I have a complicated relationship with Man of Steel, Zack Snyder’s 2013 big screen reboot of Superman. In the cinema I liked it, albeit with some caveats. On home video I felt the other way around: that those earlier caveats crippled the … Continue reading REVIEW: Man of Steel (2013)
I can only think of one instance where this has happened before. In 2003 Morgan Creek Productions signed up Paul Schrader to write and direct a prequel to William Friedkin’s classic horror film The Exorcist. Schrader completed his film, but while … Continue reading REVIEW: Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
This week Zack Snyder’s four-hour director’s cut of Justice League comes out, and is already being anticipated in both positive and negative fashions. It ostensibly replaces the theatrical version that was supervised by writer/director Joss Whedon after a family tragedy … Continue reading REVIEW: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
In the aftermath of Superman’s death, the world comes under attack from the alien menace Steppenwolf (Ciaran Hinds). With time running out, Batman (Ben Affleck) and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) pool their resources to assemble a group of super-powered individuals … Continue reading REVIEW: Justice League (2017)
FictionMachine 