REVIEW | ‘The Marvels’ proves girls just wanna make cinema fun again

Female directors are trotting out female leads on campy adventures, but what do audiences think?

09 November 2023 - 21:50

By 2023, and in 82 years, there have been 12 film iterations of Superman, 16 of Batman and 11 of Spider-Man. Why? They make a lot of money, and after the success of the 2002 version of Spider-Man, starring Tobey McGuire, the world realised there was a lot of success tied to comic-book adaptations...

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