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Review: In ‘Lanterns,’ the superheroes soar through a grounded detective story

by Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times (TNS)
| August 18, 2026 1:05 AM

For all their vaunted power, superheroes are at the mercy of the people who write them, draw them, play them on the screen, and by extension the producers and executives who decide what should go where and for how much. Sort of powerless, really.

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