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The online world of superhero comic book blockbusters and the movie blogs and readers who follow them has become a strange place in recent years, especially for fans of DC Comics. Not long ago, the creation of the DC Extended Universe seemed a no-brainer: an interconnected slate of solo superhero films and Justice League team-ups following the path set by Marvel years earlier. Almost immediately, though, DC started to pursue a different route – one that, compared to Marvel’s ‘right’ way of doing things was deemed, obviously, to be ‘wrong.’ That negativity spread to today, where Ben Affleck must want out of The Batman and Matthew Vaughn directing Man of Steel 2 is seen as “saving” a film before it’s even made.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes has just released, and there's a lot to unpack about it.
Based on Adele Parks' novel, director Jeff Fisher's The Image of You positions itself as a sexy thriller movie dripping with intrigue and family deception, but it's largely a non-event.
When a messiah is needed, does it matter how a planet gets one? That's what we'll discuss in our Dune Part Two Review!
