Tag: Superman
The Death and Return of Superman (documentary: full video).
Here’s a nice little official video – well it’s actually 45 minutes long, so not so short – from Warner delving into the comic-book roots of that chap in the red cape who sometimes goes around using the moniker of Clark Kent. Yes it’s everything you ever wanted to know about Superman, including his various deaths […]
Henry Cavill will always wear the cape (Superman interview).
The actor Henry Cavill might shortly be appearing in the Netflix series of The Witcher, but he still keeps the cape of Superman in the cupboard just in case he receives the call to greatness again. Read the full interview over at … https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a29774618/henry-cavill-the-witcher-superman-interview/ The Offworld Report – the best content offworld SFcrowsnest.
Krypton: season 2 (trailer).
It’s a bad day to be a hero, apparently – at least, so says the second season trailer for the SyFy TV series, Krypton, in which Superman’s grandfather has to restore the El house’s faded glory – his world now suffering under the tyranny of the House of Zod, as well as Brainiac’s schemes for […]
Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice (film review by Frank Ochieng)
One would think that the ultimate showdown between two of the most iconic super-heroes would make for some downright compelling action-oriented exploits against a landscape of angst and destruction. Plus, it certainly did not hurt that exhilarating filmmaker Zack Snyder (‘300’) was at the helm in bringing together the colorfully and concocted confrontation between The […]
DC Comics goes steampunk loopy.
It’s only seven years since The Court of the Air‘s best-selling success pushed steampunk from being a Fan in-joke to a burgeoning literary, cosplay and social movement, but now DC Comics are throwing their weight behind the genre with steampunk covers for large swathes of the New 52 crew. There’s everything from Steampunk Batman to […]
The Krypton Companion edited by Michael Eury (book review).
‘The Krypton Companion’ is the one book you need if you want to get a grounding in the Silver Age Superman and the mythology that surrounds him. Much of the things associated with him, other than green kryptonite which was devised for the radio series, was sourced by its editor, Mort Weisinger, mostly as a […]
Man of Steel – Superman (really) returns in new trailer.
The new Superhero movie, Man of Steel, is looking like a powerful step up from the last reboot. But then is the first British Superman (Henry Cavill), so what do you expect. Well done for keeping the British end up, sir. This bad boy has Zack Snyder as director and Christopher Nolan (all those lovely […]
Man of Steel poster.
Coming next June is the new Superman film – Man of Steel. And from the look of this poster it seems he is in trouble with the government. Well, he is a one-man walking (and flying) weapon of mass destruction, right?
