The writer/directors of Fantasia fave Freaks, talk about the lo-fi origins of their unconventional superhero story.
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Karl Urban and crew strike back at asshole superheroes in Amazon’s grimly atonal series.
Marvel’s web-crawler predictably holds the box office, while The Farewell puts up a respectable showing for an A24 dramedy.
The box office performance of Spider-Man: Far From Home helps drag a slower movie summer out of its funk, while Toy Story 4 keeps chugging along.
It doesn’t reach the swinging heights of Homecoming, but Jon Watts’ follow-up gets Marvel’s Phase Four off to a charming enough start.
A look back at the hype, the controversies & the music of Tim Burton’s take on the Caped […]
Composer Kurt Farquhar on “American Soul”, “Black Lightning”, and Scoring Thirty Years of Television
On this week’s podcast, we speak with composer Kurt Farquhar, “the musical voice of the BET,” about his work on American Soul and Black Lightning.
James Gunn produces a lean, mean, messy genre exercise that supposes Superman was more Damien than Clark Kent.
As the first generation of Marvel superheroes hangs up their claws and helmets, we wonder just how long pop culture will actually let them stay dead.
The MCU reaches a climax of sorts with the ambitious, three-hour Endgame, a satisifying end to the 11-year Marvel mythos to date.
The DCEU continues its upward trajectory with a flashy, fun, and surprisingly heartfelt teen superhero story.
Tim Burton’s superhero sequel saw the endlessly strange auteur run away with big studio money to make the most relentlessly weird comic book film ever.
We take a look at the state of female-led superheroes up to this point, from the lows of Catwoman to the highs of Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel.
The actor behind the most mysterious member of Netflix’s Umbrella Academy talks about life as a superpowered ghost, and what might await him in season 2.
Marvel’s first female-led superhero film is a modest but meaningful success.
Netflix’s latest original series follows a dysfunctional family of superheroes fighting the apocalypse – and each other.
Superheroes, loud women, and realistic space opera serve as your streaming recommendations this week.
