About this episode

The episode reviews the film Supergirl, discussing its shortcomings compared to previous DCU entries.

Supergirl is the sophomore outing in James Gunn’s new DCU, and coming off the heels of his fantastic Superman movie last year, we were excited to see what was next. Unfortunately, Craig Gillespie’s take on Kara Zor-El doesn’t quite hit the mark. Find out why in our spoiler-filled review. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VrZiNJQcn1U Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/reelspoilers . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• DCU
• movie review
• Supergirl
• James Gunn
• film critique

Keywords

• Supergirl
• James Gunn
• DCU
• movie review
• film critique
• Kara Zor-El
• Craig Gillespie

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: James Gunn, Craig Gillespie

Books & works: Supergirl, Superman

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