The revamped DC Universe has finally made its theatrical debut with Superman, starring David Corenswet, releasing to majorly positive reviews and setting a new box office record for live-action Supes films. But amid the Man of Steel’s return, fans couldn’t help but wonder when his foil, Batman, would get his...
Why the director of Parasite picked this Tom Cruise project as Spielberg’s best movie of the century
The New York Times recently published the results of a poll determining the 100 best movies of the 21st century so far, and the #1 slot went to Bong Joon Ho’s Best Picture winner Parasite. (It topped the paper’s subsequent readers’ poll, too.) As it happens, Bong Joon Ho also...
James Gunn fixes Lex Luthor’s biggest problems in Superman
Superman is the most powerful superhero in DC Comics, able to go toe to toe with its most powerful villains, like Darkseid and Brainiac. That’s why it’s surprising that his nemesis is Lex Luthor, a man without any superpowers.The best versions of Luthor across comics, television, and movies make him...
The Shrouds, Jaws @ 50, Karate Kid: Legends, and every movie new to streaming this weekend
Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.The National Geographic documentary Jaws @ 50, which shows how the first summer blockbuster was made and explores its legacy, swims onto...
Every Marvel Cinematic Universe TV show, ranked
These days, every Marvel TV show is Marvel Cinematic Universe canon, sorta-kinda more or less: Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has implied that technically, the rise of the Marvel multiverse makes everything canon somewhere. And with the recent return of Charlie Cox as Daredevil, reprising his role from the Netflix...
The Jurassic Park franchise could have been a lot worse — and there’s proof
By now, it’s a familiar pattern: A new Jurassic Park franchise movie movie comes out during the summer, garnering middling and sometimes exhausted-sounding reviews. Yes, it has some decent special effects and maybe a fun set piece or two, but it’s not a patch on Steven Spielberg’s 1993 original. Terms...
Shazad Latif turned to Alan Moore’s comics to inspire him as Nautilus’ Captain Nemo
AMC Plus’ ongoing adventure series Nautilus is set before the events of Jules Verne’s classic science fiction novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, following a young Nemo shortly after he built his submarine. That gave Star Trek: Discovery’s Shazad Latif the chance to make the mysterious captain his own.“I had...
J-pop icon LiSA sees herself in the anime movie Perfect Blue
A ’90s psychological thriller like Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue and a modern-day comedy like Spy x Family didn’t seem like they had much in common, until J-pop star LiSA connected the dots for us.In a moment of serendipity, I wore a Perfect Blue T-shirt to my interview with J-pop rock...
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League is a hilariously chaotic mashup of DC Comics and anime tropes
“I sure hope something makes sense soon,” Batman’s son and sidekick Damian Wayne (Yuki Kaji/Bryson Baugus) says while taking a seat in the Batmobile to respond to a report of a “yakuza hurricane” hitting Gotham City in the first minutes of the anime film Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, now...
Cat in the Hat’s new animated movie might finally reclaim Dr. Seuss’ character from Mike Myers
Our long national Cat in the Hat-related nightmare is nearly over. For decades, the classic Dr. Seuss character from the 1957 picture book of the same name was a quaint, urbane charmer who created chaos and weathered it with equal aplomb. From the direct sequel book to the 1971 animated...