Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock), also known as Supergirl, is celebrating her twenty-third birthday. That is until Ruthye (Eve Ridley) walks into the bar she is celebrating in, asking for help to avenge her murdered family, whilst the villainous Krem (Matthias Schoenaerts) poisons her dog, Krypto. The immediate thing that sticks out with this iteration of … Continue reading Supergirl
As public opinion of Superman (David Corenswet) turns negative following an international incident, Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) sees it as an opportunity to destroy him. The latest iteration of Superman eschews an origin story and places us in a world where “meta-humans” are the norm. It opens with a write up that establishes that Superman … Continue reading Superman
Christopher Reeve became a superstar in 1978 when at the age of twenty-six he played Superman opposite acting greats such as Gene Hackman and Marlon Brando. So it was inconceivable that in 1995, following a horse riding accident he was paralyzed from the neck down. This is his story as told by his surviving family … Continue reading Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
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