Batgirl axed, The Flash floundering – can Black Adam turn things round for DC’s troubled superheroes?
Any company with characters like Batman and Wonder Woman should be laughing all the way to the bank. So why are DC and its owner Warner Bros struggling with so many projects?
March 2022
Kapow! Our writers pick their favorite Batman movie
To celebrate the release of The Batman, Guardian writers have written about their all-time favorite Caped Crusader films from Adam West to Ben Affleck
May 2021
Zack Snyder: ‘I don’t have a rightwing political agenda. People see what they want to see’
As his latest film Army of the Dead hits Netflix, the Justice League director takes time to answer questions from fans and collaborators
April 2021
Romesh Ranganathan’s midlife crisis
I love superhero movies. But can I sit through a four-hour-long director’s cut?
Fans can finally watch Zack Snyder’s original vision for the Justice League – but can I really spend all afternoon in front of the TV?
March 2021
Ranked
The 20 greatest smackdown movies – ranked!
As the world awaits the monstrous thrills of the new blockbuster Godzilla vs Kong, the genre’s big-hitters slug it out for top place
January 2021
Hear me out
Hear me out: why Batman v Superman isn't a bad movie
The latest in our series of writers standing up for derided films is in praise of Zack Snyder’s gloomy superhero match-up
May 2020
Week in geek
Searching for Superman: why Henry Cavill deserves another chance as the Man of Steel
Cavill is expected to make cameos in Shazam 2 and Aquaman 2. So why hasn’t Warner Bros brought him back for a standalone film?
May 2019
Holy mackerel! Robert Pattinson set to land Batman role
Harry Potter and Twilight star Pattinson said to be frontrunner for part in The Batman, replacing Ben Affleck
December 2018
Aquaman review – a complete bellyflop
This part-underwater set superhero origin story is a big disappointment and even Jason Momoa’s good-ol-boy persona can’t save it from drowning
September 2018
Henry Cavill to stop playing Superman, reports suggest
After failing to nail down a cameo role in the upcoming Shazam! movie, it looks as if Cavill’s time as the Man of Steel has drawn to a close
August 2018
Week in geek
DC disaster: can Supergirl save the universe for Warner Bros?
With the titanic tedium of Batman and Superman having left the studio’s vision in mortal danger, execs have recognised it’s time for the boys to step aside
April 2018
What if superheroes aren’t really the good guys?
We’ve always thought of them as flawed, noble and on our side – but perhaps they’re just dangerous rightwing vigilantes
November 2017
Week in geek
Bye bye Batman: should Ben Affleck bow out as the caped crusader?
Justice League’s weak box office performance spotlights Affleck’s tricky position – whether to limp on, or join the order of failed dark knights
Justice League review – good, evil and dullness do battle
Ben Affleck’s unconvincing Batman deadens the long-awaited DC adventure as superheroes team up to save planet Earth from destruction, but not boredom
Five tasks Justice League must complete to save the DC universe
Can the much-anticipated superhero team-up feel less like the critically reviled Batman v Superman and more like this year’s Oscar-buzzed Wonder Woman?
September 2017
Week in geek
Not so super: why Hollywood's cinematic universes are on the way out
Marvel’s interlinked superhero movies transformed industry thinking, but now rival studios are increasingly reverting to simpler, old-school storytelling
July 2017
Week in geek
Dark knight rising: why Ben Affleck's Batman is the key to DC's movie future
Last year’s Batman v Superman almost trashed the Batmobile, but DC needs to harness the Batfleck’s potential to connect its slate of Extended Universe films
June 2017
Adam West’s campy Batman was a joy. Modern superheroes – why so serious?
Jack Bernhardt
Now you've seen it
Wonder Woman: the greatest superhero flick since The Dark Knight? – discuss with spoilers
March 2017
Week in geek
What, no Superman? Six things we learned from the Justice League trailer
The first full trailer for DC’s forthcoming superhero film has wisecracks, ultraviolence and a new baddie. But the Man of Steel is nowhere to be seen
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