That scene from the Brightburn trailers in which a horror spoof on Superman attacks a waitress in an empty diner is far creepier than we realized. James Gunn, who produces this twisted take on ...

So, let’s just say that you got off the Marvel hype train, and you don’t care one whit about James Gunn’s version of the DC Universe or the new Superman. That said, you still like superheroes and ...

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All the cool superheroes are doing it now. Brightburn, a new superhero horror movie from director David Yarovesky and producer James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy), reimagines Superman’s story with ...

Haleigh Foutch is a writer, editor, host, actor, and feline enthusiast based in Los Angeles. Former Managing Editor of Collider, she is currently an editor at The Wrap. She also co-created The ...

More effective as an experimental concept than a horror film, 'Brightburn' still mostly works in turning the superhero story into something sinister. It works, and it’s fun. While we’re numb to ...

Brightburn, a Tales from the-Crypt-inflected satire of the Superman myth from producer James Gunn, posits a deliciously wicked “what if” scenario asking what Superman would look like if he was born ...

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With all of the ink spilled this weekend over the over-performance of Aladdin ($113 million over the four-day domestic debut) and the comparative underperformance of Booksmart ($8.6 million over the ...