With its second episode, “Inside Man,” The Penguin hits its stride, mounting the tension as the subterfuge within the Falcone family begins. Mercifully, Colin Farrell tones down his caricaturish performance, mostly playing Oz straight, and the result is a much more immersive crime story. That b...
Read MoreThe Penguin, the HBO miniseries extension of Matt Reeves’ The Batman, is garnering a similar reaction to the film that spawned it. It’s getting near-universal acclaim, as “grounded” superhero fare always does, but is it really that good? Based on the premiere episode, “After Hours,” I do...
Read MoreJames Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU is slowly coming together – despite the onslaught of heroes Gunn is packing into Superman – and today, another piece of the puzzle was revealed. Deadline exclusively reports that Kyle Chandler is “in negotiations” to play the Green Lantern, or one of them,...
Read MoreDean Cain is a superhero again. Not that he won’t always be Superman, but he’s fighting crime under a new name, and this time, it’s for the Rippaverse. Today is the launch of the Rippaverse’s next comic book pre-order campaign, this one for The Horseman: Welcome to Florespark, featuring a st...
Read MoreTheme park visitors in Mexico City were given the scare of a lifetime while flying through the air like superheroes. The incident happened on August 18 at Six Flags Mexico; if you’re unfamiliar with the brand, Six Flags is a series of theme parks throughout North America with rides, merchandise, a...
Read MoreEven when he lost the ability to walk, he never stopped making us believe a man could fly. Today, Warner Bros. released a trailer for Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, a documentary about the life of Christopher Reeve, the star of Richard Donner’s 1978 superhero film Superman and its three ...
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