July 11, 2025 • 8 mins
Superman
When Superman gets drawn into conflicts at home and abroad, his actions are questioned, giving tech billionaire Lex Luthor the opportunity to get the Man of Steel out of the way for good. Will intrepid reporter Lois Lane and Superman's four-legged companion, Krypto, be able to help him before it's too late?
Heads of State
U.S. President Will Derringer and British Prime Minister Sam Clarke have a not-so-friendly and very public rivalry. However, when Air Force One gets shot down over enemy territory, they find themselves on the run and working together to thwart a global conspiracy that threatens the entire free world.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from News Talks at Bill.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
French in Nine Monks, Talk Glass, Scampers, Jamie.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Plastin That's Lord and Broken Glass.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
She has finally announced New Zealand two dates, so she's
going to be heading to the nine TARMACKI Makoto Auckland
and the O three Christ Jurge and February next year.
You can expect tickets will be in hot demand for
both of those shows. Jans flip me a note, Jack,
Can you tell me why Ethan black At it isn't
in the All Blacks? No, I can't, Jan, I don't
understand it.
Speaker 5 (00:57):
You know that.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
I think it absolutely beggars belief. David Harville should be
in there as well in my view, but never mind.
Twenty three to ten on News Talks at B Time
to catch up with franchise, Get Red can our film.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Reviewer for her pecks this week. Whatever, good morning.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Let's begin with the very latest and a long list
of Superman films over the year.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Over the years, this is Superman. Superman. He's not a man,
He's an itd somehow become the focal policy entire worlds conversation.
(01:38):
I will not except that dun't dun't Dan tell us
about the new Superman.
Speaker 5 (01:50):
Right. Well, I think I took my sixteen yearl daughter
to this film. I think she summed up really well.
She went, there is something for everyone, Mum. There's a
hot guy. There's a cute dog who skills a lot
of the scenes perfect for the kids. There's lots of actions,
there's more than one superhero has to get a book
bored with Superman. There's geopolitics, They've got a good villain,
(02:11):
there's a little bit of humor, and she's kind of right.
They throw everything at this film. I think over over time,
over the last sort of decade or so, comic book
adaptations have moved away from their source material. But actually
I think with this film they really embrace it. It
does have quite a cartoonish feel to it, and also
(02:33):
it embraces it kind of acknowledges its origins a lot
more like the graphics are very much like the original
sort of comic book graphics, and they use music that
we've heard before in Superman film. So they're really kind
of trying to grab the old, celebrate its origins, but
present it to us kind of in a fresh new way.
You know, this is this is the beginning of the
(02:53):
DC Universe. So the DC Universe is going to be
like the Marvel comic Universe. It's been set up and
run by James Gunn and a guy called Peter Saffron.
So James Gunn is a director. You will know him
as the guy who brought us the superb Guardians of
(03:13):
the Galaxy franchise, and he's got together with Peter Saffron.
They are running this new studio, DCU and this is
kind of a big film to come out of it.
So we're looking at this going, Okay, where are they're
going to take this because Jack, there's a little bit
of comic book hero fatigue out there. You know. Marvel
really kind of did really take it to as far
(03:33):
as it could, and we all got a bit like
it's another comic book hero film. It's the same as
the last, very overblown, very much reliant on CGI la
la la la la. So what they're trying to do
here is they're trying to they've lightened it up a bit.
It's not like some of the darker kind of adaptations.
It's light, it's fun, it's entertaining. There is a lot
going on, whether it's within the story. We've kind of
(03:57):
got these you know, there's uh, as I mentioned, geopolitical
issue here, there's a Superman gets involved in a front
and conflict. He gets in trouble for you is government,
he loses a battle for the first time, he's got
a repair a rip in the universe. He's holding down
a day job as well, Jack, you do a lot
of jobs. And then he's struggling to control this dog Crypto,
(04:19):
who is absolutely delightful. So there's all that going on,
But what they also do is that they kind of
show us that Superman's going through some internal battles as well,
and he learns a little bit more about why his
parents sent him to Earth and what their intention is,
and it's not what he thought. So suddenly he too
is thrown into sort of an existential crisis. He's like,
what am I here? When's my purpose? Who am I?
