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Date of birth 19/01/1932
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Superman III (1983) Revisited: Superhero Movie Review

Steve Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a Superman movie of questionable quality! Directed by Richard Lester from a screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman, Superman III failed to leap over anyone’s...

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Superman II (1980): DC Films Revisited

Chris Superman II was a notoriously troubled production, as was Superman – The Movie. The relationship between director Richard Donner and the producers had broken down so badly during production that, despite 75% of the sequel already being shot, Donner...

Superman II – WTF Happened To This Movie? (video)

In this recurring series, we'll be taking a look at a variety of films that had historically troubled productions or controversial problems in making it to the big screen. Some were massive hits despite their problems, while others died a...

Cool Videos: Superman III goes horror

SUPERMAN III is a scary movie. Come on… the Man of Steel fights himself in a duel to the death. He gets shit-faced and starts turning nasty due to his bender. There’s body horror where an older woman becomes a...
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Awfully Good: Superman III

Jason Superman III (1983) Director: Richard Lester Stars: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn Superman must defeat his two greatest foes… Richard Pryor and Richard Lester. Who knew the Man of Steel’s real Kryptonite was comedy? SUPERMAN III is best...
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Face-Off: Superman vs. Superman II

For last weeks Face-Off, we went X-Men crazy in a match up between X-Men (the gem that started it all) and the latest outing X-Men: First Class (the film that redeemed the franchise). The original X-Men took the cake in...