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...only find them if you know how to navigate Google Earth's virtual globe. PC gamers are comfortable moving through 3D environments with just mouse and keyboard. They don't need any help swooping and diving around Google Earth like Superman. I guess I'm more of a Lex Luthor: it took the assistance of a mad scientist's tiny rubber-and-metal device for me to glide from here to there...
...film is a kind of stepchild to the Superman movies of 1978 and '80. Superman (Brandon Routh) has been away from Metropolis for five years, searching for remains of his home planet, Krypton. He's back on Earth just in time, since his very arch enemy, Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey), has been sprung from prison and has a plan--diabolical, of course--to debilitate Superman using kryptonite crystals and, with the big guy out of the way, make the world miserable and profit from...
...world, it’s pretty clear that “Superman” is a welcome return and there should be some movie magic in it for everyone. Filling Christopher Reeves’ tights is newcomer Brandon Routh. Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacey costar as Lois Lane and Lex Luthor, respectively. Bryan Singer is helming this installment after many directors were assumed to take the reins, including McG and Brett Ratner (who is directing Singer’s former franchise, “X-Men,” see above).The buzz is good, the fans are excited...
...there were rumors of reshoots and wild budget overruns (the reported cost is a mighty $185 million). And do comic-book fans really care if Superman is a lover as well as a fighter? New guy Routh fills out the blue tights, and Spacey looks like a deliciously loony Lex Luthor, but Clark Kent might need to find a new beat. -By Lev Grossman...
...love for my birthplace and hometown is rooted in the endless choices of culture and dining, the 24-hour public transportation, and the way you can take a cab from the corner of Eldridge and Delancy up to 83rd and Lex without stopping if you hit the right green lights up First...