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New Flash Trailer is All About Batman

AlexGherzo | Apr 25, 2023 | 2

Warner Bros. Discovery is hoping the Dark Knight will reverse DC’s cinematic downward spiral. Today, the beleaguered studio (although that could be almost any studio lately) released a new – and, presumably, final – trailer for Batman… I mean, The Flash, their next big superhero blockbuster ...

Blue Beetle Trailer Reminds You That Blue Beetle is a Thing

AlexGherzo | Apr 3, 2023 | 2

Remember Blue Beetle, the other DC movie coming out this year? Me neither, but it’s got a trailer! Blue Beetle is the story of Jaime Reyes, who is given a cybernetic scarab beetle that attaches to him and turns him into a superhero (as near as I can tell; the trailer is a little jumbled). …...

Why Did Shazam!: Fury of the Gods Bomb?

AlexGherzo | Mar 24, 2023 | 0

There’s no spinning or gerrymandering this one; Shazam!: Fury of the Gods is a bomb. In terms of quality, I don’t think it should have been; I liked it very much (as did Tuggs, whose review you can read here), and unlike, say, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (or pretty much anything Marvel has...

REVIEW: Shazam: Fury of the Gods (2023)

THATTUGGLIFE | Mar 20, 2023 | 2

Another year, another DC movie review from yours truly. When I say that I have zero problems with this film, I genuinely mean that. “But Tuggs!” you’ll say, “what about the FUN (I imagine you’ll hiss this word, like that little evil emoji with the horns and frowny face,...

Ben Affleck is Done with Batman and DC

AlexGherzo | Mar 17, 2023 | 4

Ben Affleck is done with superheroes. In an excellent interview with The Hollywood Reporter (in which he talks about the movie business, dishonest media, his new film Air, and the Grammys), Affleck declares that he will not be making any movies in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU. “I would not ...

Shazam! Fury of the Gods TV Spot Features a Massive Spoiler

AlexGherzo | Mar 13, 2023 | 0

Warner Bros. Discovery seems to want potential ticket buyers to know every inch of Shazam! Fury of the Gods before they get to the theater this weekend. A new TV commercial for the upcoming superhero sequel spoils the appearance of a major DC character. I’m not going to say who it is or embed the ...