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What Superman comic books is Henry Cavill reading to prepare for The Man of Steel?

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:10:37 PDT

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Henry Cavill has some huge boots to fill as the new Clark Kent. So what source materials is he reading to prepare to star in Zack Snyder's reboot The Man Of Steel? More »

Say goodbye to Smallville - next season will be its last

Cyriaque Lamar — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:05:41 PDT

Tom Welling confirms it: the CW's putting the kibosh on Smallville after its 10th season. Will Clark finally fly and don his trademark blue-and-red speed-suit? Will Kristin Kreuk guest-star? Will we finally get a Smallville version of Batman? [Hollywood Life] More »

On Smallville, Mother's Day Is A Conspiracy

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:27:15 PDT

On Friday's Smallville, Martha Kent stopped by the farm (with Perry White in tow), Maxwell Lord practiced some psychic surgery, the identity of the Red Queen is revealed, and everyone (and their mother) needs the Book of Rao. Spoilers on! More »

This Week's Smallville Had None Of The Levity Of Superman 3

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:30:00 PDT

On Friday's Smallville, "Sacrifice," a bunch of characters died, one hero was mutilated, and a certain femme fatale kicked it (only to come back from the dead minutes later). Richard Pryor with a sombrero this show ain't. Spoilers ahead. More »

Clark Kent Is A Good Superhero But A Crummy Boyfriend

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:18:05 PDT

On Friday's Smallville – "Charade" – Lois finds herself betwixt allegiances to Clark and the Blur, Maxwell Lord showed up to brain-drain Lois, and our reporters get canned from the Daily Planet. Also, never date Clark Kent. He'll stalk ya. More »

All You Need To Know To Watch Smallville

Graeme McMillan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:00:00 PDT

If tonight's episode of Smallville happens to be your first, here's the bad news: You've missed eight years' worth of backstory. Now, here's the good news: We're about to tell you all you need to know anyway. More »

Bad Haircuts And Major Zoddage Awaits Smallville Next Year

Graeme McMillan — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:30:00 PDT

Fans of the CW's Smallville should look to Superman comics to see where the ninth season will take them... including the current World of New Krypton storyline, and some potentially disastrous fashion choices. Spoilers! More »

Superman Returns In Green Lantern Movie?

Graeme McMillan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:30:00 PDT

Will the upcoming Green Lantern movie feature a cameo appearance from a certain cape-clad Man of Steel, like the script version we reviewed? One of the movie's writers isn't confirming or denying, but not because he's trying to tease. More »

Death Comes To Smallville

Graeme McMillan — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:37:01 PDT

Alas, poor Smallville supporting character. We knew you well, but that wasn't enough to save you from Doomsday (in a very literal sense). But that's not all that happened in last night's finale. Spoilers! More »

Who's Wearing the Mask?: On the Nature of Secret Identities

Alyssa Johnson — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:00:34 PDT

Secret identities. Do we really need them? More importantly, do superheroes? And how do they really work? (Do they?) More »

Should Smallville Really Become Superman?

Graeme McMillan — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:00:49 PST

Two characters will die in the season finale of Smallville and (shockingly) not come back to life, according to new rumors. We're kinda hoping they go wild. Speculative spoilers ahead. More »

Won't Somebody Save Us From Smallville Season 9?

Graeme McMillan — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:00:00 PST

It looks as if the CW is taking Superman's famous Never-Ending Battle tagline a little too seriously, as it's just been announced that Smallville has been renewed for a ninth season starting this fall. More »

Will TV Nostalgia Kill Smallville?

Graeme McMillan — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:34:34 PST

Is the ninth season of Smallville in danger because TV bosses can't let go of the past? That's a rumor going around, as the CW looks to the show's producers to reboot... Melrose Place? More »

Will Celluloid Continue To Be The Man Of Steel's Other Kryptonite?

Graeme McMillan — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:00:07 PDT

It was the moment where a million fanboys cheered - I know, that I was one of them - but does Superman The Movie director Richard Donner publicly stating that the Superman movie franchise should be handed over to Action Comics writer (and former assistant to Donner) Geoff Johns actually mean that anything will change for the seemingly-permanently stalled Superman movie franchise? More »

The Week's Smallville Joins The Lonely Hearts Club Band

Graeme McMillan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:00:59 PDT

There's no way to get around it: this week's Smallville was a return to the campy old days when they'd just steal the plot of a movie, make it a little more family friendly, insert a DC Comics character and then hope that no-one would notice. This time around, Maxima came to Earth searching for her perfect man, but only succeeded in reminding us that Lifeforce (or, if you're younger than us, Species) was pretty bad the first time around, as well. More »

Smallville Doesn't Care About Green People. Thankfully.

Graeme McMillan — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:40:00 PDT

Last night's Smallville didn't just give you a very rushed version of the origin of Green Arrow, it also gave any over-partying celeb the perfect excuse for whatever drunken behavior they want. Just stumble forward into someone's arms and remember to say these magic words: "I've been poisoned... I only have twelve hours to live!" More »

Everything Old Is New Again On Smallville

Graeme McMillan — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:17:23 PDT

Last night's Smallville managed the impressive feat of simultaneously feel like an episode of the first few seasons of the show with their "meteor freak of the week" format while also demonstrating how far (some) characters have come in the last few years of the series. They also introduced the hunky new medic who's may just end up killing the near-Man of Steel and got our fanboy-sense tingling with the (admittedly unlikely) possibilities offered up if a particular spoiler turns out to be true. Has the CW's superhero soap opera somehow become good when we weren't paying attention? More »

Smallville's Season Premiere Brings the Crazy and... The Enjoyable?

