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LAPD Investigating Death Threats Film Critic Received Upon Bashing ‘Man of Steel’

Deranged fans threatened critic and actress Clarke Wolfe on social media.

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Last April, film critic and actress Clarke Wolfe filed a complaint with the Los Angeles Police Department after fans who disagreed with her review of “Man of Steel” threatened to kill her on Instagram. Now, according to TMZ, the LAPD have obtained a search warrant to get Instagram records to help track down the person or persons who made the threats.

After she slammed the superhero movie, she was bombarded with inappropriate comments on her social media sites. One man wrote: “You f****** fake b**** a** whore, no wonder you got fired from AMC. How can you not like Man of Steel?! That movie is a f****** masterpiece! If I ever see you in Burbank, I will f****** kill you b****!”

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Since then, the man’s Instagram account has been deleted, but it was enough for Wolfe to fear for her life and now the LAPD is investigating in hopes of finding the harasser.

“Man of Steel,” starring Henry Cavill and Amy Adams, was released in theaters in 2013. Clarke previously co-hosted the “AMC Movie Talk” video podcast, but after her review on the film stopped appearing on it.

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