Superhero TV

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III’ (1993) and the multiverse that might’ve been

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III” (1993) is correctly the most maligned of the trilogy. In retrospect, the handoff from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop to All

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In ‘Selling Superman’ (2024), a family’s story illuminates hobby’s healthy and unhealthy traits

“Selling Superman” (2024, Amazon Prime) gets into the introspective aspects of collecting and dealing comic books by focusing on one family with a bizarre (now

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‘TMNT II: The Secret of the Ooze’ (1991): Was Shredder almost Michael Myers?

It had bothered me that the Turtles seem to be at April’s apartment for months while Shredder and the Foot Clan “simultaneously” regroup in days

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Deaf superhero’s miniseries a mere ‘Echo’ (2024) of ‘Daredevil’

“Echo” (2024, five episodes, Disney Plus) has one really cool thing about it and one inexplicably dumb thing. The cool thing is the title character,

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John’s top 10 TV shows of 2025

I found my TV habits changing in 2025. I met the fall season with a Gen-Z-style “meh,” and I was fine delaying viewings of even

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Gunn spends time with friends in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special’ (2022)

James Gunn is one of the modern greats at creating ensembles who are fun to hang out with. Since he usually does it for movie

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‘Hawkeye’ (2021) unleashes Christmas spirit and awesome arrows

The four most famous members of the Avengers got solo movies prior to the end of the Infinity Saga in 2019, and the two also-rans

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‘Daredevil’ gets ‘Born Again,’ and he’s not overly Disney-fied

“Daredevil: Born Again” Season 1 (March-April, Disney Plus) – aside from the “missing seven years” elements wherein Wilson Fisk had disappeared and Matt Murdock had

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Gunn’s ‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 is no joke, despite a lighter tone from the DCEU days

James Gunn is improving the quality of DC’s storytelling from within the Warner Bros. machine, ironically by telling an epic story about former government agents

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Turtles ‘Fast Forward’ to the 22nd century for ‘TMNT’ Season 6 (2006)

After four strong seasons that adapted most major Mirage issues into a kid-friendlier continuity, the 2003 “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” cartoon took two separate steps

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