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CLOSED Competition: Win THE BATMAN On Blu-ray

Unmask the truth behind Gotham City’s vigilante detective and his alter ego, reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne with The Batman, now on Digital Download and 4K, Blu-ray and DVD on 13th June, and to celebrate its release Movies In Focus has two [...]

June 8, 2022

Review: THE BATMAN Is A Refreshing But Flawed Take On The Dark Knight

The Batman is the latest big screen incarnation of Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s iconic comic book hero. Over the last 30-odd years there have been multiple film takes on Batman from Tim Burton’s brooding gothic noir and Joel Schumacher’s [...]

March 8, 2022

The Dark Knight: A Look Back At Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy

Little did we know how much mainstream moviemaking would change when Christopher Nolan was charged with rebooting the Batman franchise. Released in 2005, Nolan’s Batman Begins took The Dark Knight and transported Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s [...]

December 12, 2021

Behind The Scenes On THE BATMAN

This short behind the scenes piece about The Batman was shown at the DC Fandome event. It features director Matt Reeves talking about the Batman Year One tone of the film and Robert Pattinson and Zoë Kravitz giving some information on their [...]

October 18, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Michael Keaton & Batman Creator Bob Kane On The Set Of BATMAN RETURNS

Since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in May of 1939, Batman has become not only an iconic comic book character, but also a major character on television, radio, novels and of course, the big screen. Created by a young artist named Bob [...]

January 14, 2021

First Teaser Trailer For Matt Reeves’ THE BATMAN Starring Robert Pattinson

Many would say that there’s not a lot of mileage left in screen adaptations of Batman, but Movies In Focus feels that there’s plenty of ways to keep reinventing The Dark Knight on the big screen (much like in the comics). It looks like [...]

August 24, 2020

What Two Words Are Missing From This Matt Reeves Announcement For THE BATMAN?

What two words are missing from this statement amount Matt Reeves securing the director’s chair on The Batman? Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Matt Reeves (“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” “Cloverfield”) has been set to [...]

February 23, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Holy Retro Animation! BATMAN: RETURN OF THE CAPED CRUSADERS

Batman is not only one of the cornerstones of pop culture in the 20th/21st Century, but the characters is also a major component on the DNA of Movies In Focus. You wouldn’t be reading this if it wasn’t for Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s work back [...]

November 8, 2016

Get Ready For THE BATMAN In 2018; Ben Affleck To Star-In And Direct Solo Dark Knight Adventure

It was pretty much a given that Warner Bros wanted Ben Affleck to star in and direct a solo Batman adventure. It looks like the studio got its wish. Latino Review is reporting that Affleck will don the cowl and wield the megaphone on the set of a [...]

June 24, 2015

Ben Affleck On BATMAN: I’d Picket If The Result Was DAREDEVIL

A lot has been made about Ben Affleck’s casting as Batman in Zack Snyder’s forthcoming Batman and Superman movie. Many (stupidly) believe Affleck shouldn’t have been given the role of Batman following the much maligned Daredevil (Movies In [...]

December 7, 2013