Graeme McMillan — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:13:19 PDT

If there's one thing that the season premiere of Smallville showed, it's that they don't lack for ambition. Acting talent, believable dialogue or any shred of plot that doesn't make you think that the writers went to the Roger Corman School of Writing, sure, but ambition? They've got that in spades. That's how we ended up a plot that brought together Russian terrorists, mind control serums and, of course, Lois Lane dressed up in a ridiculous outfit. Welcome back, Clark. More »

Smallville Taking A Super-Breather?

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:03:00 PDT

Production on the baby-Superman show Smallville will be taking a bit of a break after the tenth episode. There will be a long-ish break between the fall and spring blocks of episodes, during which Reaper will take over Smallville's slot. Partly, this lets the show run all of its spring episodes in a row, without interruption. And it's insurance against a still-possible actors' strike. But mostly, fans are speculating that it lets the producers turn the second half of the season into a fitting ending for the show, if it gets cancelled. More »

How Darkseid Can Visit Smallville Without Embarrassing Himself

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:00:35 PDT

While we hope and pray that the rumor about Darkseid appearing in the next season of Smallville has no basis in truth whatsoever, the fact that the makers of the CW's most frustrating hour of television have already made Brainiac into a schoolteacher points towards it being real with the Source's very own flaming finger of fate. But is there a way to put the personification of pure evil (and probable inspiration for Darth Vader) into Smallville without it sucking? We look at the possibilities and spoil you some more under the jump. More »

Smallville Takes Flight With Secret Identities

Graeme McMillan — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:28:32 PDT

Expect to see some familiar concepts making their first appearance in the upcoming eight season of Smallville, according to the new producers in charge. While the show may have lost both Lana Lang and Lex Luthor at the end of last season, that doesn't mean that things won't start to look more familiarly Super for fans this year. More »

How To Make Smallville Watchable Again

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:00:47 PDT

As the story of Clark Kent's awkward young adult years heads into its eight year as a television show, it's time to face an even more awkward truth: Smallville kind of sucks. For the last seven years, the show has had its moments of greatness (Yay, the very existence of Chloe!) and it's moments of... well, not so greatness (Hello, almost every subplot that ever involved Lana Lang). With the show's eighth season being its first without Lana and Lex as regular cast members as well as its first without show creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, we'd like to take the opportunity to suggest some other changes that could make the show worth tuning in to every week. More »

Will Bruce Wayne Visit Smallville?

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:40:00 PDT

The B-team of the Justice League is all set to appear again in the new season of Smallville. Kelly Souders, a producer and writer for WB's superhero series confirmed the return of the Green Arrow, Black Canary, Martian Manhunter and Aquaman in the next season. So if this truly is an origins story and since Superman is a founding member of the Justice League, when do we get to see the other starting members including Batman and Wonder Woman? Click through for more season eight spoilers. More »

Smallville Finale Shows No Love For Characters

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT

Last night's season finale for Smallville ended on a big "I love you but I have to do this" cliffhanger (as Smallville so often does). Find out if Lana and Clark get back together, what terrible thing happens to Chloe (something always does), what's Lex plotting, and why Kara has been so moody lately. Full recap of "Arctic," after the jump. More »

Smallville Will Be Lois And Clark... Plus Chloe

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:58:00 PDT

Smallville fans rejoice: Chloe Sullivan isn't exiting the show anytime soon. TV Guide reports that "after weeks of tense negotiations, Allison Mack (Chloe) has sealed the deal to return." While Guide thinks that she leveraged Michael Rosenbaum's departure to get a pay hike. I'm guessing the price didn't go too high. After all, the shows reps have to know this whole show is over soon anyways, right? Either way I'm glad to see this sassy character returning. Now there will be more 'feisty lady journalist' scenes, not to mention more damsels in distress. Also, the socially conscious archer Green Arrow may be returning. Tonight's the season finale for Smallville — here's hoping they'll kill off Supergirl instead of Chloe. [TV Guide] More »

Smallville Sneak Preview: Brainiac Kills Rats, Leaves Hickeys

Kevin Kelly — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:00:23 PST

Smallville returns with its first new episode since December tonight, and will feature the triumphant return of James "Captain John" Marsters as Brainiac. Marc McClure, who played Jimmy Olsen in Superman: The Movie, appears as Dax-Ur, a Kryptonian who was responsible for the creation of Brainiac in the first place. Now he lives a solitary life on Earth with his plants and loves to gaze off into the distance while melancholy music plays. Watch two more sneak preview clips after the break, and get ready for maximum spoilage. More »

Why Smallville Needs to Die

Kevin Kelly — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:30:03 PST

Last weeks's mid-season finale of Smallville just helped underscore everything that's been going wrong with the show over the slow trainwreck of the last few seasons. Smallville won't be dying a painful death due to the writer's strike, because there are six more episodes completed and ready to air, but last week's finale does make us wonder if the show should go on. Here's why. More »

Must Read: Superman: The Man Of Steel

charliejane — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:56:23 PDT

Must-read graphic novels are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale. More »

Must Read: All-Star Superman

charliejane — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:11:09 PDT