Unwilling to sell the family farm to a mall developer, Clark Kent (Christopher Reeve) leaves Smallville Kansas and returns to Metropolis. Upon arriving at the Daily Planet, he learns that the ...

Not that there’s a good time for third sequels, but 1987 produced two fourth entries that utterly sunk once-beloved film franchises. Jaws: The Revenge and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace were ...

1987 Movie"Nuclear Power. In the best hands, it is dangerous. In the hands of Lex Luthor, it is pure evil. This is Superman's greatest battle. And it is for all of us." DC Comics's Superman franchise, ...

The Dark Knight may get a few blows in this week as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice hits theaters. But there is no way the Kryptonian defeat will be as absolute as the one served in 1987, the year ...

Part of the first wave of high-concept, big-budget, special-effects-heavy films that emerged in the wake of Star Wars, 1978's Superman: The Movie, like a handful of its contemporaries, threatened to ...

Why did I watch this movie. This is one of the worst superhero movies I’ve ever seen, and I saw Catwoman AND Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance in the theater (Both of them!). I’m getting ahead of ...

James Gunn's hotly-anticipated Superman leaps into multiplexes with a single bound this week, bringing us new versions of Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olsen, and a general hope for ...

This is the only franchise that I can think of that was openly practicing regression in every way. From the "special" effects, to the script, the director, and the actors, the Superman film series ...