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Displaying all articles tagged:
Superheroes
vulture lists
Dec. 24, 2023
Every DC Comics Movie, Ranked
From the Christopher Reeve era to the Snyder Cut and this week’s
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
By
Tim Grierson
and
Will Leitch
vulture lists
Nov. 15, 2023
Marvel Villains, Ranked by Hotness
Let’s all
marvel
at more than 50 badies from the MCU of varying degrees of hotness.
By
Carrie Wittmer
pow! wham! boom!
Aug. 28, 2023
The 30 Best Superhero Cartoons of the Past 30 Years
Since
Batman: The Animated Series
and
X-Men
in 1992, animation has been a rich avenue for comic-book adventures.
By
Daniel Dockery
vulture lists
July 6, 2023
Superman’s 15 Best Animated Moments
Live-action adaptations may be the Man of Steel’s Kryptonite, but he flourishes in animation.
By
Daniel Dockery
sequential art
June 12, 2023
Who Are All These Spider-People?
The Spider-Verse has
a lot
of spider-creatures. Here is every man, woman, punk, cat, monkey, manga, dinosaur, and car, explained.
By
Richard Newby
movie review
Mar. 17, 2023
Let’s Just Pretend
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Never Happened
The latest DC movie seems to have forgotten what made the original so charming and special.
By
Bilge Ebiri
movie review
Oct. 21, 2022
Black Adam
Is Entertaining Rubbish
The Rock plays the DC superhero with such a stony face that we forget how charming this actor can be otherwise.
By
Bilge Ebiri
batgirl
Aug. 3, 2022
Warner Bros. to
Batgirl
: Bye, Girl!
Leslie Grace said Batgirl was “My own damn hero” on IG.
By
Rebecca Alter
where are their fingers
July 18, 2022
Release the McCracken! New
Powerpuff Girls
and
Foster’s Home
Reboots Are Coming
Craig McCracken returns to two of his beloved Cartoon Network shows.
By
Rebecca Alter
chat room
June 22, 2022
Paul Reiser Initially Turned Down His Role in
The Boys
“It was a little bit rough for me.”
By
Roxana Hadadi
the pg-13 multiverse
May 13, 2022
Sam Raimi Exploding Superheroes’ Heads in ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Is Good, Actually
The MCU has always been about death as an abstract form of entertainment, but
Multiverse of Madness
gets darkly, and thrillingly, literal.
By
Roxana Hadadi
confessions
May 6, 2022
I Hate How Much I Love Marvel Movies
How did a Disney megafranchise become my comfort food?
By
Danielle Cohen
trailer mix
Mar. 15, 2022
The Marvelous
Ms. Marvel
Trailer: You Glow Girl!
Featuring guidance counselor Jordan Firstman.
By
Rebecca Alter
extreme thirst
Mar. 14, 2022
Thank You,
The Batman,
for Bringing Horniness Back to Gotham City
Batman is
looking respectfully
from Catwoman’s dominatrix-y knee-high PVC boots up to her face, but there’s a hunger there, too.
By
Roxana Hadadi
spinoffs
Mar. 8, 2022
Matt Reeves Says
The Batman
Prequel Series on HBO Max Has Been Axed
Now we’ll never get to see, uh, how Commissioner Gordon got his glasses.
By
Halle Kiefer
movie review
Feb. 28, 2022
The Batman
Is Sad, Scary, and Even a Little Sexy
Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson give us an austere, tense serial-killer thriller as much as a superhero action flick.
By
Bilge Ebiri
deep dive
Jan. 15, 2022
Wait, Who Are the Eternals?
The 2021 MCU entry is finally streaming on Disney+. Here’s what you need to know before hitting play.
By
Nola Pfau
movies
Dec. 22, 2021
The Matrix
Taught Superheroes to Fly
It laid the template for the gritty, gravity-defying, self-seriously cerebral modern blockbuster.
By
Adam Sternbergh
dceu
Nov. 27, 2021
HBO Max Mistakenly Uploads Censored Version of
Birds of Prey
HBO Max is working to restore the original version to the streaming service.
By
Alejandra Gularte
allegations
Oct. 20, 2021
Ruby Rose Alleges Dangerous Conditions, Injuries, ‘Bullying’ on
Batwoman
Set
Warner Bros. TV calls Rose’s allegations “revisionist history” in a new statement.
By
Rebecca Alter
met gala 2021
Sept. 14, 2021
Is This the First Couture Superhero Costume?
Dan Levy asked for a Met Gala outfit that would make him a “gay superhero.”
By
Danielle Cohen
culture
Sept. 14, 2021
Shang-Chi
Isn’t Letting Us Hide Anymore
The Marvel blockbuster is a balm to kids growing up Asian in America.
By
Kim Thai
trailer mix
Aug. 9, 2021
Doom Patrol
Season Three Trailer: What the Piffle Paffle?
HBO Max’s
other
gang of reluctant heroes return.
By
Zoe Haylock
dc
July 27, 2021
Winston Duke Will Play Bruce Wayne (Cool!) in a Podcast (Oh …)
Batman Unburied
is written by
The Dark Knight
screenwriter David S. Goyer.
By
Rebecca Alter
dc
July 24, 2021
Michael B. Jordan Is Developing a Black Superman Project for HBO Max
They haven’t revealed whether Jordan will actually play Superman, but like, come on. How could he not?
