There are more Easter eggs in “Batman vs. Superman” than on the front lawn of the White House. Zack Snyder’s ultimate DC Comics movie is also the Marvel killing mega fans have longed for. After years and years of free standing “Batman” or “Superman” movies, the two super heroes finally meet, meet each other’s companions, duke it out, and come up winners.

The good news– it’s all good news– is that Ben Affleck is damn good as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Henry Cavill has improved tremendously as Superman/Clark Kent, and Gal Gadot is a welcome addition as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince.  Jesse Eisenberg is a phenomenal Lex Luthor. Jeremy Irons is a fun Alfred. This little ensemble plays well together, with a humorous pay off line toward the end of the film. (I don’t want to ruin it.)

Did I like this movie? I used to buy these comic books for 12 cents at Dubrow’s in Woodmere, Long Island. I had stacks of them. I never thought they’d amount to much beyond pre-teen entertainment. But I do think this movie is kind of my pay-off for years of devotion. It’s cool to see Lex Luthor introduce Clark Kent to Bruce Wayne. You can’t beat it.

Some of the story is a little convoluted, but that’s okay. Luthor pits the two “red capes” against each other and you’re not quite sure why they take the bait. But Gotham City and Metropolis are exploding, there’s a lot of fear and loathing, and someone has to save Lois Lane (the better than ever Amy Adams) from her latest exploits.

And what a coincidence: Bruce and Clark have something in common. Each of them had mothers named Martha.  It is a total coincidence in comic book history. But screenwriters David S. Goyer and Chris Terrio seized on this, among other things, as a nod to fans. They will approve.

We do get mini versions of the Batman and Superman backstories, in case you’ve been living under a rock for the last 80 years. They’re handled economically, thank god, because how many times can you see Bruce Wayne’s parents die? Snyder plants two eggs– look for them– in that context. You’ll see a movie poster for “Zorro”– the inspiration for Batman long ago, and a movie marquee for “Excalibur.” You see, in the updated story, the Waynes only died in 1981. “Excalibur,” released that year, about King Arthur’s court, is supposed to show the transition “from despair to glory,” the movie’s set designer tells me. “Zack really liked it.”

These aren’t spoilers because you can find it all on the IMDB and other places: there are tons of cameos– from a bunch of broadcasters including Charlie Rose and Anderson Cooper- to a lot of other DC heroes. Ezra Miller’s “The Flash” — who hasn’t been on screen yet– is shown, as is Jason Momoa’s Aquaman. “BvS” you see is the beginning of a long launch of DC movies a la Marvel. (I’m thriller since I am sick of “X Men” and can’t listen to Peter Parker’s whiny history once more.)

There are also nods to Robin (where is he?), and Clark’s dead father Jonathan Kent, plus a nice little plot for Ma Kent (Diane Lane, who looks way too young and gorgeous to play that part). Lawrence Fishburne is a terrific Perry White in the age of newspapers dying, and Harry Lennix is back from “Man of Steel.” So is Michael Shannon, stiffly.

Basically, “BvS” is a far better movie than Snyder and Cavill’s “Man of Steel.” I can only assume this has a lot to do with Chris Terrio, who wrote “Argo” and seems to have sharpened the character development. In “MoS” I yawned through Superman’s endless fights with General Zod. It was just repetitive. Here, there’s a movie to latch onto. And I think fans will go back and back to look for more surprises. Very entertaining.

William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman are two of the best actors out there and really nice people, too. So I’m happy to report that Macy will direct Huffman and an all star cast in a new comedy-drama called “Krystal.” The script is by Will Aldis. The Macys start shooting in April during time off from their respective hit TV shows, “Shameless” and “American Crime.”

Macy now has Oscar winner Kathy Bates, plus John Legiuzamo, Rosario Dawson, Joe Manganiello, rapper T.I. and Nick Robinson all set.

Macy, an Oscar nominee for “Fargo,” has certainly gotten into directing. This is his third film in three years following “The Layover” and “Rudderless.” The former hasn’t been released yet. The latter got decent reviews but no marketing or distribution. It’s the tough indie world. Hoping for good things from “Krystal.”

This isn’t a review and there are no spoilers. We are not allowed to say much about “Batman vs. Superman” I think until Tuesday evening. But Sunday night the movie premiered at Radio City Music Hall and that big wide screen in front of lots of interesting people.

I ran into Gayle King, John Leguizamo, Zachary Levi. I saw chef Bobby Flay. It was that kind of range. I know Al Roker was there. So was Will Smith. I actually saw his son, Jaden, wearing a dress and sporting a hair style that might pick up UHF stations. Kerri Kennedy brought her family. Joe Pantoliano brought his, as well as Marcia Gay Harden’s niece, a comic trying her luck in New York.

Most of the cast was present, too: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jesse Eisenberg, Amy Adams and Diane Lane among them. Scoot McNairy is featured in the film and came with his wife. Scoot has taken off like a rocket in “Halt and Catch Fire” and several films. He played one of the Americans escaping from Iran in “Argo,” which was directed by Affleck and written by Chris Terrio– who co-wrote the “BvS” script as well. I met Scoot when he stole “Lawless” from Brad Pitt and a big cast. Keep your eye on him.

I finally met Michael Uslan, who told me it was he who bought the film rights to Batman from DC Comics in 1979. He’s been executive producer of all the movies since then, from Michael Keaton through the new one. He’s very thrilled that for the first time, the real creator of most of the Batman story, Bill Finger, is finally given credit. He brought many from that family with him to walk the red carpet. The Fingers finally have Batman in hand.

“BvS” is full of surprises, cameos, Easter eggs, inside winks to fervent fans and experts. My guess is people will be going back and back to it to get the ones they missed. Seeing Superman meet Batman for the first time on screen, and Clark Kent meet Bruce Wayne, and Bruce meet Lois Lane, etc. For a comic book fan from way back, that’s a treat.

On screen I liked seeing senior US Senator Patrick Leahy playing a senator in a scene with Holly Hunter. (He was also in The Dark Knight Rises.) He’s a huge Batman fan, did you know that? He was also the nicest member of the Anita Hill committee. Here’s a trivia question: who’s the junior Senator from Vermont? Hint: Larry David plays him on “SNL.”

What am I allowed to say? There are two sequels, so to speak, or continuations of “Bvs.” They are each “Justice League of America” movies. There’s a Wonder Woman movie. And there are three more Batman movies with Ben Affleck. So Warner Bros. is fairly committed to this. The idea is to step up their game a la Marvel. Time Warner stockholders will be pleased, that’s all I can say for now.

There’s dysfunction in dystopia. “Allegiant,” part 3 of the “Divergent” series, dropped 43% in its opening weekend. Not good news for Lions Gate Films, which needs a hit and a blessing to go ahead with part 4– “Ascendant.” I can’t make any more jokes or puns about the title– Oh I could, really. But “Allegiant” took in an anemic $29.1 million. The prior film, “Insurgent,” had a $52 million weekend one year ago.

“Allegiant” was beated by the cartoon animals in Disney’s “Zootopia.” That film is up around $200 million domestic and almost $600 million international. It would almost be amusing now for Disney/Pixar to make their own dystopia animated film, although “Zootopia” might count as that.

Remember the story last week of “The Little Prince”? Paramount decided not to release it, even though it’s made $81 million around the world? Well, Netflix announced they’d take it. Meanwhile, the owner of the film, Canada’s EOne, quietly put “The Little Prince” into a few theatres around the country and did very well. No promotion, nothing. If they start running ads, they could have a hit.

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