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The Return of Superman Returns

Posted on Dec 1, 2009Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Fans have started an online petition for the release of Superman Returns: The Bryan Singer Cut, restoring lost footage to the DC superhero film.

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Movie Opening, Collect $50 From Every Player

Posted on Aug 17, 2007Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

In this, the 25th anniversary of Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott will apply his cinematic genius to a film adaptation for which we've all been longing… … Monopoly?! It's true: Mr. Scott is involved in bringing the Parker Bros. board game to the silver screen. But what may appear on the surface to be a…

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AC/DC

Posted on Mar 22, 2007Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

In my quest for podcasts, I came across Supertalk Concern, a Superman show that doesn't limit itself to the Man of Steel. The latest episode has exciting scripting and production updates on live-action versions of Wonder Woman, The Flash, Justice League, and Watchmen. I'd be thrilled to see DC produce a film that'd succeed on…

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Donner, Party of Two

Posted on Dec 29, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Yesterday, on the six-month anniversary of the theatrical release of Superman Returns, my friend Sir Harry (with whom I'd first seen the film that Friday) and I watched the newly-released Richard Donner cut of Superman II. I had thought my only problems with the Salkind version were the silly, non-canonical powers it gave the Kryptonians,…

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But Superman Can See Through Tin

Posted on Dec 13, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Released late last month was The Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition, containing 14 discs that detail every microsecond of the Man of Steel's existence, from his appearance in Action Comics #1 in 1938 to his silver screen revival in 2006 (which I don't understand how some people thought was a remake – duh). Clearly not thinking,…

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