(04:40):
You know? And he very much identifies as human, you know,
he goes to all the same sort of he feels
that he lives his life and feels the same sort
of things as humans and things, so he'd be've done
a really nice balance here of providing you with what
you expect, you know, collapsing buildings and Metropolis falling over
and all the action. And they've thrown you know, some
extra superheroes at us because James Gunn loves an ensemble cast.
(05:02):
So there's you know, we've got a great little mix
here of the Justice Gang drawing Sugmann. But then there's
also sort of this internal battle going on which kind
of tries to give the film a little bit of
heart and things. I didn't get caught up. It didn't
kind of tug on me, tug on the heartstrings. I
didn't get emotional over it. It's two hours and nine
minutes long. It could have been two hours that would
have been perfect. It's good and it's refreshing. It's not
(05:26):
probably great. It's you're probably not in the top echelon
of comic books heroes, but it's I'm really interested to
see what they do going forward with this. I'm interested.
They've got my intention. I like what they're doing.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
Ok yeah, cool, Okay, So that's Superman that's showing in
cinemas at the moment. I out on Prime Video at
the moment, starring John Senna and Idris Elbert, have a
listen to heads of state.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
It's the Prime Minister, mister President deem, you do it?
Speaker 3 (05:56):
What's that that can't be good?
Speaker 4 (05:59):
A minute?
Speaker 3 (06:00):
I have something to say, right, Oh, this sounds like
a cerebral watch. Francesca.
Speaker 5 (06:08):
Look, I did, yes, I did not have much hope
for this. And actually, when I finished watching this film, Jack,
I thought they should have put this out on the
big screen. Would have I think it would have for
me because no, no, but it embraces its absurdity and
it has a blast with it and it's kind of
got inventive, and it's got some interestingly shot action, like
it's not a normal streaming film where they're crying a
(06:30):
big budget at it. But then it feels a bit lazy,
sort of made a bit of an effort here, which
took me by surprise too. So it's an action thriller
A buddy flick. John Senner is an actor turned president
of the US. Idris Albert is the Prime Minister of
the UK. They do not get on, They do not
have a good relationship. They decide to try and fix
it by taking a trip together on Air Force one
to a meeting. An Air Force one is shot down
(06:52):
and they fell and they find themselves in the Belarussian woods.
Takes a while to kind of click into It takes
a while to get there, but these two work really
really well together and then they're sort of thrown in.
They have sort of throbven in some relevant gendas of
the day. So they're heading to a NATO meeting. There
are speeches on NATO's value it's a peacekeeping force, and
(07:14):
they talk about the idea that NATO has been holding
up Europe and America doesn't want to do that anymore.
So they're sort of looking at quite a lot of
the political issues which are taking place right now. So
I th made a bit of an effort. But yeah,
the script's okay. It is quite funny at times. The
action's great, as I said, quite innovatively shot at times,
and the two were charming together. So for what it is,
(07:34):
it's a silly, actual comedy, but they kind of pull
it off.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Okay.
Speaker 5 (07:38):
Yeah, So if you're looking for some if you're going,
oh my gosh, we've just got to me finally got
to end of the holidays, we've survived, and you just
need to crash this weekend.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Yeah you got prime.
Speaker 5 (07:46):
Yeah, give it a lot.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
It's a bit of fun. Okay, ye'll like see here.
