the Grammys), Affleck declares that he will not be making any movies in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU. “I would not ...
Read MoreJames Gunn Will Direct Superman: Legacy
James Gunn is trading in superhero misfits for the greatest of them all. In a Twitter thread, Gunn announced that he would be directing Superman: Legacy after all. Gunn had already written the script – or is writing it, or wherever he is in the process – but was unsure of whether he would direct...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 9, Episode 6, “The Good, The Bad, and The Lucky”
What do you do when it’s the final season of your serialized superhero sci-fi show, you’ve got half the episodes you normally do, and you have to make every week count? You have a standalone episode without the main character that puts the most boring sidekicks in the lead roles, of course! “T...
Read MoreREVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 3, Episode 1 “Closer”
Superman & Lois begins its third – and probably final – season with “Closer,” a dull, wheel-spinning episode that feels like a waste of time more than the first step in a larger story. It goes through the usual season premiere motions, establishing where the characters are after last yea...
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