Talk to a movie geek long enough, you’ll eventually hear about the most famous candidates for the best years ever for movies. 1999, 1939, and 1971 are always go-to choices for years when cinematic ...

Whether that era is still going is up for debate, but it led to a few years there — roughly 2014-2023 — where superhero movies and TV shows genuinely felt like they were everywhere ...

How’s that for a wild stat? Notice, too, that including Joker, half of the top-10 grossing R-rated movies are superhero films. This reflects the overall fact superhero cinema has been largely ...

He also cited "unimaginative and bad movies" across the genre. Forbes' Dani Di Placido wrote in March that superhero films just don't feel essential any more", adding; "Marvel Studios seems to be ...