Tag Archives: Man of Steel

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 →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged David Corenswet, DCEU, DCU, Elon Musk, James Gunn, Long live the DCU, Man of Steel, MCU, Nicholas Hoult, Suicide Squad, Superman, The Batman, The DCEU is dead, The Suicide Squad, Warner Bros, Zack Snyder | Leave a comment

‘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 →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged 9/11, bad, DCEU, Ezra Miller, Fantastic Beasts, Flashpoint: Into the Batman-Verse, Justice League, Man of Steel, The Flash, The Flash is bad, Warner Bros, Zack Snyder | Leave a comment

Brief notes on ‘DC League of Super-pets’

Posted on August 20, 2022 by reelentropy

There’s no more palpable bromance in Hollywood right now than the one between Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart. Their electricity is palpable and joyous, and the Jumanji co-stars seem to have endeavored to work together more as time has gone … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged Batgirl, Batman: The Animated Series, DC League of Super-Pets, Dwayne Johnson, HBO Max, Kevin Hart, Man of Steel, The Dark Knight, Warner Bros. | Leave a comment

20 years of 9/11 in film

Posted on September 11, 2021 by reelentropy

The core ennui of being a ‘90s child is watching things disappear. This is most easily tracked through technology. Within our childhoods, we watched playing outside with neighborhood kids, maybe one of whom had an N64, turn into a kaleidoscope … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged 20 years later, 9/11, Afghanistan war, Batman Begins, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Climate change, COVID-19, George W. Bush, Gore won, Iraq war, Iron Man, Man of Steel, Mark Boal, Sam Raimi, Spider-Man, The Avengers, The Dark Knight, The Hurt Locker, War on Terror, Zack Snyder | 6 Comments

After three movies and an hour and a half, ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ delivers

Posted on April 2, 2021 by reelentropy

8/10 Godzilla vs. Kong ends with a 20-minute sequence of Godzilla and King Kong beating the absolute tar out of each other, and that’s awesome. I mean, that part absolutely rules. But that’s 20 minutes out of 113, and that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Batman Begins, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, DCEU, Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Justice Leauge, Kong, Kong: Skull Island, Man of Steel, Warner Bros. | 1 Comment