As a stand-alone super-hero story, "Black Adam," perhaps fares better than it does when compared to the far more entertaining and seemingly retconned "Shazam!"

In the vein of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, comes a much feebler and unsuccessful attempt to spin another park attraction into celluloid gold.

When The Fast and the Furious debuted 18 years ago, it would have been impossible to find a pundit who could have predicted that the franchise would still be around in 2019, let alone increasing its box-office revenue with near...