Category: DC Extended Universe

Principal Cast : Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yayah Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman, Temuera Morrison, Ludi Lin, Randall Park, Graham McTavish, Michael Beach.Synopsis:  Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land. ******** By far the breakout character from DC’s “Snyderverse” version of its cinematic universe, established by Zack Snyder through Man of Steel, Batman V Superman, as well as Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman and the jigsaw puzzle of Justice…

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Principal Cast : Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Jeremy Irons, JK Simmons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, Ciaran Hinds, Joe Morton, David Thewlis, Amber Heard, Billy Cruddup. Synopsis: When a scion of Darkseid, Steppenwolf of Apokolips, arrives on Earth, Batman and Wonder Woman must unite a team of metahumans to defeat the forces of evil. ********* This review does contain spoilers. Justice League is a film plagued by problems, not the least of which is having your “visionary” director, Zack Snyder, drop out of…

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Director :   Patty Jenkins Year Of Release :  2017 Principal Cast :  Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen, Elena Anaya, Lucy Davis, Saïd Taghmaoui, Ewen Bremner, Eugene Brave Rock, Lilly Aspell, Emily Carey. Approx Running Time :   141 Minutes Synopsis:   Before she was Wonder Woman she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, and a trained warrior. When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, she leaves home to fight a war to end all wars, discovering her full powers and…

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Director :   David Ayers Year Of Release :   2016 Principal Cast :   Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoya-Agbaje, Karen Fukuhara, Cara Delevigne, Scott Eastwood.  Approx Running Time :   135 Minutes Synopsis:  A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse. ***** Given the critical drubbing endured by 2016’s other massive DC superhero film, Batman V Superman, expectations for Suicide Squad were…

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Director :  Zack Snyder Year Of Release :   2016 Principal Cast :  Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, Gal Gadot, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Holly Hunter, Tao Okamoto, Ray Fisher, Ezra Miller, Jason Mamoa, Harry Lennix, Christina Wren, Michael Shannon, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, Scoot McNairy, Jena Malone, Callan Mulvey, Dan Amboyer, Michael Cassidy, Carla Gugino. Approx Running Time :   182 Minutes Synopsis:   Following the events depicted in Man of Steel, Gotham City-based vigilante Batman travels to Metropolis to preemptively combat Superman, fearing what would happen if…

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Director :  Zack Snyder Year Of Release :   2016 Principal Cast :  Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, Gal Gadot, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Holly Hunter, Tao Okamoto, Ray Fisher, Ezra Miller, Jason Mamoa, Harry Lennix, Christina Wren, Michael Shannon, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, Scoot McNairy, Callan Mulvey, Dan Amboyer, Michael Cassidy, Carla Gugino. Approx Running Time :  151 Minutes Synopsis:  Following the events after Man of Steel, Gotham City-based vigilante Batman travels to Metropolis to pre-emptively combat Superman, fearing what would happen if the latter is…

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Briskly paced, gob-smackingly action-packed reboot of the Superman franchise delivers as much carnage, whizz-bang effects and deviation from previous iterations as fans might hope for. Epitomising a modern day blockbuster, Man Of Steel delivers an Earth-shaking action film somewhat bereft of humility or emotion, but more than making up for it with one of the greatest super-powered battle sequences ever committed to film. This isn’t the Superman of the 80’s, folks. This is Superman of the new, dark-edged, post 9/11 world, and it’s an awesome experience indeed.

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