It hasn’t been a great year for DC movies. I mean, maybe you loved Shazam! Fury of the Gods, or The Flash, or Blue Beetle, or all of them. (I thought The Flash was mostly fun until the final 20 minutes or so.) But it’s hard to argue that 2023 has represented a creative peak for the studio. (It objectively … Read more
Jodie Foster thinks that the dominance of superhero films is a “phase that’s lasted a little too long.” The Oscar-winning actress explained that she is a fan of some movies in the superhero genre but does not consider any of them to be life-changing. In an interview with Elle magazine, Jodie said: “It’s a phase. … Read more
Chalk up John Woo as another director who doesn’t enjoy superhero movies, with him preferring old-fashioned movies. John Woo is perhaps the greatest action director of all time. No one can shoot action as kinetically as him, and his style paved the way for everyone from Sam Raimi to The Wachowskis to Chad Stahelski, whose … Read more
After releasing a poster for the second season yesterday, Prime Video has dropped a new Invincible Season 2 trailer for the superhero series adaptation’s return. The new season is set to premiere on Friday, November 3, on Prime Video. Check out the new Invincible Season 2 trailer on YouTube below (watch more trailers): Based on Robert … Read more
Superhero fatigue has finally hit mainstream audiences in the last couple of years. Abysmal box office numbers and critical work about the failings of many franchises have begun to strike. But, one IP remains in the good graces of of fans and critics alike. Since its inception in 2019, Prime Video’s “The Boys” has achieved … Read more
Chart-topping rapper Bad Bunny confirms he’s no longer starring in the Spider-Man spinoff El Muerto from Sony Pictures. Ring the bell and make the count because Bad Bunny is tapping out of Sony and Marvel’s El Muerto, a superhero project the studio recently stripped from its calendar of upcoming releases. Sony Pictures removed El Muerto from its forthcoming … Read more
The Marvels trailer debuts brand-new footage alongside exciting recaps for all three of the film’s super-powered heroes. The Marvels touch down in theaters in November, and Marvel Studios is making sure fans know that the Captain Marvel sequel is ready to take them higher, faster, and further than the original. Today’s The Marvels trailer includes new footage from the upcoming … Read more
Nia DaCosta, the director of The Marvels, recently sat down with Total Film to discuss the state of today’s superhero movies and her upcoming project. During the interview, she definitely acknowledged that superhero fatigue exists. People are much less keen on giant franchise films in general, backed up by the box-office numbers for films like The Flash, Shazam! … Read more
At this point, it might be a bit of a pointless exercise to single out any superhero movie as “underrated.” The fact is there are so many comic-book films these days, and they dominate so much pop culture conversation online (See: A large portion of what is published every day on this website) that really no film … Read more
The Marvels director Nia DaCosta wants to stand out from superhero fatigue with a really wacky and silly sequel. Does superhero fatigue exist? The lackluster box office of recent Marvel and DC movies suggests that it does, but then the question becomes how do you change things? For Nia DaCosta, director of The Marvels, you … Read more