By
Rebecca Alter
movie review
July 9, 2021
Black Widow
Bids a Barbed Farewell to the MCU’s First Female Superhero
Scarlett Johansson plays Natasha one last time (for now) in an espionage adventure that’s as much a criticism of the character as a good-bye.
By
Alison Willmore
dad things
June 19, 2021
Clark Kent’s Most Super-Dad Moments on
Superman & Lois
Yes, he’s holding up bridges and stopping nuclear reactors from melting down, but he’s also going to football practices and packing school lunches.
By
Maggie Fremont
dc comics
May 19, 2021
Batman: The Animated Series
Creator Will Return with More Animated Batman
HBO Max and Cartoon Network green-lit
Batman: Caped Crusader.
By
Rebecca Alter
superheroes
May 6, 2021
Peatónito the Pedestrian Superhero Is Finishing Up Grad School at UCLA
Mexico City’s masked defender of walkers is now tackling the dangerous streets of Los Angeles.
By
Alissa Walker
i would like to see it
Apr. 21, 2021
Whoopi Goldberg Is Writing a Superhero Movie About an Older Black Woman
“Do you know who’s really going to save the earth?”
By
Justin Curto
trailer mix
Apr. 3, 2021
Florence Pugh’s Russian Accent Stars in
Black Widow
Trailer
“Bring. Her. Home.”
By
Rebecca Alter
tv review
Mar. 25, 2021
Invincible
Offers Superheroes With a Side of More Superheroes
The hour-long animated series has a palpable “more of an eight-hour movie” vibe, with all the possibility and potential pitfalls that model entails.
By
Kathryn VanArendonk
dceu
Mar. 22, 2021
Emerald Fennell to Become Promising Young Superhero Screenwriter
She’s writing a Zatanna movie for DC.
By
Rebecca Alter
superheroes
Mar. 19, 2021
The Story Behind the Winter Soldier’s Unprecedented Creation
It’s one of the greatest transformations in superhero comics history.
By
Abraham Riesman
the dc universe
Feb. 26, 2021
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s … Ta-Nehisi Coates’s
Superman
Reboot!
It’s reportedly being set up as “a Black Superman story.”
By
Devon Ivie
animation
Feb. 2, 2021
Craig McCracken Talks Taking on Serialized Superheroics in
Kid Cosmic
For his first streaming series, Netflix’s new
Kid Cosmic,
animator Craig McCracken didn’t want to just make “another campy parody of superheroes.”
By
John Maher
castings
Jan. 15, 2021
Ethan Hawke to Play the Villain to Oscar Isaac’s Moon Knight in Marvel Series
Because we guess
someone
has to antagonize Oscar Isaac.
By
Justin Curto
dceu
Dec. 30, 2020
All of the Magical Objects in
Wonder Woman 1984
, Explained
What we know and don’t know about the MacGuffins, invisible planes, and fanny packs.
By
Ryan Britt
ww8more
Dec. 27, 2020
Warner Bros. and Patty Jenkins Fast-Track Development on
Wonder Woman 3
Gal Gadot and Patty Jenkins will return to give us more
Wonder Woman.
By
Rebecca Alter
my octopus teacher
Dec. 8, 2020
Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock to Lay Tentacles on Tom Holland in
Spider-Man 3
Doctor Octopus is back, and he’s gonna get that Spidey.
By
Rebecca Alter
role muddles
Oct. 9, 2020
The Boys
Is the End of the Superhero As We Know It
The dark satire’s second season has illuminated the rotten core of superheroism, and cast our collective obsession with it in an unflattering light.
By
Abraham Riesman
superhero movies
Oct. 5, 2020
Andy Samberg, Craig Robinson, and Common’s Powers Combine for
Super
High
In a world … where smoking weed gives you superpowers.
By
Halle Kiefer
behind the seams
Oct. 2, 2020
The Boys
Is a Microcosm of Modern Supersuit Design
The series’ supersuit designer explains how the Seven’s looks both reflect and satirize the evolution of superhero costuming in the 21st century.
By
Manuel Betancourt
vulture lists
Aug. 31, 2020
All 13 X-Men Movies, Ranked
How does
The New Mutants
stack up?
By
Tim Grierson
and
Will Leitch
nanananananananananana
Aug. 20, 2020
Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton Will Be Batmen Again in
The Flash
Batsman? Batmen? Batmanses?
By
Rebecca Alter
wait what
Aug. 17, 2020
We Asked a Marine Biologist to Explain Pistol Shrimp Powers
Everything you need to know about the almighty crustacean at the center of Netflix’s new movie
Project Power.
By
Nick Allen
results may vary
Aug. 14, 2020
The Absurd Superpowers of Netflix’s
Project Power
, Explained
Including the formidable power of … pistol shrimp?
By
Nick Allen
movie review
Aug. 13, 2020
Project Power
Is a Depressingly Uninspired Off-Brand Superhero Story
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, and Jamie Foxx star in a would-be Netflix blockbuster with a clever premise and crummy follow through.
By
Alison Willmore
fictions of violence
July 13, 2020
The Old Guard
Is Not a Superhero Story
Comic author and screenwriter Greg Rucka is adamant that his “fiction of violence” stand apart from Marvel.
By
Oliver Sava
movie review
July 7, 2020
Netflix’s
The Old Guard
Is Breathtaking
Once you watch it, you’ll wish every superhero movie were this good.
By
Bilge Ebiri
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