comic books

Batman Begins: BATMAN #432

Batman ruled the world in 1989 and it blew my mind. Shortly before the release of the film my father brought home a Batman comic – the first I ever owned. It was Batman No. 432. The tag line on the cover “If he can just get past the F.B.I”. It [...]

April 21, 2022

The World Needs Heroes: DC Movies In 2022

Movies In Focus constantly rages against comic book movies – but sometimes even I look forward to one or two of them. Usually because of some creative reason or because it features Batman. I’m curious to see what Matt Reeves has done [...]

February 13, 2022

The Bat & The Cat: New Trailer For Matt Reeves’ THE BATMAN Starring Robert Pattinson & Zoë Kravitz

Each trailer for Matt Reeves‘ The Batman improves on the last. This latest piece of marketing puts the focus on the relationship between Robert Pattinson‘s Batman and Zoë Kravitz‘s Selina Kyle. It also shows us a little bit more of Paul [...]

December 28, 2021

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

The Bat’s Back: Michael Keaton’s Batman Teased In First Footage From THE FLASH

This footage from The Flash opens to musical strains from Danny Elfman‘s 1989 Batman score. It shows an abandoned Wayne Manor and features Michael Keaton‘s Batman/Bruce Wayne in voice-over. We never see him, but his presence as felt this [...]

October 17, 2021

Bits From THE BATMAN Ahead Of DC Fandome

Director Matt Reeves has been teasing bits and pieces from The Batman ahead of a new trailer launching at the DC FanDome on Saturday 16 October 2021. Reeves has shared two posters from the film – one showing Robert Pattinson‘s The [...]

October 16, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Zack Snyder & Gerard Butler On The Set Of 300

Director Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Frank Miller’s 300 was a huge success at the box office – and it won a lot of critical acclaim – when it was released back in 2006. Snyder’s film was a stylistic marvel – feeling [...]

August 24, 2021

Trailer: VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE Giving Off Serious Spawn Vibes – And That’s Not Good

Movies In Focus hasn’t seen 2018’s Venom, so I can’t attest to how good or bad it was. However, the film grossed over $856 million worldwide and a sequel was always going to be on the cards. That follow-up is coming in the shape [...]

August 2, 2021

Don’t #ReleaseTheAyerCut: David Ayer Gives The Final Word On SUICIDE SQUAD

Look, Movies In Focus enjoyed David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. It wasn’t perfect, but I had a good time with it (enough to watch it twice). James Gunn’s follow-up/reboot The Suicide Squad has been getting rave views and fans have [...]

July 30, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Director Stephen Norrington & Sean Connery On The Set Of THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN

Stephen Norrington’s The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen isn’t as bad as its reputation would have you believe. Yes, the pacing is off, the action is too frenetic and Jame Dale Robinson’s script gives many characters the short shrift, but [...]

June 27, 2021

Remembering Tim Burton’s BATMAN

In 1988 director Tim Burton was working on his second feature, Beetlejuice, at Warner Bros, when the director was offered a Batman film. For the first time in a decade, the project gathered real momentum. Bringing along his Beetlejuice star [...]

June 23, 2021

An Introduction To BATMAN

I’d always loved films growing up., James Bond, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, any action adventure film amazed me and captured not only my attention but my imagination, I still have vivid memories of sitting in front of the television reading the [...]

June 23, 2021

New Trailer For James Gunn’s THE SUICIDE SQUAD – Expect The Usual Divisive Rants

Here’s the latest trailer for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. This sequel/reboot appears less generic (and brighter) than the David Ayer directed 2016 film and it looks to up the joke quota – but I get the feeling this is [...]

June 23, 2021

New Costume Teases For THE FLASH & SUPERGIRL

Movies In Focus is mainly excited about director Andy Muschietti‘s The Flash because it marks Michael Keaton’s return to the role of Batman for the first time in thirty years and because it’s Ben Affleck‘s cinematic swan [...]

June 19, 2021

Notebook Reviews: SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE

Richard Donner – 1978 Richard Donner‘s Superman is one of the great comic book adaptions – and it’s as close to a living comic book as you could possibly get. Christopher Reeve is flawless as the Man Of Steel and Gene [...]

May 11, 2021

Trailer & Poster: VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE

Absurdist comedy and CGI seem to be the order of the day for Andy Serkis‘ Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Tom Hardy is back as the Marvel Comics anti-hero and he’s joined by Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris and the always great Woody [...]

May 10, 2021

Trailer & Poster: James Gunn’s THE SUICIDE SQUAD Looks Fun

Movies In Focus has no real qualms about this first trailer for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. It looks like the type of film that we all knew Gunn would deliver. This sequel/reboot appears less corporate than the David Ayer directed yet [...]

March 26, 2021

Trouble In Gotham: Doubts Over Michael Keaton’s BATMAN Return

It sounded like it was too good to be true – and maybe it was. In June 2020 news broke that the Michael Keaton would return to the role of Batman after a 30 year absence. The plan was for Keaton to star opposite Ezra Miller’s The Flash [...]

March 24, 2021

Remembering 2017’s Misjudged JUSTICE LEAGUE

Now that Zack Snyder’s Justice League is finally upon us (read the review), Movies In Focus thought it was a good time to visit the misjudged version of Justice League which was retooled by Joss Whedon and released back in 2017. Unlike [...]

March 16, 2021

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