Pete and Trevor want to take this opportunity to thank Charles Krantz for 39 great years! Thanks Chuck! And thanks for Mike Flanagan for making this little miracle of a movie that we were lucky enough to see in theatres. Listen to hear our immediate reactions (while giving you plenty of warning before heading into spoilers). This is also the seventh week for our ongoing Project Superman, wherein we watch every single live-action theatrical Superman movie. Today we talk Superman Returns, the forgotten early 2000s entry into reviving the Superman franchise. Don’t forget to enter our ongoing contest to win a subscription to Letterboxd Patron: https://boxd.it/Gbt3OIntro and history with Stephen King and Mike Flanagan (0:00)Review of Superman Returns (9:28)Spoiler-free review of The Life of Chuck (39:40)Spoiler-talk (53:30)About The Life of Chuck:The Life of Chuck is a 2024 film inspired by Stephen King’s novella from his collection If It Bleeds. The story unfolds in three parts, told in reverse, tracing the seemingly ordinary life of Charles “Chuck” Krantz against a backdrop of strange cosmic events.Charles “Chuck” Krantz – Tom HiddlestonYoung Chuck – Jacob TremblayMarty Anderson – Chiwetel EjioforFelicia Gordon – Karen GillanSarah Krantz – Mia SaraAlbie Krantz – Mark HamillAlso starring – Carl Lumbly, David Dastmalchian, Matthew Lillard, Q’orianka Kilcher, Annalise Basso, Rahul Kohli, Violet McGraw, Kate Siegel, Benjamin Pajak, Cody Flanagan, Heather LangenkampMike Flanagan – Director / Screenwriter / Editor / Producer Trevor Macy – Producer Stephen King – Story (original novella) Eben Bolter – Cinematographer The Newton Brothers – ComposerAbout Superman Returns:Superman returns to Earth after a five-year absence to find that the world has moved on without himBrandon Routh – Clark Kent / SupermanKate Bosworth – Lois LaneKevin Spacey – Lex LuthorJames Marsden – Richard WhiteFrank Langella – Perry WhiteSam Huntington – Jimmy OlsenEva Marie Saint – Martha KentParker Posey – Kitty KowalskiKal Penn – StanfordTristan Lake Leabu – Jason WhiteMarlon Brando – Jor-El (archive footage and CGI)Bryan Singer – Director / Story / ProducerMichael Dougherty – Screenwriter / StoryDan Harris – Screenwriter / StoryJon Peters – ProducerGilbert Adler – ProducerNewton Thomas Sigel – CinematographerJohn Ottman – Editor / ComposerElliot Goldenthal – Additional Music

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