REVIEW: "Supergirl" (2026)
(Source: IMDb ) The current slate of DC Studios movies continues with what is officially their second theatrical release. Following a brief cameo in last summer's entertaining Superman , Clark Kent's cousin Kara Zor-El gets her own standalone entry. The main differences in Supergirl (courtesy director Craig Gillespie and writer Ana Nogueira) are a rougher, more desolate aesthetic and a subversive character portrayal than seen with previous actresses Helen Slater, Melissa Benoit, and Sasha Calle, respectively. House of the Dragon actress Milly Alcock dons the cap/trench coat and sunglasses as Kara, a young woman still traumatized by the destruction of her home planet and her people—save for her lone dog, Krypto. As something of an anti-heroic take on the character, Kara is a young woman who has become disillusioned and hopeless, would rather drink her problems away, and who has no issue knocking her opponents into oblivion. Her cousin Clark (David Corenswet, once again) keep...