We’re back off to the Lego Universe now for the review of the Lego Batman film that is currently out in the cinema. The second Lego film to have come out after 2014’s The Lego Movie, Chris McKay (who was an animation director on the 2014 film) now takes on his full directorial debut. The screenplay is by a number
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As we approach the end of ‘Batman v Superman – The FilmGeeky Cinematic Battle’, we turn our attention to the latest Superman offering in film, Zak Snyder’s 2013 Man of Steel. Rather than the approach of the previous reboot attempt Superman Returns, this seeks to start over again from the beginning. We find
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19 years after ‘Superman 4 : The Quest for Peace’ had met with damning reviews, the Superman franchise was rebooted with director Brian Singer at the helm. Singer was coming off two highly successful comic book movies – ‘X-Men‘ and ‘X2‘, and had apparently pitched the idea of a new Superman film to original director Richard Donner and his wife
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Whilst working my way through the Batman and Superman movies recently, I’ve been thinking about some parallels between the two series. Especially when it comes to Superman 3, and the third Batman film – Batman Forever and their aftermath. Let me explain… * Firstly both films started off with clear approach by a director – Richard Donner for Superman, Tim
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As we continue our battle between the Batman and Superman movies within the ‘Batman v Superman – The FilmGeeky Cinematic Challenge’, we now move to 1983’s Superman III. The film continued with Richard Lester directing (having had him responsible for the large majority of the 2nd film in the series). Writing the screenplay was the returning couple of David and Leslie
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There’s one man here, that will never kneel before you… The Man of Steel is back, in the 1980 film ‘Superman II’. Having filmed around 75% of the sequel to 1978’s Superman whilst filming the original, Richard Donner left the project, with Richard Lester (Hard Day’s Night, The Three Musketeers, Juggernaut) taking the role of director. Lester would go onto
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You’ll believe a man can fly… 1978 saw the first true superhero on the modern day cinema screen with Richard Donner’s Superman. The first comic superhero, became the first one to become a motion picture, and at the time, the most expensive film ever made with a budget of $55M. Directing the film was Richard Donner, whose main success to
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Batman vs. Superman… The Dark Knight vs. The Caped Crusader… As most people know, in late March we will see the release of Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice. This will see the first live action screen meeting of the two superheroes and is expected to launch a DC comics equivalent of the Marvel Avengers franchise with a two
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