Now Playing Podcast Presents: The DC Comics Movies Retrospective Series

DC Hitmen Series Episode 5

80s action star Bruce Willis may have gotten older, but he’s still considered RED – retired and extremely dangerous. Do Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie have a laugh watching senior citizens strap on pistols to blow holes in the CIA’s rep, or is this AARP action-comedy D.O.A.? Listen and find out.

DC Hitmen Series Episode 4

Comic book vets Chris Evans and Idris Elba have joined The Losers – a ragtag band of mercenaries out to punish CIA baddie Jason Patric for a failed Bolivian mission. Should Avatar babe Zoe Saldana trust these C-stringers to get the job done, or should she just call the A-Team? Listen and find out.

DC Hitmen Series Episode 3

Has sweet little Natalie Portman been palling around with terrorists? A masked swashbuckler known only as V For Vendetta hopes she’ll help him rescue future London from dictators, but has Wachowski script tinkering disfigured this classic Alan Moore comic book as well? Listen and find out.

DC Hitmen Series Episode 2

Viggo Mortensen looks like an unassuming small town diner owner, but to a crew of Philly hoods he’s a thug with A History of Violence. Does director David Cronenberg split opinion in his radical reworking of the graphic novel? Listen and find out.

DC Hitmen Series Episode 1

Tom Hanks is a cold blooded killer heading down the Road to Perdition, hoping to deliver his son from Irish mobsters he once considered family. Has director Sam Mendes made a comic book Godfather, or is this an offer that Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie easily refuse. Listen and find out.

Superman Series Episode 9

With Christopher Nolan’s Batman films Warner Bros. set the gold standard for superhero films.   The Dark Knight was a box office hit, a fan favorite, and even won an Academy Award for acting.  Yet the year after Batman Begins   the other World’s Finest superhero, Superman, failed to take flight.  So when Dark Knight writer David Goyer pitched a new, bold take on Superman Warner Bros. agreed.   Watchmen  director Zack Snyder was brought in to direct, and the result was Man of Steel.  Its opening weekend broke records, but both critics and fans are sharply divided over the quality of the film.  Now Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob bring their Superman retrospective series to a close with their review of Man of Steel.  Can Man of Steel leap tall buildings in a single bound, or should it be stopped with a speeding bullet?  Listen to find out!

Superman Series Episode 8

For 20 years it seemed Nuclear Man and Lex Luthor really had killed Superman.  Every attempt to bring the man of steel back to theaters had fallen through.  While fellow DC superhero Batman had a major franchise launch, fail, and reboot, Superman seemed relegated to the small screen with Lois and Clark and Smallville.  But director Bryan Singer was flying high after two successful X-Men films, and rather than return for X-Men he had Superman Returns.  A continuation of the original two films, Superman Returns has the Kryptonian hero facing off again with nemesis Lex Luthor.  Fans did not embrace Singer’s vision and planned sequels were scrapped in favor of a complete reboot – Man of Steel opening this week in theaters!  But does Superman Returns deserve its bad reputation?  Listen to Now Playing Podcast and find out!  Then join us next week as we review the brand new Superman film Man of Steel!