Tag: DCU
New Flash Trailer is All About Batman
Warner Bros. Discovery is hoping the Dark Knight will reverse DC’s cinematic downward spiral. Today, the beleaguered studio (although that could be almost any studio lately) released a new – and, presumably, final – trailer for Batman… I mean, The Flash, their next big superhero blockbuster ...
Read MoreNew Images of Lady Gaga as Harely Quinn Surface
Harley Quinn is headed to court. A series of photographs making the rounds today depict Lady Gaga as the Joker’s moll in the upcoming film Joker: Folie à Deux, a sequel to Joker, the surprise smash hit from 2019. This isn’t the first image of Gaga in character – that came courtesy of director...
Read MoreWhy Did Shazam!: Fury of the Gods Bomb?
There’s no spinning or gerrymandering this one; Shazam!: Fury of the Gods is a bomb. In terms of quality, I don’t think it should have been; I liked it very much (as did Tuggs, whose review you can read here), and unlike, say, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (or pretty much anything Marvel has...
Read MoreREVIEW: Shazam: Fury of the Gods (2023)
THATTUGGLIFE | Mar 20, 2023 | 2
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...
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