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James Gunn's Superman was carrying a whole rebuilt DC on its back and still had to be a movie for two hours. It managed both, and the strain shows in exactly one place.
Clint Eastwood's probable farewell as a director was buried by Warner Bros in a ghost release. The film is better than the release, and the release is part of the story.
Justin Kurzel's FBI procedural about white supremacist terrorism in 1980s Idaho was one of the most under-watched American films of 2024. It is also one of the best, and the under-watching is a specific commercial failure worth understanding.