Power of good

Yet another Superman reboot, but this one has humour and heart.

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SUPERMAN Directed by James Gunn

Superman and his fan club - which some of us signed up to a very long time ago – have been overdue a laugh. They come delivered regularly in this incarnation, which has affectionate fun with many Superman touchstones but adds a few fresh, mad touches of its own.

It's the third big-screen Superman reboot of the 21st century. Superman Returns in 2006 with Brandon Routh in the cape made him the earnest Jesus-from-another-planet. The Henry Cavill period, starting with 2013's Man of Steel, was even more cheerless, effectively the start of director Zack Snyder's heavy metal Justice League trilogy, which got louder, longer and duller. And to add a bit of actual mortality to the mix, there was last year's Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, the poignant documentary about the man whose sweet, funny, wholesome Superman and Clark Kent made believers of us kids who first saw him in the 1978 film.