EJ Moreno looks at a selection of unfairly maligned superhero movies… Nowadays, all we hear is “superhero fatigue,” with audiences and critics growing tired of the genre. As cinema has been dominated by DC and Marvel for decades now, it seems like almost every superhero movie is met with a blah reaction. But that wasn’t […]
A DCEU Obituary: Ranking the DC Extended Universe from Worst to Best
EJ Moreno ranks the DC Extended Universe… Let’s get this out of the way first: everything you are about to read comes from someone who was once a DCEU super-fan. Admitting that feels like the step to recovery, as does reflecting on the journey that began over a decade ago. Man of Steel, the 2013 […]
Moon Knight director slams Wonder Woman 1984’s controversial Egypt scene
Sometimes depicting a culture can feel like a landmark moment. Other times, it can feel like a slap in the face. Moon Knight director Mohamed Diab, an Egyptian-born filmmaker, looks to represent Egypt with the new Disney+ series but recalls a recent superhero project that didn’t get it quite right. If you remember Wonder Woman […]
Wonder Woman 1984 was 2021’s bestselling Blu-ray and DVD
2021 marked a record low for the movie industry when it came to physical media sales, aided in no small part by several studios’ decision to go day-and-date with theatrical and streaming releases, or in some cases forego theatrical releases entirely in favour of PVOD releases direct to our sofas. Tracking site The Numbers has […]
Gal Gadot confirms Lynda Carter return for Wonder Woman 3
Having briefly made her return to the DC Universe with a cameo appearance in last year’s Wonder Woman 1984, TV’s Amazon Princess Lynda Carter looks set to reprise her role as Asteria, the legendary former champion of the Amazons, in Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Wonder Woman 3. Carter’s involvement in Patty Jenkins-directed threequel was […]
Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins says streaming films “look like fake movies”
Director Patty Jenkins recently spoke out to reveal the “heartbreaking experience” she endured this past December when her DC Extended Universe sequel Wonder Woman 1984 was forced to release day and date in theaters and on HBO Max amid a global pandemic. Well, it seems it’s not just the streaming model of distribution that Jenkins […]
Patty Jenkins describes Wonder Woman 1984’s day-and-date release as “a heartbreaking experience”
We’ve been spoiled with a ton of news concerning future superhero blockbusters at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this past week, but some interesting titbits have emerged during a luncheon chat with Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins about the release strategy for her pandemic-delayed 2020 sequel, which she called “the best choice in a bunch of bad […]
A Different Landscape: The Box Office Two Years On From Avengers: Endgame
Tom Jolliffe looks back at Avengers: Endgame, the last mega event movie. Will anything ever come close again? The simplicity of a finger snap. It was an act that brought to a close Avengers: Infinity War, where Thanos’ grand plan had come to pass. There’s no spoiler here, virtually every one with a passing interest […]
The Best Film Scores of 2020
Hasitha Fernando on the best film scores of 2020… The film industry took a devastating hit due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, and even as of yet we are seeing the ripple effect of it over a year later. Theatres closed down indefinitely, many tentpole release dates were pushed back and production activities came to […]
Zack Snyder’s Justice League falls short of Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max
Samba TV, a polling company who track the household viewing figures using Smart TV statistics, have revealed that Zack Snyder’s Justice League drew 1.8 million households in its first five minutes over its debut weekend, a figure that leaves it trailing Wonder Woman 1984‘s Christmas Day bow of 2.2 million. While Justice League couldn’t get […]
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