Now Playing Presents The Superman Movie Retrospective Series

Aug 31 2021 16 ep. 117 mins 99
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Look! Up in iTunes! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a podcast! With the upcoming release of Zach Snyder's Superman reboot Man of Steel, Now Playing hosts Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob watch and review all the Superman films to find out which are truly super and which are as poisonous as kryptonite.

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