New ‘Shazam!’ trailer proves this delightfully silly movie is really happening

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Considering Aquaman, Captain Marvel, and Avengers: Endgame all hit theaters within the same six months, it’s hard to imagine any superhero attempting to compete — least of all Shazam.

And, yet here he is: confused, unevenly confident, “basically 15,” and ready to fight that bald guy. 

Shazam, otherwise known as Captain Sparkle Fingers, appears in the film’s second trailer as the bulked-up, lighting-bolt sporting dude fans of the comics and TV show know and love. 

But with the movie’s Tom Hanks in Big twist, Shazam’s antics seem more pubescent than powerful. Only time will tell if this Eminem fan, amateur YouTuber, and first-time beer-buyer has what it takes. Read more…

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Facebook deletes angry DC fanboy group trying to bring down ‘Black Panther’

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Dear bitter internet trolls who are pissed that Black Panther is already blowing every superhero movie out of the water: boy, bye.

That’s basically what Rotten Tomatoes and Facebook told a short-lived campaign to bring down the upcoming film’s audience score before anyone even saw the damn thing. After critics who attended early screenings of Black Panther raved about it on social media, a Facebook group titled “Down with Disney’s Treatment of Franchises and its Fanboys” cropped up. 

It accrued roughly 4,000 angry fanboys — before promptly being shut the hell down.

The group claimed it was motivated by a now familiar and hilariously misinformed conspiracy theory: Touted by DC fans, it alleges that Disney somehow pays off nearly every critic from every major publication to trash DC movies. Read more…

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Uh oh, looks like that ‘Justice League’ Rotten Tomatoes score could be bad

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One day, 16 hours, 10 minutes and 0 seconds – that’s how much time Warner Bros. is allowing between the embargo lift on reviews for Justice League and its first public screenings.

And if history tells us anything, that means the most ambitious DC Extended Universe film to-date could also be among its worst-reviewed.

A couple of months ago, we took a look at the relationship between critics’ embargo times and release dates (as well as other studio marketing behavior) and found a striking correlation: When they allow more than two full days for critical consensus to gather, the scores tend to be fresh (above 60%). Anything at two days or less trends toward rotten.  Read more…

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