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Before 1971, Clint Eastwood was known primarily for the long-running TV show Rawhide and his role as The Man With No Name in Sergio Leone's so-called "Spaghetti Westerns." That all changed during this pivotal year in Eastwood's career. In Novembe...

It has apparently become an old-fashioned notion to believe motion pictures should be grounded in concepts like narrative and character rather than in how loudly the soundtrack plays classic rock songs and how many cuts the director can use in an ove...

With The Suicide Squad, James Gunn becomes the second high-profile Marvel director to moonlight in the DCEU. Fortunately, Gunn’s effort is significantly better than Joss Whedon’s career-killing turn with Justice League. Gunn, temporarily fi...

Most of those who elect to see Sully, Clint Eastwood’s re-enactment of the 2009 ditching of a commercial airliner in the Hudson River, will remember the incident involving U.S. Airways Flight 1549 from news reports. For several days following t...

Two strangers meet and spend a day wandering around a city – talking, exchanging meaningful looks, and enjoying being with each other as they see the sights and fall in love. Later that night, they cuddle together in a park under the stars a...

I approached Super/Man with a healthy degree of skepticism. After all, Christopher Reeve’s life, health crisis, and death are an open book. What would be the point of rehashing incidents that played out in the media 30 years ago? I had no great ...

Supergirl holds the distinction of being the worst movie made during the Salkind Era of Superman (which began with 1978’s Superman and ended with 1987’s Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, although by then the Salkinds had sold the rights to Gol...

It's possible to acknowledge what a movie is trying to do without wholeheartedly embracing how it goes about the task. That's the issue with Craig Gillespie's Supergirl: solid premise, mediocre execution. Despite an intriguing arc for Milly Alcock...

For decades, Superman was considered the brightest bauble in DC’s tiara (at least until that title was claimed by Batman). However, in recent years, that jewel has become tarnished as a combined result of neglect and malpractice. While audiences...

To date, the 1978 theatrical version of Superman remains the only motion picture based on a comic book to have a lush, epic feel. Developed by Godfather scribe Mario Puzo with reverence for the venerable superhero, Superman pays homage to the lege...