By Jayme Lozano With eight superhero films scheduled for release this year and over 30 Marvel and DC Comics movies planned through 2020, the heroic flick trend shows no sign of hanging up its cape anytime soon. Rob Weiner, a Texas Tech librarian specializing in popular culture and humanities, has studied comic books, but the superhero trend confuses him. “Whether they’re […]
Movie Review – Man Of Steel
September 17, 2013 by
Bryan Singer’s “Superman Returns” (2006) promised to be the grand return of the world’s first superhero after a series of sharply-declining sequels, a series that began as an epic pioneer of superhero cinema (“Superman: The Movie,” 1978) before dying a painful death due to dated fads and irrelevant themes (Richard Pryor’s involvement in “Superman III”, […]
New "Man of Steel" Trailer Offers Reflection, Explosions
December 12, 2012 by
It’s been a long time since I’ve been excited about Superman. I still remember that feeling of extreme disappointment after seeing “Superman Returns” back in 2006. Even Kevin Spacey couldn’t save that boring mess. But “Man of Steel” is looking like it just might be the Superman movie we’ve all been waiting for.
