On the Screen: ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ restores an epic tale to glory
MARCUS CHEONG watches writer/director Zack Snyder’s effort to redeem 2017’s ‘Justice League’…
Move over Marvel: migrant workers star as superheroes in Latino comic book
Mexico City, MexicoThomson Reuters Foundation From fighting drug cartels to handing out facemasks, a Latino comicbook superhero has been handed a supporting role to spotlight the role of migrants working unprotected in farms and fields across the United States during the coronavirus pandemic. El Peso Hero – who uses his superstrength to stop criminals and […]
ON THE SCREEN: YOUTH, HUMOUR AND FAMILY DRAMA ENTER THE SUPERHERO GENRE IN ‘SHAZAM!’
MARCUS CHEONG says the latest DC superhero movie ‘Shazam!’ makes a “radical shift” from previous films…
ON THE SCREEN: MARVEL’S ‘AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR’ A CLIMACTIC CROSSOVER EVENT
DAVID ADAMS watches the Marvel Cinematic Universe ‘spectacular’, Avengers: Infinity War…
BAD GUYS AND GOOD GUYS
Have you ever noticed how in so many movies the bad guy upstages the hero as a much more fun and interesting character? Think about the Joker in Batman. Another popular ‘bad guy’ – Darth Vader from the Star Wars series. PICTURE: Daniel Cheung/Unsplash Is it true? Is bad interesting and good boring? On […]
HEROES
In his book, Grace V Self-Esteem, Aussie author Brett Glover analyses how heroes have changed with the advent of film and television. WHAT SORT OF SUPERHERO DO WE WANT? PICTURE: Laura Glover/www.freeimages.com Before ‘screen culture’, heroes were marked by the sacrifices they had made for the community. The years of hard work and suffering they […]