Superman Returns (2006)
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Superman Returns (2006)

This one is a bit of an honorable mention here. Its a pseudo sequel to Superman I and II. It ignores III and IV and Supergirl. We go back to Lex Luther, and a bit less camp and comedy, though not quite as grim-dark as the later Justice League DC world. We also get a different Superman, since Reeve has passed away at this point with Brandon Routh. Funny enough, I know him mostly for his later role as another DC hero, The Atom. He does feel like he fits the bill of "Boy Scout Superman" pretty well though. Total…
Supergirl (1984)
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Supergirl (1984)

With the success, I suppose, of the first three films, we got a spin off film with Supergirl, Superman's cousin. I like the idea of this one for the most part, but the overall execution is very sloppy and feels like it's trying to go in 3 or 4 different directions all at once, none of them very well. The film opens with her existing in some sort of, lab? I guess? It doesn't seem to be Krypton, which was of course, destroyed. There is a big of an accident and the power source for the place gets lost out…
Superman (Donnerverse)
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Superman (Donnerverse)

In light of the new Superman movie, I decided to go back and become better acquainted with some Superman movies. Starting with the classic Christopher Reeve films, Superman. The first of a series of 5 movies, though the last does not star Christopher Reeve due to his tragic horse riding accident that left him paralyzed. In watching these, its become really apparent that I had only ever really seen the first two films, at least that I remember at anything about. Probably for good reason, since they also get worse as they go along. They also seem to be the…
Review – Movie – Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (2019)
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Review – Movie – Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (2019)

Pokemon ventures into the live action realm that's popular lately with Detective Pikachu. It's loosely based on the 3DS title of the same name, though there are quite a few changes to the plot and characters. The film follows Tim Goodman who teams up with a talking Pikachu, voiced by Ryan Reynolds as a wisecracking PG Deadpool. They set out to solve the mystery of Tim's father's death but end up unraveling a larger conspiracy. The general plot is pretty straight forward and predictable. There are very few real twists and none of them feel particularly shocking, even probably the…
Review – MCU – Captain Marvel (2019)
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Review – MCU – Captain Marvel (2019)

Spoiler Free Thoughts and Review Infinity War and Endgame are, not surprisingly, coming out very close to each other.  At least when compared to the previous Avengers outings they are close to each other.   This is kind of understandable given how disruptive the end of Infinity War was.  Even Agents of SHIELD essentially took a prolonged break to wait for things to be fixed.  A couple of films have squeezed in between, both featuring things that will likely show up prominently in Avengers End Game.  The first was Ant-Man and the Wasp, which according to the post credits scene, effectively…