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Cinema Dispatch: Supergirl

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Supergirl and all the images you see in this review are owned by Warner Bros Pictures

Directed by Craig Gillespie

The James Gunn led DCU seems to have hit its first snag since his takeover in 2023 as audiences and critics are divided on this in a way that seems more than a little absurd. It’s not that I find it impossible for Gunn and co to make a less than stellar movie, but opinions on this are varied enough that I start to wonder what’s really going on under the hood that brought us to this point. Is this a misunderstood gem that audiences were just unable to fully connect with, or is this just as bad as some are saying it is? Let’s find out!!

Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock) is your typical twenty-something Gen-Z mess. She grew up seeing everything she knew and loved slowly die away before getting thrust into adulthood with a mandate to save the world, and frankly, she’s not in the mood for any of it. Rather than join her cousin Kal-El (David Corenswet) in the superhero business, she travels the universe with her dog Krypto to find rad parties to crash and calm meadows to nurse her hangovers. However, she can’t seem to outrun all the jerks in the world, and an altercation with a nasty Brigand (Matthias Schoenaerts) leaves Krypto in a bad spot and Kara with only a few days to set things right. The journey will prove difficult, especially with a fellow vengeance seeker Ruthye (Eve Ridley) tagging along and being questionably useful, but with so much on the line, Kara has no choice but to step up to the plate and fight for those she cares about. Will this journey prove to her that she can be just as heroic as her cousin on Earth? What tragedy has brought her to this place, and can she ever find peace from the ghosts that haunt her every day? Maybe it’s not even that complicated; perhaps she just wants to chill and have fun! You ever think of that, Clark!?

“I don’t know, fam. When I’m in my comfy chair, I can’t see the appeal of this whole ‘superhero’ malarkey. Maybe it’s a perspective thing, or maybe it’s because I’ve got a bag of my favorite chips right next to me. Who can say?”
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Cinema Dispatch: Superman

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Superman and all the images you see in this review are owned by Warner Bros Pictures

Directed by James Gunn

James Gunn may be a fantastic filmmaker, but no one has managed to recapture the magic of the Richard Donner films; not even Christopher Reeve who tried to make the fourth film into a passionate a poignant message for the world, though I’d still take Superman IV over Man of Steel any day. Sure, the franchise has been reliably bankable which is why Warner Bros isn’t about to give up on it yet, but for Gunn to go after this white whale is a show of supreme confidence, and possibly the kind of show-off move you’d want to make if you were also entrusted to shepherd an entire movie studio towards relevance again. I trust James Gunn to pull it off, but I’m still crossing my fingers all the same. Can James Gunn make us believe that a man can fly while also putting him in a good movie? Let’s find out!!

Whether you know him as Superman, Clark Kent, or Kal-El (Davud Cirebswet), the Big Blue Boy Scout is three years into his career and is doing what he can to make the world a better place. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people invested in the world not being better, so he’s come under fire for stopping a war between the US ally of Boravia and the neighboring country of Jarhanpur. Until now, he was the golden boy who could do no wrong and looked good in Tik-Tok videos captured by the citizens of Metropolis, but with this foray into a politically charged conflict, he’s drawn a few side eyes from ostensible allies such as the Justice Gang composed of Green Lantern Guy Gardner (Nathan Fillion), Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced), and Mr. Terrific (Edi Gathegi) and, most distressing of all, his own girlfriend Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) whose worried he hasn’t thought through the implications of such action and how it could come back to haunt him. She’s not wrong either as Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) has been gunning for him for years now and sees an opportunity to turn the public to his side, so with the help of his corporate drones and a few powered-up henchmen, he starts a smear campaign against Superman and even infiltrates his Fortress of Solitude to uncover more secrets. Are there problematic and terrifying skeletons in Kal-El’s closet that could keep him from being the hero he wants to be? What else does Lex Luthor have up his sleeve beyond the mud raking, and will it bring further chaos to international conflict that Superman tried to stop? Most importantly, who’s gonna feed Krypto if something happens to him!?

“My flesh is impervious to heat, so you’re gonna have to eat me raw. Is that gonna be a problem for you?”     “WOOF!”
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