Category: DC Universe

Principal Cast : Jason Isaacs, Amy Acker, Deidrich Bader, Vanessa Marshall, Phil Morris, Paul Williams, Phil LaMarr, Jim Meskimen, Sasha Roiz, WIlliam Salyers, Roger Craig, Jason Spisak, Tara Strong, Travis Willingham, Winter Ave Zoli. Synopsis:  What if baby Kal-El’s rocket landed, not in Kansas, but in the Soviet Union? ******** Based on Mark Millar’s rather excellent Elseworlds DC Comic from 2003, Superman: Red Son takes a look at what might have happened had baby Kal-El, who would grow up to become the Man Of Steel, crash-landed in Soviet Russia rather than…

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Principal Cast : Joaquin Phoenix, Robert DeNiro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Douglas Hodge, Dante Periera-Olson. Synopsis: In Gotham City, mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: the Joker. ******** Off the back of the critical drubbing from Justice League, Warner Bros’ comic-book media arm DC Comics decided to return to stand-alone solo films featuring some of their iconic characters; the first non-DC Extended Universe…

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Principal Cast : Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Djimon Hounsou, Faithe Herman, Grace Fulton, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Marta Milians, Cooper Andrews. Synopsis: We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s case, by shouting out one word – SHAZAM! – this streetwise fourteen-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult superhero Shazam. ******** Warning: Mild spoilers abound. Read on with caution. Off the back of the critical drubbing handed to DC’s Justice League movie,…

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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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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. 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 true destiny. ********* The fourth of DC Comics’ DCEU franchise following Man of Steel, Batman…

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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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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 Momoa, Harry Lennix, Christina Wren, Michael Shannon, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, Scoot McNairy, Jena Malone, Callan Mulvey, Dan Amboyer, Michael Cassidy, Carla Gugino. 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 the latter is kept unchecked, while another threat, created by billionaire entrepreneur Lex Luthor,…

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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 Momoa, 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 preemptively combat Superman, fearing what would happen if the latter…

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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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