Tag Archives: DCEU

New ‘Superman’ flies low under a long shadow

Posted on July 11, 2025 by reelentropy

After 12 excruciating years, Warner Bros. has given up the ghost and paved over the muddy, miserable Man of Steel with a sunny, cheerful new Superman movie, with James Gunn as writer, director and producer and affixed as the chief … Continue reading →

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Survey’s in – no, ‘Aquman’ did not save the DCEU

Posted on March 31, 2024 by reelentropy

It’s over. It’s finally over.

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‘Blue Beetle,’ the DCEU’s death rattle

Posted on October 19, 2023 by reelentropy

Warner Bros. began development on Blue Beetle in November 2018 after Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians had spent eight collective weeks at the top of the box office, each accompanied by weeks on end of stories about how the … Continue reading →

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‘Flash’ is really bad

Posted on July 20, 2023 by reelentropy

1/10 The Flash is bad. The first action sequence where Flash has to save a neonatal care ward falling from the 43rd floor of a hospital is funny-bad – no matter how much the movie is winking here, I’m still … Continue reading →

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Chaotic, unwatchable ‘Black Adam’ finally launches onto screen, already burned out behind it

Posted on January 9, 2023 by reelentropy

1/10 I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to leave a theater more than I wanted to leave my screening of Black Adam. Within 20 minutes, I was fighting the urge to shout “Stop! Please, just stop!” at the screen. Producer/star … Continue reading →

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