As we know, the Christopher Reeve Superman films are coming to 4K Ultra HD later this year, and now we have some more information about what we can expect. According to Bill Hunt of The Digital Bits, we can expect the five-film Superman 4K collection on April 18, 2023 from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment.…

In the days of the casting process for Superman, everyone and his brother had been considered for the role. From top names such as Robert Redford and Paul Newman to numerous actors including Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott, Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, Steve McQueen, Jeff Bridges, and even Harrison Ford, over two hundred different actors were…

Have you ever stopped to wonder what exactly goes on in there making of a film? When it’s a big project like Superman, the preparation is on the scale of a military operation or a multimillion dollar business. Every bit is poured over down to the most minute of details that the average person wouldn’t…

We are familiar with the star field that appears throughout Superman: The Movie in its opening credits and in some of the scenes set in outer space. Without it, that added sense of mystery and wonder would not be an important element to the film, and it wouldn’t give us a backdrop to those beautiful…

In 1997, the next big thing in physical home media arrived, the DVD. Early releases such as Batman and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, for example, contained no features and were split over both sides of the disc in the same way that laserdiscs had done in years past. Eventually, DVD releases soon included theatrical…

It began with a question. “How come none of the four Superman movies, including Supergirl, have special features on iTunes?” How come indeed? As far back as I can remember, with the birth of the home video revolution in the 1970’s, its explosion in the 1980’s, and its transformation over the decades across multiple formats—Betamax, VHS,…

Picture, if you will, going back in time to your local movie theater in the middle of January 1978. You choose a movie of the time that you’re interested in seeing, such as The Bad News Bears Go to Japan, Coming Home, Corvette Summer, Ice Castles, Same Time Next Year, Thank God It’s Friday, or…

It’s nothing new to see characters in a movie or a television series turn to the camera and say or do something interesting or hilarious or thoughtful that lets us into the story. The entire process of breaking the fourth wall, as it is called, allows us to enjoy their story and at times smile…

In my previous log I pulled the curtain back behind a quick blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment in Superman II and revealed the back story behind Leonard Nimoy’s surprise appearance in the film. Little things like that reveal the verisimilitude that went into these films, further solidifying Superman’s recognizable image in the world thanks in part to its…

Last Thursday we received news that Christopher Reeve’s version of Superman would appear in the forthcoming film of The Flash as the film’s title character makes his way across the DC multiverse, encountering other incarnations of characters such as George Reeves’ Man of Steel from The Adventures of Superman, Michael Keaton’s Batman, Christian Bale’s Batman…