Tag: The Flash
The Flash and Elemental are Massive Bombs
Dads stayed away from the movies this Father’s Day weekend – along with everyone else. Two big movie premiered on Friday: Warner Bros./DC’s The Flash and Disney/Pixar’s Elemental. Neither was tracking well; The Flash was predicted to bring in $70 million, while Elemental was looking at a $35...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash (2023)
I’m not sure I’d call The Flash a mixed bag; that implies a fairly equal good-to-bad ratio, and The Flash is more bad than good by a wide margin. And what’s bad is abysmal, not only embracing many of the grating modern superhero movie tropes but hooking them up to rockets and shooting them int...
Read MoreMichael Shannon Didn’t Find Acting in The Flash “Satisfying”
He can’t ask people to kneel before him if he’s a liar. Michael Shannon, who portrayed Superman villain General Zod in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, reprises his role in the upcoming DC Comics movie The Flash, but the actor sounds less than enthused about his return engagement. In an interview w...
Read MoreThe Flash’s Unusual Marketing and Potential Future
It’s almost becoming a cliché to say that the behind-the-scenes or other real-world events surrounding a movie make a better story than the film itself, but the way Warner Bros. is marketing The Flash, as detailed in a Variety piece, is interesting. A lot of this is born of necessity because of t...
Read MoreRUMOR: Andy Muschietti Directing The Brave and the Bold?
DC Studios has an awful lot of faith in a movie that’s tracking to underperform. The newest DC rumor is that Andy Muschietti, the director of The Flash, will also helm the next Batman film (outside of the sequel to The Batman and Joker: Folie à Deux), The Brave and the Bold. Muschietti directing ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 9, Episode 13, “A New World Part 4”
The Flash has been a bumpy road. It started almost impeccably with an outstanding first season; unfortunately, that would also prove to be its best season. The following two were very good, but as The Flash moved to the middle of its run, it showed signs of wear. The writers struggled to make their ...
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