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1 on Superman & Lois 3x01 Review - Family FocusedSuperman & Lois started with a strong first season that explored all the complications that come about when you combine the concepts of Superman and family. Season 2 started off fun with a great take on Bizarro Superman, but stumbled in the back half. Now the Kent family is back and starting off strong--hopefully, they…
Shazam! was an intimate movie about a kid who, despite being failed by the world around him over and over again, has the heart of a hero that allows him to take on the powers of one. It was one of the most entertaining movies of 2019 thanks to exuberant performances from Zachary Levi and the…
Batman is, arguably, one of the most recognizable and marketable characters in the world. He's beloved by everyone from toddlers on up. He also has one of the most vocal and devoted fanbases of any single character in media. The expectations when creating a show about Batman are higher than any other superhero, and showrunners…
A last-minute cameo isn't enough to save this five-part storyline, but it does help give the finale a bit more energy, leaving a better impression as we move into the final run of The Flash. Spoilers follow for The Flash Season 9, Episode 05, "The Mask of the Red Death, Part Two." "The Mask of the…
A quintessential animated Batman shows us his ingenuity and tenacity while pitting him against a unique, twisted villain. This week's episode of Batman Beyond has just about everything you want from a Batman episode, and it's an absolute blast to watch. Batman Beyond: Shriek Many of Batman's villains didn't plan to be a villain, but…
The Flash began season 8 with a five-part story arc that put Barry on his back foot. The team behind the show was clearly trying to replicate the fun of that arc with this Red Death arc, but the heavily-tweaked version Red Death doesn't have the gravitas to push the story the way that Reverse-Flash…
I'm sad that, after such an amazing run, the Arrowverse is going away, with just a few episodes of The Flash left and neither Superman & Lois nor Gotham Knights being connected in any meaningful way. At the same time, it's hard to root for Barry Allen's adventures to continue when the show's final season…
Many of Batman's adventures have us following him through a case, a mystery, a fight, or something like that. Sometimes though, Batman works well as a stand-in for the audience. He becomes a way for the writers to explore stuff that might be outside Batman's normal subject matter thanks to his ability to slip in…
Caitlin Snow. Killer Frost. Khione? Danielle Panabaker is one of the very few original cast members left on The Flash, and she's played more characters than just about anyone in the Arrowverse, short of Tom Cavanagh. This episode slots a last-minute solution to the Snow Problem that highlights one of the show's most irritating issues.…
Filming began on the Joker sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, back in December. Now, we have our first real look at the movie thanks to a surprise Valentine's Day post from director Todd Phillips featuring our very first look at Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn. Phillips keeps the post simple, with the photo of the…
The Flash is a really fast guy. We all know that. But for a clear-cut example, let's take a look at how much faster he is than, say, Groundhog Day's Phil Connors. It took Phil Connors 10 years or more to figure out how not to be a jerk. Barry, meanwhile, figures his stuff out…
Bringing back a character from the original Batman animated series is tough. That show reimagined characters in ways that bled out into the comics and pop culture in ways that still resonate today. Batman Beyond is a very different world from that of Batman: The Animated Series, even if it was made just a few…
With tons of announcements on Tuesday, and lots of scrapped or canceled projects in the last year, it's time for the DC Universe to move forward. That leaves ongoing projects in limbo. Superman & Lois, however, has a bit of time left, according to Variety. Talking during a press event yesterday, James Gunn and Peter Safran…
There are two primary kinds of villains in Batman stories--the unrepentant ones like Joker or Ra's Al Ghul, and the ones with tragic origin stories that seem more misguided than anything, like Mr. Freeze. After Batman Beyond's big two-part pilot, the show serves us up one of each in the third and fourth episodes, 'Golem'…
For those of us that were around when Batman Beyond hit the airwaves in January 1999, the responses seemed to go one of two ways: excitement for more Batman or disdain for what looked like an Extreme-ified version of what was a genuinely classy show in Batman: The Animated Series. I was in the second…
As we head into the mid-season finale for Doom Patrol, the show gets back to its roots of asking these broken and traumatized people to help each other survive. Spoilers follow for Doom Patrol Season 4, Episode 6, "Hope Patrol." "Hope Patrol" Doom Patrol is rife with wackiness and the truly bizarre. Like its comic counterpart, Doom…
The thing about being an adult is that you forget how much it sucked to be a kid--all kinds of weird, confusing feelings. When Rita finds her youth slipping away by the hour, a misapplied de-aging spell forces the crew to confront all that stuff at once. Spoilers follow for Doom Patrol Season 4, Episode 5, "Youth…
The decisions our parents make can impact our futures long after we have our independence. Characters like Batman, Superman, Iron Man, and Spider-Man are all very much about the way our parents can affect us even decades after their death. As weird as Doom Patrol can get, why shouldn't it find a way to cover…
When we look at the past, we always remember it as better than it was. Things get worse and better and change, but when we filter all of our experiences through the lens of who we currently are, the past can start to look so much better it hurts. For the Doom Patrol, the pitfalls…
Stargirl definitely had more life in it, with plans for more stories. Showrunner Geoff Johns has said as much, but it's clearly obvious watching how much work this finale had to do to feel like a finale. Spoilers follow for Stargirl Season 3, Episode 13, "Frenemies: Chapter Twelve: The Reckoning." "The Reckoning" Courtney (Brec Bassinger) and…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com