Tag Archives: Shazam!

‘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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At the end of its life, DC keeps going back to poisoned well in ‘Shazam 2’

Posted on April 27, 2023 by reelentropy

7/10 In 2019, Shazam! was one of the first popular successes for the DCEU, which was already long-dead by this time. It’s fun and flighty, but from a franchise this desperate that holds this tight a grip on its movies, … Continue reading →

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DC’s gleeful ‘Shazam!’ is the best Marvel movie in years

Posted on April 15, 2019 by reelentropy

8/10 Less than a month after the hotly anticipated Captain Marvel flew onto screens, Warner Bros. and DC have released a significantly better Captain Marvel movie in Shazam! In 1974, a young Thaddeus Sivana (Mark Strong, Ethan Pugiotto as a … Continue reading →

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