Summarizing Nukes It’s unnerving how unusually prescient the Jack Ryan films tend be. Not long after 9/11, as nations stood on alert for Middle Eastern terrorists, Sum of All …
Minor League The high camp moment of Justice League happens near the finale when Superman makes his predictable return. An edit cuts to Batman who glows, sporting a smile …
Batbore and Superdull Adding 30 minutes to a gratuitous, messy film doesn’t fix anything. The pseudo-observant Batman v Superman still limps through rounds of movie logic like a riper …
Marketing Champion Man of Steel brought Superman into a post-9/11 America, a place where 2006’s Superman Returns was unwilling to go. Old Superman’s symbolic hope and flawless heroism was …
Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike soar in David Fincher’s screen adaptation Ben Affleck first appears in Gone Girl curbside. It’s trash day. The streets are clear. There are no …