FlixChatter Review: SUPERMAN (2025) – Gunn gives us a benevolent superhero worth looking up to and the new DCU is off to a flying start

Never has so much been riding on the success of a Superman film like this one. This is the first movie from the newly created DC Studios' shared universe, so its success is crucial for gaining traction and sparking renewed interest in Superman and the DC brand. Writer/director James Gunn has been actively sharing the …

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Oldie but goodie post… Superman & Me | in anticipation of James Gunn’s SUPERMAN (2025)

Happy Superman week! Twelve years after Zack Snyder's Man of Steel came out, we finally get a reboot/reimagining of the Superman story, one of the most anticipated movies of the year, and certainly a highlight of the 2025 Summer movie season. I saw Gunn's movie last night, and Superman fans ought to rejoice as it's …

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James Gunn’s SUPERMAN teaser trailer – a battered superhero, dapper Lex Luthor, Krypto the superdog + more

It's been nearly half a year since I posted a trailer on this site, but as a longtime fan of Superman, I knew I had to do a post about James Gunn's SUPERMAN (retitled from Superman Legacy). Plus this drops as I'm feeling under the weather as I've had a cold for over a week …

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FlixChatter Review: TWISTERS (2024)–It doesn’t take my breath away but it’s still worth the chase for fans of action-packed disaster movies

It’s been ages since I saw the 1996 movie, but I still remember the visceral thrill boosted by the great performances of its leads Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, plus a memorable supporting role by the great Phillip Seymour Hoffman. It’s not a stellar movie by any stretch of the imagination, but Jan de Bont’s …

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FlixChatter Review: The Greatest Hits (2024) – this music-themed time travel romance doesn’t quite hit all the right notes

Music, romance, and time travel – those genres are popular on their own, but together they make for an interesting premise, at least on paper. The trailer lends a bit of a John Carney vibe as music is integral in the story, and the fact that its lead actress Lucy Boynton was in Sing Street, …

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