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Batman/Superman Movies 9 – Superman IV: The Quest For Peace
After Superman III ended up being a commercial disappointment, followed by the Supergirl movie straight up bombing, the Salkinds sold the Superman film rights to the Cannon Group. The Cannon Group has a complicated history, but in short, it’s a … Continue reading
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Batman/Superman movies 8 – Supergirl
You though the behind the scenes politics was complicated with the first three Superman movies? Well, it was, but all of them are still included in pretty much every Reeve Superman box set. Most sets even include both versions of … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander salkind, argo city, batman/superman movies, box office bomb, dc comics, faye dunaway, helen slater, ilya salkind, jeannot szwarc, jerry goldsmith, jimmy olsen, kara zor-el, magic, marc mcclure, maureen teefy, movie review, movies, omegahedron, peter cook, peter o'toole, phantom zone, selena, sorceress, supergirl, superhero movie, superhero movies, superman movies, tri-star, warner bros, zaltar
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Batman/Superman movies 7 – Superman III
I spent the last couple of blog posts talking about the production difficulties that went with Superman II. Well, those production difficulties even bled into the production for Superman III. Both Gene Hackman (Lex Luthor) and Margot Kidder (Lois Lane) … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander salkind, annette o'toole, annie ross, bad movies, christopher reeve, comedy, dc comics, evil superman, gus gorman, ilya salkind, ken thorne, kryptonite, lana lang, margot kidder, movie review, movies, richard pryor, robert vaughn, ross webster, sci-fi movie, sci-fii, science fiction, superhero movies, superman, superman movies, vera webster, warner bros
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Batman/Superman movies 6 – Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
When I talked about Superman II last week, I focused mainly on the troubled production the movie faced. From the conflict between Richard Donner and the producers, to the problems with the cast when he was replaced with Richard Lester. … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander salkind, batman/superman movies, christopher reeve, clark kent, dc comics, gene hackman, general zod, ilya salkind, jack o'halloran, john williams, jor-el, kal-el, ken thorne, lex luthor, lois lane, margot kidder, marlon brando, movie review, movies, non, richard donner, richard lester, sarah douglass, superhero movies, superman, superman II, superman II the richard donner cut, superman movies, terrence howard, tom mankiewicz, ursa, warner brothers
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Batman/Superman movies 3 – Batman 1966
There are other early entries I could look at when it comes to Batman and Superman movies, but my first two blog posts pretty much sum up what came before today’s subject. First, I looked at the 1943 Batman serials, … Continue reading
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Tagged adam west, alan napier, alfred, batman, batman 1966, burgess meredith, burt ward, catwoman, cesar romero, comedy, frank gorshin, julie newmar, lee meriwether, movie review, movies, parody, superhero movies, superheroes, the joker, the penguin, the riddler, william dozer, william shaatner
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Batman/Superman movies 2 – Superman and the Mole Men
When people think of the old Superman movies, the Christopher Reeves quadrilogy usually comes to mind. Yet as influential and historically important as those movies are, they weren’t the first theatrically released Superman movies. Like with Batman, there were serials … Continue reading
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Tagged batman/superman movies, clark kent, eddie mannix, george reeves, lois lane, mole men, movie review, movies, phyllis coates, RKO Radio Pictures, robert maxwell, science fiction, superhero movie, superman, superman and the mole men, superman movie, toni mannix, whitney ellsworth
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Sean Connery Month 3 – The Untouchables
In order to properly sum up Sean Connery’s career with only four movies, one must watch at least one movie where he plays a supporting role instead of the lead. He played a lot of supporting roles over the years, … Continue reading
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Harry Potter Movies 8 – The Deathly Hallows part 2
There are only two Harry Potter movies I saw in theaters, Order of the Phoenix and Deathly Hallows Part 2. The first was back when Order of the Phoenix arrived, and I was completely lost, having not seen any of … Continue reading
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Harry Potter Movies 7 – The Deathly Hallows Part 1
For a while, there was a trend in which when you’ve got a movie series based on a series of books, the last one is split into two movies. It happened with The Hunger Games, which resulted in two very … Continue reading
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Tagged alexandre desplat, christmas, daniel radcliffe, david holmes, david yates, dursley, emma watson, fantasy, fantasy movies, harry potter, harry potter and the deathly hallows, harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1, harry potter movies, hermoine, hermoine granger, j.k. rowling, magic, movie review, movies, ron weasley, rupert grint, second wizarding war, voldemort, war movie, witches, wizards
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Harry Potter Movies 6 – The Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince are an interesting role reversal for my personal taste in the series. Ultimately I enjoyed all of the books and all of the movies. That … Continue reading
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