Tag: Batman
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Michael Keaton Kicked Off His Time As Batman By Starting A Food Fight In The Studio
Although “The Flash” may have been a paltry send-off for Michael Keaton’s Batman, nothing can undermine his first two appearances in the cape and cowl. When 1989’s “Batman” arrived, not only was it a box office smash, but its dark and subversive tone was unlike anything anyone had seen, especially in the context of a…
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The Flash Didn’t Include The Grim Reason Michael Keaton’s Batman Is Retired
“The Flash” made the dreams of ’90s kids come true by bringing Michael Keaton back as Batman after the actor put down the cape and cowl following “
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Blue Beetle Won’t Be Another Superhero Movie About Saving The World
Back when Warner Bros. was handing out Batman movies to Christopher Nolan, the studio was seemingly on to something. Initially plotting its own course away from the shared universe model of Marvel, Warners then suddenly started trying to emulate their rival to (mostly) disastrous effect.There were brief moments of lucidity among the Warner execs, like…
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Almost All The Live-Action Batman Actors Come Together In McFarlane Toys’ New Action Figure Pack
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.McFarlane Toys has been releasing endless amounts of action figures tied to every side of the DC Comics universe, from the pages of actual comics books to the big screen adaptations that span decades. Just recently, the toy creators got to dig into the past a…
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Oppenheimer Ending Explained: Did We Destroy The World?
Is “Oppenheimer” Christopher Nolan’s best, most ambitious film yet? That might sound hard to believe from the director who delivered a movie with a complicated series of timelines in “Memento,” an entire “Batman” trilogy, the dream-within-a-dream-within-a-dream meticulousness of “Inception,” more timeline shenanigans with “Dunkirk,” and, oh yeah, that feature-length excuse to film things in reverse known…
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DC’s ‘Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong’ Crossover: Heroes Vs. Monsters
San Diego Comic Con is fully underway this weekend and there are going to be a ton of major comic announcements throughout the four-day event. First up on Thursday was DC Comics who announced that an epic battle between Legendary’s MonsteVerse and the DC Universe will hit store shelves this Fall. The series will be…
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Christopher Nolan’s Unmade Films: Movies the ‘Oppenheimer’ Director Almost Made
There are some directors who have an army of orphaned projects; films that, for whatever reason, never ended up getting shot or released. Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and (especially) Luca Guadagnino have whole filmographies of projects they started developing before eventually abandoning.Christopher Nolan is not one of those directors. Generally speaking,…
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Everything You Need to Know About Seeing Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ in 70mm IMAX
Christopher Nolan has been an analog guru and a large-format IMAX advocate since at least “The Dark Knight.” After shooting substantial portions of “Interstellar,” “Dunkirk, and “Tenet” in 15-perf 70mm IMAX, he now brings to theaters the epic “Oppenheimer” in the format, which offers 10 times the resolution of standard projection formats.“IMAX film is the…
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Disney’s Most Expensive Movie Ever Made Is in This Franchise
The SAG and WGA strikes have put a spotlight on just how bad Hollywood is at fairly compensating artists. When it comes to dollars and cents, the American film industry has a practice known as “Hollywood accounting.” This procedure fudges the numbers on even the biggest hit movies to ensure that they’re technically “unprofitable,” ensuring…