Speaker 4 (07:49):
I was being all kind of hoity toity about it,
but maybe, you know, maybe a bit of escapism and
escapism done well is actually the sort of thing we
should be embracing. Okay, thank you, Francesca. So that's Heads
of State. That's on prime video. Superman is showing in cinemas,
and after ten o'clock. If you can't be bothered leaving
a couch this weekend and you're looking for something good,
we're going to tell you about a new documentary you
(08:10):
can stream at home called Jaws at fifty. As the
name suggests, it's a look back at Jaws, the film,
which is now fifty years old, and the kind of
various production issues, but also the incredible social cultural impact
that that movie has had. I don't know, would Jaws
have had more of a cultural impact than any other
(08:31):
film since I reckon? There's probably a good argument to
be made that a hair days.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News talks 'b from nine am Saturday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from News Talks at Bill.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
French in Nine Monks, Talk Glass, Scampers, Jamie.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Plastin That's Lord and Broken Glass.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
She has finally announced New Zealand two dates, so she's
going to be heading to the nine TARMACKI Makoto Auckland
and the O three Christ Jurge and February next year.
You can expect tickets will be in hot demand for
both of those shows. Jans flip me a note, Jack,
Can you tell me why Ethan black At it isn't
in the All Blacks? No, I can't, Jan, I don't
understand it.
Speaker 5 (00:57):
You know that.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
I think it absolutely beggars belief. David Harville should be
in there as well in my view, but never mind.
Twenty three to ten on News Talks at B Time
to catch up with franchise, Get Red can our film.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Reviewer for her pecks this week. Whatever, good morning.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Let's begin with the very latest and a long list
of Superman films over the year.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Over the years, this is Superman. Superman. He's not a man,
He's an itd somehow become the focal policy entire worlds conversation.
(01:38):
I will not except that dun't dun't Dan tell us
about the new Superman.
Speaker 5 (01:50):
Right. Well, I think I took my sixteen yearl daughter
to this film. I think she summed up really well.
She went, there is something for everyone, Mum. There's a
hot guy. There's a cute dog who skills a lot
of the scenes perfect for the kids. There's lots of actions,
there's more than one superhero has to get a book
bored with Superman. There's geopolitics, They've got a good villain,
(02:11):
there's a little bit of humor, and she's kind of right.
They throw everything at this film. I think over over time,
over the last sort of decade or so, comic book
adaptations have moved away from their source material. But actually
I think with this film they really embrace it. It
does have quite a cartoonish feel to it, and also
(02:33):
it embraces it kind of acknowledges its origins a lot
more like the graphics are very much like the original
sort of comic book graphics, and they use music that
we've heard before in Superman film. So they're really kind
of trying to grab the old, celebrate its origins, but
present it to us kind of in a fresh new way.
You know, this is this is the beginning of the
(02:53):
DC Universe. So the DC Universe is going to be
like the Marvel comic Universe. It's been set up and
run by James Gunn and a guy called Peter Saffron.
So James Gunn is a director. You will know him
as the guy who brought us the superb Guardians of
(03:13):
the Galaxy franchise, and he's got together with Peter Saffron.
They are running this new studio, DCU and this is
kind of a big film to come out of it.
So we're looking at this going, Okay, where are they're
going to take this because Jack, there's a little bit
of comic book hero fatigue out there. You know. Marvel
really kind of did really take it to as far
(03:33):
as it could, and we all got a bit like
it's another comic book hero film. It's the same as
the last, very overblown, very much reliant on CGI la
la la la la. So what they're trying to do
here is they're trying to they've lightened it up a bit.
It's not like some of the darker kind of adaptations.
It's light, it's fun, it's entertaining. There is a lot
going on, whether it's within the story. We've kind of
(03:57):
got these you know, there's uh, as I mentioned, geopolitical
issue here, there's a Superman gets involved in a front
and conflict. He gets in trouble for you is government,
he loses a battle for the first time, he's got
a repair a rip in the universe. He's holding down
a day job as well, Jack, you do a lot
of jobs. And then he's struggling to control this dog Crypto,
(04:19):
who is absolutely delightful. So there's all that going on,
But what they also do is that they kind of
show us that Superman's going through some internal battles as well,
and he learns a little bit more about why his
parents sent him to Earth and what their intention is,
and it's not what he thought. So suddenly he too
is thrown into sort of an existential crisis. He's like,
what am I here? When's my purpose? Who am I?
