<em>Shazam! </em>Is a Blockbuster Straight From the Spielberg Era
The new superhero movie is a rollicking, character-driven adventure that seems like it's actually geared toward families.
Many a superhero origin story—and heaven knows that cinemas have been flooded with them in the past decade—has an extended early sequence in which the protagonist gets to fool around with his or her newly acquired powers. Think of Spider-Man before he learns that with great power comes great responsibility, when he’s using his wall-crawling abilities to win wrestling matches and swing around the city with impunity. , the loudly titled new comic-book adventure from David F. Sandberg, is a feature-length adaptation of that
