Zach Snyder’s increasingly despairing look at DC’s most iconic heroes leaves a bad taste in the mouths of viewers. HBO Max audiences will witness mass destruction, hostage situations involving children and disturbing sequences of shooters screaming profanity and gunning down large groups of people—spurring...

The DC Extended Universe will release “Justice League” to movie theaters on Nov. 17, bringing together a cast of big name actors and actresses, such as Amy Adams, Gal Gadot and Ben Affleck. While Gadot found great success in her recent work in the DCEU, her peers have not enjoyed the same....