Movie Review: Superman (1978)
Synopsis: With his home planet deteriorating, an infant is sent to Earth by his parents and is raised by a pair of farmers who hide his both his alien origins and his superpowers created by the sun. As an adult, Clark Kent moves to Metropolis and gets a job as a newspaper reporter at the Daily Planet while secretly fighting crime as Superman. He soon faces his biggest test though, a master criminal by the name of Lex Luthor, who has control of nuclear weapons. Who's in it? The movie stars Christopher Reeve , Margot Kidder , Gene Hackman , Ned Beatty and Jackie Cooper . Review: The cats, still adjusting to the time change, woke me up earlier than I would have preferred on a Saturday and, since it was too early to go get my wife coffee, I wound up watching Superma n on one of my movie channels. It's been several years since I saw this film in its entirety and, while I'm sure there are those who will disagree, I think this still sets the standard for superhero movies. I thi...