Superman

The Latest DVD and Blu-ray New Releases Include “Jumanji: The Next Level”

03.17.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Ben Kingsley, Burgess Meredith, Cary Elwes, Clint Eastwood, Damon Wayans, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Dwayne Johnson, Harrison Ford, Jack Black, Jada Pinkett Smith, John Saxon, Jon Hamm, Karen Gillan, Kathy Bates, Kevin Hart, Michael Rapaport, Olivia Wilde, Peter Lawford, Robert Shaw, Robert Vaughn, Sam Rockwell, Savion Glover, Spike Lee, Superman, Telly Savalas, Tom & Jerry, Tommy Davidson | no comments

There’s a lot of fantastic new releases making their Blu-ray and DVD debuts this week! Here’s a rundown of what movies you’ll want to add to your collection. Take a look! Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) The Jumanji video gamers…

“The Wife” and a Criterion Collection Release of “In the Heat of the Night” Are Now Available

01.29.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Academy Award Winners, Ben Vereen, Bob Fosse, Criterion Collection, David Niven, Gary Oldman, Gerard Butler, Glenn Close, Helen Mirren, In the Heat of the Night, Jane Greer, Jessica Lange, Joel Edgerton, Joel McCrea, Jonathan Pryce, Larry Hagman, Linda Blair, Mark Hamill, Maureen O'Hara, Maureen O'Sullivan, Penelope Spheeris, Peter Lawford, Rod Steiger, Roy Scheider, Russell Croew, Sidney Poitier, Superman, Tarzan, Tarzan Movies, The Wife, Warner Archive Collection | 2 comments

Glenn Close‘s Academy Award-nominated performance in The Wife is the most notable DVD/Blu-ray of the week, and it is joined by several acclaimed films getting Criterion Collection and Warner Archive Collection releases, as well as other theatrical hits and critical…

This Week’s New Releases Include “Halloween,” the Criterion Collection Edition of “Notorious,” and More!

01.15.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cary Grant, Claude Rains, cult classics, Don Bluth, Goosebumps, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Candy, John Hurt, John Travolta, Krull, Liam Neeson, Matthew Modine, Patrick Stewart, Robert Redford, Superman, The Criterion Collection, The Land Before Time, The Pink Panther, Warner Archive Collection | no comments

Recent theatrical hits. Classics from the Warner Archive Collection. The final film from a Hollywood legend. Cult favorites from the 1980s. We are a bit overwhelmed at the sheer variety of new DVDs and Blu-rays that are now available…and we…

A Guest Writer Shares His Thoughts on Superhero Films

08.13.18 | Chris Cummins and Jim Brymer | Tags: Avengers: Infinity War, Batman, Flash Gordon, Howard the Duck, Summer of Sci-Fi, superhero films, Superman, X-Men | no comments

Last month, we asked you to share your thoughts on superhero movies as part of our Summer of Sci-Fi series of posts. Regular MovieFanFare guest blogger Jim Brymer (of The Midnite Drive-In) happily accepted the challenge, and here are his…

“Life of The Party,” “Never So Few,” “The Day After,” and More New Releases

08.07.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Adrienne Barbea, Bill Murray, Brian Donlevy, Charles Bronson, Charles Durning, Charlotte Rae, Dan Duryea, Frank Sinatra, Gabrielle Union, George C. Scott, Giba Lollobrigida, Jenny Slate, John Carpemter, John Cusack, Jon Hamm, Liv Tyler, Maureen Stapleton, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, Paul Henreid, Peter Lawford, Riverdale, Steve McQueen, Superman, Susan Sarandon, The Good Doctor, Tim Robbins, Zachary Quinto | no comments

So far, August isn’t joking around. We are only in the second week of the month and there are so many great vintage and recent theatrical films making their DVD and/or Blu-ray debut this week that it is mind-boggling. Looking…

Margot Kidder Takes Flight As Lois Lane in “Superman: The Movie”

05.17.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Margot Kidder, obituaries, superhero films, Superman | no comments

Earlier this week, actress Margot Kidder died at the age of 69. Although she received acclaim for her work in films as diverse as Sisters, The Amityville Horror, and Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx, she will rightfully…

What Are Your Picks For Best and Worst Superhero Films?

04.27.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: DC Comics, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Comics, Superman, The Avengers | 2 comments

Since everyone is talking about Avengers: Infinity War right now, the only choice for this week’s Open Thread was to ask you what you think the best and worst superhero films ever made are. This is a subject that moviegoers…

Celluloid Superman: Paramount Cartoons from the Fleischer Studio

05.16.11 | guest-blogs | Tags: 1940s Movies, Cartoon TV Series, Cartoons, Superman | 23 comments

Guest blogger John McElwee writes: It’s 1941. You’re Paramount, newly in receipt of a white-hot fad off comic pages and radio — only this one flies and lifts up passenger trains. How in deuce will you translate that to a…

Celluloid Superman: Is George Reeves the Best Man of Steel?

02.02.11 | Victoria Balloon | Tags: 1950s TV: Classic TV Articles, Superman | 45 comments

Guest blogger Victoria Balloon writes: Already popular in comics and radio, Superman had previously starred in two serials: Superman (1948) and Atom-Man vs. Superman (1950) If our hero could leap tall buildings in a single bound, surely he could make…

Celluloid Superman: The Columbia Serials

11.29.10 | guest-blogs | Tags: 1940s Movies, Superman | 12 comments

Superman made such an immediate impact when he was introduced that a film adaptation was inevitable. Republic wanted to make a Superman serial in 1940 but couldn’t come to terms with National Comics (now known as DC Comics) — not…