(04:40):
You know? And he very much identifies as human, you know,
he goes to all the same sort of he feels
that he lives his life and feels the same sort
of things as humans and things, so he'd be've done
a really nice balance here of providing you with what
you expect, you know, collapsing buildings and Metropolis falling over
and all the action. And they've thrown you know, some
extra superheroes at us because James Gunn loves an ensemble cast.
(05:02):
So there's you know, we've got a great little mix
here of the Justice Gang drawing Sugmann. But then there's
also sort of this internal battle going on which kind
of tries to give the film a little bit of
heart and things. I didn't get caught up. It didn't
kind of tug on me, tug on the heartstrings. I
didn't get emotional over it. It's two hours and nine
minutes long. It could have been two hours that would
have been perfect. It's good and it's refreshing. It's not
(05:26):
probably great. It's you're probably not in the top echelon
of comic books heroes, but it's I'm really interested to
see what they do going forward with this. I'm interested.
They've got my intention. I like what they're doing.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
Ok yeah, cool, Okay, So that's Superman that's showing in
cinemas at the moment. I out on Prime Video at
the moment, starring John Senna and Idris Elbert, have a
listen to heads of state.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
It's the Prime Minister, mister President deem, you do it?
Speaker 3 (05:56):
What's that that can't be good?
Speaker 4 (05:59):
A minute?
Speaker 3 (06:00):
I have something to say, right, Oh, this sounds like
a cerebral watch. Francesca.
Speaker 5 (06:08):
Look, I did, yes, I did not have much hope
for this. And actually, when I finished watching this film, Jack,
I thought they should have put this out on the
big screen. Would have I think it would have for
me because no, no, but it embraces its absurdity and
it has a blast with it and it's kind of
got inventive, and it's got some interestingly shot action, like
it's not a normal streaming film where they're crying a
(06:30):
big budget at it. But then it feels a bit lazy,
sort of made a bit of an effort here, which
took me by surprise too. So it's an action thriller
A buddy flick. John Senner is an actor turned president
of the US. Idris Albert is the Prime Minister of
the UK. They do not get on, They do not
have a good relationship. They decide to try and fix
it by taking a trip together on Air Force one
to a meeting. An Air Force one is shot down
(06:52):
and they fell and they find themselves in the Belarussian woods.
Takes a while to kind of click into It takes
a while to get there, but these two work really
really well together and then they're sort of thrown in.
They have sort of throbven in some relevant gendas of
the day. So they're heading to a NATO meeting. There
are speeches on NATO's value it's a peacekeeping force, and
(07:14):
they talk about the idea that NATO has been holding
up Europe and America doesn't want to do that anymore.
So they're sort of looking at quite a lot of
the political issues which are taking place right now. So
I th made a bit of an effort. But yeah,
the script's okay. It is quite funny at times. The
action's great, as I said, quite innovatively shot at times,
and the two were charming together. So for what it is,
(07:34):
it's a silly, actual comedy, but they kind of pull
it off.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Okay.
Speaker 5 (07:38):
Yeah, So if you're looking for some if you're going,
oh my gosh, we've just got to me finally got
to end of the holidays, we've survived, and you just
need to crash this weekend.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Yeah you got prime.
Speaker 5 (07:46):
Yeah, give it a lot.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
It's a bit of fun. Okay, ye'll like see here.
Speaker 4 (07:49):
I was being all kind of hoity toity about it,
but maybe, you know, maybe a bit of escapism and
escapism done well is actually the sort of thing we
should be embracing. Okay, thank you, Francesca. So that's Heads
of State. That's on prime video. Superman is showing in cinemas,
and after ten o'clock. If you can't be bothered leaving
a couch this weekend and you're looking for something good,
we're going to tell you about a new documentary you
(08:10):
can stream at home called Jaws at fifty. As the
name suggests, it's a look back at Jaws, the film,
which is now fifty years old, and the kind of
various production issues, but also the incredible social cultural impact
that that movie has had. I don't know, would Jaws
have had more of a cultural impact than any other
(08:31):
film since I reckon? There's probably a good argument to
be made that a hair days.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News talks 'b from nine am Saturday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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