Tag: The Dark Knight

  • ‘Oppenheimer’ 70mm IMAX Print Is So Big, Theaters Need to Build Around It

    ‘Oppenheimer’ 70mm IMAX Print Is So Big, Theaters Need to Build Around It

    Director Christopher Nolan has long been an advocate for film over digital — and since “The Dark Knight,” he’s become more and more committed to IMAX film. And one of the best IMAX screens in the world is L.A.’s Tcl Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard — but for Nolan’s upcoming “Oppenheimer,” it’s getting an upgrade.The…

  • 10 Best Movies Of 2007, Ranked

    10 Best Movies Of 2007, Ranked

    While some cinepehiles will argue cinema might never reach the same heights that it did in the 1970s or 1990s, 2007 stands out as a great year for the medium before it became apparent that television was the more “serious” medium when it came to serious dramatic storytelling. It was only a year later that…

  • ‘The Dark Knight’: Batman and Joker Get Dynamic Funko Pop Movie Poster Set

    ‘The Dark Knight’: Batman and Joker Get Dynamic Funko Pop Movie Poster Set

    One of the most beloved superhero movies is about to have its own Funko Pop! Movie Poster collectible. Funko (via Entertainment Earth) has unveiled a new Movie Poster Pop! set for director Christopher Nolan’s 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight. The figure features a poster of the film with Batman (Christian Bale) standing in front…

  • The Best Movies on HBO Max Right Now (July 2023)

    The Best Movies on HBO Max Right Now (July 2023)

    Another streaming service means another vast library of titles to sift through to find what you want to watch. HBO Max is the streaming service from WarnerMedia, hosting not just titles from the pay cable channel HBO, but a bevy of films from the Warner Bros. library and other studios. There’s a great selection of…

  • James Gunn Wants Less “Really Lazy” Stories in Superhero Movies

    James Gunn Wants Less “Really Lazy” Stories in Superhero Movies

    Superhero fatigue is definitely real for many moviegoers. Years of seemingly non-stop projects being churned out by Marvel and DC have burnt a lot of fans out on the superhero genre, especially when many of these projects feel less inspired than the heights of Avengers: Endgame or The Dark Knight. Even James Gunn, who’s now…

  • Nick Fury’s First Solo Project Wasn’t ‘Secret Invasion’ — It Was This

    Nick Fury’s First Solo Project Wasn’t ‘Secret Invasion’ — It Was This

    Samuel L. Jackson’s beloved super-spy Nick Fury is set to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with his first solo storyline with the highly anticipated Secret Invasion, but would you believe us if we told you this wasn’t the first time Nick Fury had his own standalone story? It’s an understandably tough pill to swallow,…

  • The Reason Behind Why Katie Holmes Left The Dark Knight Trilogy

    The Reason Behind Why Katie Holmes Left The Dark Knight Trilogy

    Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, commonly known as The Dark Knight trilogy, is highly praised for its solid writing, interesting characters and philosophies, and memorable moments, keeping viewers coming back to re-watch the films over the years. Overall, the trilogy has left a strong mark on Batman as a franchise; the series of films still remains…

  • This Is the Worst Scene in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy

    This Is the Worst Scene in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy

    More than a decade after its conclusion, the three movies in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy are still widely regarded as some of the best superhero movies in cinema history. Nolan’s approach to Batman was to take the superhero seriously while grounding him in a dark and realistic story about grief, vengeance, and ultimately…

  • The Spider-Verse Movies Are So Far Ahead Of Other Superhero Movies That It’s Embarrassing For Everyone Else

    The Spider-Verse Movies Are So Far Ahead Of Other Superhero Movies That It’s Embarrassing For Everyone Else

    This post contains spoilers for “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”I don’t write much about superhero films. You can probably count my superhero-related pieces on two hands, maybe even one. Despite being the cinematic cultural dominator of the 21st century, every passing year brings me further and further away from the genre. 15 years ago, with the…

  • ‘The Batman — Part II’: Release Date, Filming Status, and What to Expect

    ‘The Batman — Part II’: Release Date, Filming Status, and What to Expect

    The recent film history of everyone’s favorite bat-themed vigilante has been chaotic, to say the least. After the phenomenal and almost unrepeatable high of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy, whoever donned the Batsuit after Christian Bale was bound to be under a lot of pressure. That rang true with the Dceu’s version of Bruce…