6 Thoughts on Supergirl (Review)
I love last year’s Superman movie. I love James Gunn films. I love Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. So I was very excited to see the new Supergirl film. I’m excited to see a lot of superhero movies. But I have full faith in James Gunn and company to pull of a new, expanding DC Universe of movies. Superman was a great start! Let’s keep it going! Let’s have more fun!
Movie Rating: 4/10 – Pretty Bad
I wanted to like Supergirl. The online discourse is very negative around this film for the usual reasons. And if it needs to be said, I’ll say it right now: that’s all idiot nonsense. Anyone that uses the word ‘woke’ unironically — especially to bash a movie for having a female lead — is not a good person. So if it needed to be said: I am not that kind of person or pop culture afficionado. I got no problem with Milly Alcock. I got no problem with Supergirl as a character. I’m not about that life. I just didn’t care for this movie.
Join me after the jump for my full thoughts and review of Supergirl. Expect FULL SPOILERS for both the movie and the comic, Woman of Tomorrow. And feel free to share your own thoughts in the comments below!
Read the rest of this entryMovie Trailer Monday Brings Gail Daughtry and Poochie
It’s Monday. I’m on vacation. And I just this morning came across a new movie trailer that I absolutely wanted to share. And I’m gonna add on a second movie trailer for a movie I’m excited for later this summer…but this second trailer is so weird.
Anyway, let’s start off with Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, which seems to be one of those kooky adventure comedies where Hollywood just has some fun. What sets this one apart is that it’s directed by David Wain, who made Wet Hot American Summer and They Came Together, two absolutely stellar kooky comedies.
Looks fun, as far as I’m concerned. Silly premise and just seems to get kookier in the offing. That should make for a pretty fun comedy. I think I’m gonna try to find this one in theaters.
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass comes out on July 10.
Next up is a second trailer for Forgotten Island. I really, really loved the first trailer for this movie. It’s from the Puss in Boots: The Last Wish team and looks like it.
But now we’ve got this second trailer…
So, uh…that’s definitely Poochie, the rockin’ dawg. What the heck happened? The first trailer looked great, with a focus on the two girls and losing their memories on a mysterious, mythical island. Now this second trailer adds a really unnecessary sidekick, and the voice of Dave Franco just makes it…worse somehow. I also don’t like the villain. I dunno. The first trailer seemed bigger. But now it’s introducing specific extra characters that, I feel, bring the whole thing down a notch. I guess we’ll see.
Forgotten Island comes to theaters on Sept. 25.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 6/27/26
I was pretty busy this week covering a pretty cool attempted murder trial for my day job as a mild mannered newspaper reporter, so I didn’t read too many comics. Really just grabbed the ones I was most interested in from DC this week, because they continue to be amazing — comics like Absolute Wonder Woman and Bizarro: Year None.
Comic Book of the Week goes to Absolute Superman #20 for not only a fun Hawkman spotlight but also just a damn cool superhero fight comic!
Meanwhile, no change in my love of Crimson Desert, so not much to report on the video game front. If you’re curious where I fall on the GTA6 controversies, know that I will definitely be pre-ordering the $100 Ultimate Edition as soon as I pay off some bills and have $100 scrounged up. I fully expect this game to be monumental and definitely don’t mind paying extra to get some bonus cosmetics. Beyond that, I enjoyed the second season of The Pitt and hope to watch Widow’s Bay soon. Oh! And I’ll be seeing Supergirl this weekend.
Comic Rating: Absolute Superman #20, Absolute Wonder Woman #21 and Bizarro: Year None #2.
Read the rest of this entryMore Batman: Caped Crusader! More President! More King of the Hill!
A couple new cartoon trailers arrived yesterday, and I’m gonna share them, because it’s one of those kinds of Thursdays.
First up is a trailer for the second season of Batman: Caped Crusader, which should be glad it’s getting a second season at all. I liked the first season just fine, but it feels like such a niche show that nobody is talking about. It’s Batman in a noir setting, and it’s a good adaptation.
Show looks good to me! No sign of Robin, so that’s disappointing. But that Joker looks like fun. And the whole show looks fun. And that’s what trailers need to accomplish: make their show worth watching.
Batman: Caped Crusader returns to Amazon on July 31.
Next up is the trailer for the second season of the King of the Hill revival. I also enjoyed the first season of the revival and I welcome more episodes!
I was a fan of King of the Hill back at the beginning, then fell off halfway through. But it’s a good show, and the revival is a strong one. That first revival season was fun. I like the characters. I like the directions they’re going in. Should be a fine continuation.
King of the Hill returns to Hulu on July 20.
Lastly, we got a full trailer for the Rick and Morty spin-off President Curtis. Looks like more Rick and Morty madness.
I still like Rick and Morty. I’m waiting for the current season to wrap up before I binge it. Obviously the show has fallen from its highest heights. But it’s usually still fun. And this President Curtis trailer looks fun. Honestly, it looks like they just set Keith David up in a room by himself with a microphone and let him just shout random and funny things, then they built the show around that — which could still be fun!
President Curtis is coming to Adult Swim and HBO Max on July 26.
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Taika Waititi is Making Klara and the Sun
I still like Taika Waititi movies. The man made Jojo Rabbit based on a book I’d never heard of before. So why not do that again with Klara and the Sun? I don’t know anything about the book, and I’m not sure what the movie is about. But it’s happening, and there’s a trailer.
Looks fine. Looks maybe fun and dramatic. Looks like it could be good! And that’s really all we need from a movie trailer, right? I dunno. I just wanted to share this trailer because I still like Taika Waititi and look forward to his new movies.
Klara and the Sun comes to theaters on Oct. 23.
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