Latest Adventures of Superman Stories

By Mike Collett-White VENICE (Reuters) - Ben Affleck said he drew on personal experience to play 1950s television Superman star George Reeves in a new film which uses his mysterious death to examine the highs and lows of Hollywood fame. "Hollywoodland" premiered in Venice on Thursday, the second "film noir" detective story to hit the annual film festival in as many days after "The Black Dahlia" kicked of the 11-day movie marathon on Wednesday. Affleck, who has famously enjoyed as many...

By Erik PedersenLOS ANGELES -- Look, up on the screen! It's a religious allegory! It's post-Depression American history! It's ... an ad for a big summer movie.Cynicism aside, A&E's "Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman" is a well-made, reverent tribute to the king of superheroes.But only the most fervent fans of "the most virtuous man on Earth" can be expected to weather its ambitious two-hour running time. Still, that's a sizable chunk of potential...