In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Suicide Squad, Aquaman, The Flash, The LEGO Batman Movie, Supergirl, Gotham, The Flash, Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Man of Steel, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Captain America: Civil War, Daredevil, Luke Cage, […]
Zack Snyder discusses Jimmy Olsen’s cameo in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Warning: Spoilers for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to follow… Jimmy Olsen may have been absent from Man of Steel, but the character does make an appearance in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, although he’s never identified by name, he’s not played by Scoot McNairy, and he doesn’t last very long. Speaking to […]
Movie Review – Get a Job (2016)
Get a Job, 2016. Directed by Dylan Kidd. Starring Miles Teller, Anna Kendrick, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Nicholas Braun, Brandon T. Jackson, Alison Brie, Jorge Gargia, Jay Pharoah, Bruce Davison, Ravi Patel, Aaron Hill, Seth Morris, Marc Maron, John C. McGinley, Marcia Gay Harden, Greg Germann, Cameron Richardson, and John Cho. SYNOPSIS: Life after college […]
Movie Review – They’re Watching (2016)
They’re Watching, 2016. Directed by Jay Lander and Micah Wright. Starring David Alpay, Cristian Balint, Brigid Brannagh, Dimitri Diatchenko, Mia Faith, Carrie Genzel and Kris Lemche. SYNOPSIS: An American TV crew are sent to a small Moldovan village to record a reality home improvement show, but they soon come into conflict with the locals, and […]
Batman v Superman breaking records at the box office with biggest pre-summer opening day
Having set an Easter preview night record, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has now recorded the biggest pre-summer opening day in North America, with the Warner Bros. / DC superhero epic grossing $81.3 million on Friday for a projected domestic opening weekend of $171 million. Internationally, the movie has earned over $65 million, including $21.2 […]
Gotham Season 2 Episode 15 Review – ‘Mad Grey Dawn’
Martin Carr reviews the fifteenth episode of Gotham season 2… These are dark days indeed for Jim Gordon. Never has a tagline for an episode been more apt than it is here with Gotham’s ‘Mad Grey Dawn’. Because as the sun comes up on another day in this grimy metropolis, things have never looked bleaker. […]
Supergirl Season 1 Episode 17 Review – ‘Manhunter’
Martin Carr reviews the seventeenth episode of Supergirl… There are echoes of Alien Nation and Predator in this week’s episode, which effectively employs flashback to fill in back story for everyone. Unlike other shows the technique is employed correctly to broaden and deepen our bond with these characters, while showing the true nature of others. […]
Stan Lee’s Lucky Man renewed for second season
Deadline is reporting that Sky1 has ordered a second season of Stan Lee’s Lucky Man, the original drama series starring James Nesbitt as a police detective who is granted the ability to control luck. The show, which is produced by Carnival Films from an original idea by comic book legend Lee, has proven to be […]
Shane Black wants to make The Predator about “spectacle” – but should he?
Thomas O’Connor on Shane Black’s recent comments from Shane Black on making The Predator about “spectacle”… The original Predator isn’t exactly what you’d call a “big” movie in terms of scale and scope. Sure, there’s a fairly big gunfight and a massive explosion at the end, but for the most part it’s actually rather small, with […]
Second Opinion – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, 2016. Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Gal Gadot, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Scoot McNairy, Tao Okamoto, Lauren Cohan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller and Callan Mulvey. SYNOPSIS: Fearing the actions of a god-like […]
