Supergirl flopped, but the real issue may be weak execution, not female leads. Here’s why these superhero movies are struggling.

There's a scene toward the end of "Supergirl" that perfectly encapsulates how tonally inept it is. After what feels like an eternity, our Kryptonian hero, Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock), has quit drinking ...

Image Credit: Black Widow (2021), Wonder Woman (2017), Captain Marvel (2019) (Image: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, ...

A superhero's gender can make a story richer. It cannot be the story.

DC Studios’ “Supergirl” entered theaters this summer with high expectations. Starring Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El, the film ...

For decades, the role of women in superhero and action films has been helpless love interests who need saving to reinforce the “hero” in their respective worlds. Female superheroes tend to slowly fade ...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever rewrote Hollywood's script for superhero movies. English professor Diana Adesola Mafe was recently involved in an academic roundtable that offers a critical conversation ...

Superhero stories have always been about power, but for a long time, comics made it seem like that power belonged only to a certain kind of hero. Early books gave readers plenty of capes, masks and ...

Speaking to us, Supergirl director Craig Gillespie shares his take on portrayal of female superheroes ...

There's a scene toward the end of "Supergirl" that perfectly encapsulates how tonally inept it is. After what feels like an eternity, our Kryptonian hero, Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock), has quit drinking ...