christopher nolan

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

Podcast – Episode 17: Batman On Film Founder Bill Ramey Talks About BATMAN On The Big Screen

Since 1998, Bill Ramey’s Batman On Film has been the go-to website for the best news for Batman on the big screen. It was founded in the wake of Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin as a way of ‘lobbying for the long-term continuation of [...]

February 26, 2022

Remembering David Bowie

Musician, actor and cultural trendsetter, the great David Bowie was one of the few artists who managed to legitimately transcend pop consciousness – he was his own thing. He was David Bowie. Born David Jones on January 8, 1947, Bowie [...]

January 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

A Fair Price To Pay: Christopher Nolan’s Universal Deal

We now know that Christopher Nolan will be making his new movie with Universal Pictures – his first away from Warner Bros. in almost 20 years. Written by Nolan, the film will focus on J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who played a major [...]

September 16, 2021

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Film Becomes A Universal Picture

Movies In Focus previously told you that Christopher Nolan had taking meetings with Hollywood studios about his next film. The dust has settled on talks with Sony, Universal, Paramount and Warner Bros and the champion has been decided. Universal [...]

September 15, 2021

Christopher Nolan Takes His Oppenheimer Film To The Open Market

Director Christopher Nolan is currently taking meetings with Hollywood studios about his next film. The plot is said to focus on J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who played a major role in the creation of atom bomb during World War II. [...]

September 12, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Ben Affleck On The Set Of Zack Snyder’s BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

Ben Affleck’s grizzled Batman/Bruce Wayne is the true star Zack Snyder’s 2016 superhero mash-up Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. Affleck finally gives us the character that has graced the pages of comic books since 1939. Michael Keaton [...]

July 10, 2021

Trailer & Poster: Neo-Noir Thriller REMINISCENCE Starring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson & Thandiwe Newton

Writer/director/producer Lisa Joy’s Reminiscence seems to have strong echoes of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and Christopher Nolan’s Inception. That’s no criticism, because I’m impressed and intrigued by this trailer [...]

June 3, 2021

George Clooney – The Last Of The Movie Stars

There are movie stars and then there is George Clooney. The actor, who turned 60 years old on 6 May, 2021 is the epitome of old style charm and charisma and he has been compared to Cary Grant on so many occasions that it would be superfluous to do [...]

May 6, 2021

Review: Christopher Nolan’s TENET Is A Flawed Cinematic Wonder

Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is a film which can be enjoyed, but it’s highly likely that you won’t really understand it. It takes a lot of big ideas – and a lot of big moviemaking techniques to ultimately deliver a film which [...]

April 2, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Diana Galimzyanova’s THE LIGHTEST DARKNESS

Russian writer-director Diana Galimzyanova impresses with 2017’s beautifully obtuse mystery, The Lightest Darkness (Samaya svetlaya tma). The black and white noir is told across two different time frames, one which moves forward, while the [...]

March 22, 2021

Vanity Fair JUSTICE LEAGUE Article

The Vanity Fair article delving into the history of Zack Snyder’s Justice League is a hugely fascinating look at the making of the new cut of the DC Comics team-up, which is set to debut globally on 18 March 2021. It’s a serious deep [...]

February 25, 2021

DUNE Director Denis Villeneuve Attacks Warner Bros/HBO Max Streaming Decision

Hot on the heels of Christopher Nolan blasting Warner Bros for releasing its entire 2021 slate to streaming via HBO Max, comes another brutal attack from Dune director Denis Villeneuve. Dune was to be a crowning glory in Warner Bros’ 2020 [...]

December 12, 2020

Mad At Max: Christopher Nolan Bashes Warner Bros & HBO MAX Hybrid Release Strategy

Christopher Nolan is currently doing home entertainment promo for his sci-fi epic Tenet. The Warner Bros release was the first big film to open on cinema screens during the COVID-19 pandemic and while it grossed $360 million at the global box [...]

December 8, 2020

Behind The Scenes With The Bat & The Cat: Christian Bale’s Batman and Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman On The Set Of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises sees Christian Bale do his best work as Batman/Bruce Wayne. He’s more relaxed and at ease with the character, but this has a lot to do with Anne Hathaway’s Selina Kyle (she’s never called [...]

November 8, 2020