Superman Returns
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Bryan Singer Says Leaving 'X-Men' Was 'Traumatizing,' Admits 'Superman Returns' Was "Too Reverential"
Currently on a publicity tour for "Jack the Giant Slayer" and working to bring together "X-Men: Days of Future Past," the next leg of the reinvigorated X-Men franchise, Bryan Singer has spoken of how difficult he found it letting them go the first time around, when he departed the franchise (of whic...
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VIDEO ESSAY: Super: A Brief History of Superhero Films
With the unparalleled box office success of The Avengers, superheroes are back in the spotlight. Most comic book aficionados are delighted with the recognition. But believe it or not, there are those such as myself who are dismayed at how superhero films, though more popular than ever, seem to be lo...
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VIDEO ESSAY: DEEP FOCUS: SUPERMAN RETURNS, Angel of America
Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns" is no masterpiece. The movie's first act is hobbled by weird misjudgments (including a criminally underused Eva Marie Saint as Ma Kent), and it's so choppy that it seems to have been edited with a meat axe. Kevin Spacey's snidely campy performance as Lex Luthor unba...
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Too Romantic? Bryan Singer Made 'Superman Returns' For The 'Devil Wears Prada' Crowd?
Ahh, "Superman Returns," the prickly, uncomfortable thorn in the comic book movie geek's side. Far better than say, half of the 20th Century Fox films -- "Daredevil," "Elektra," "Fantastic Four," "Ghost Rider" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" -- or half the super hero movies ever made including "Punis...
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What Might Have Been: 'Superman Returns' Co-Writer Talks Loosely Planned Sequel
Writer Michael Dougherty Discusses The Sequel That *Could* Have Been; Zach Snyder Reiterates Zod Won't Be The Villain In 'Man Of Steel'With all the talk about the new iteration of "Superman: The Man of Steel," some story info was bound to leak on the sequel that never was, the follow up to Bryan Sin...
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