Keeping with the metaphor about Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor, and all the cultural metaphors at work in Batman v Superman, the climatic fight with a monster named “Doomsday” seems all too ...

Everything you've been curious about without the spoilers. — -- After seeing "Batman v Superman" earlier this week, even I had a lot of questions -- and I've followed Marvel and DC Comics for ...

Henry Cavill as Superman in a still from "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," 2016. Warner Bros. — -- If you grew up in the 1990s and were a comics fan, this is truly the golden age of movies.

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The character of Superman first appeared in comic books in 1938 and Batman in 1939. But it's taken more than 75 years for them to appear together in a movie.

The moment is key to understanding the director James Gunn’s conception of Superman. But it almost didn’t make the final cut.

Superman: Dawn of Justice, a film that’s filled to bursting with them. It’s a risk just to point out that Ben Affleck steps in for Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman and that Henry Cavill is ...