Somewhere during the titular bout in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, I hated myself for liking superhero movies. This feeling is almost certain to be temporary, dissipating when Captain America: Civil War rolls around in May. But there’s something singularly bleak about what will heretofore be abbreviated as BvS – something distinct from the post-9/11 political provocations of Christopher Nola...[Read More]
Hello again, dear readers, and I hope a lot of you have gotten out to see Ant-Man at this point. To help make up for my recent absence, this week’s return of Trailer Trashin’ brings you my looks at both of the big DC Comics movie trailers to come out of San Diego Comic-Con earlier this month. Now, I use my X-ray vision on the new trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Premise:...[Read More]
In the summer of 2013 a little crossover movie was announced at San Diego Comic Con. Shoved to the end of the Warner Brothers panel inside the sacred walls of Hall H, Man of Steel director Zack Snyder took the stage and flashed a logo for his next movie and a release date of summer 2015 for Batman v Superman. Fast forward to summer 2015 in that same location. Instead of talking about a full-lengt...[Read More]