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Remembering 2017’s JUSTICE LEAGUE

The recent news that Zack Snyder is finally getting the opportunity to complete and release his cut of Justice League on HBO Max got me thinking about the 2017 superhero mash-up. Unlike the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DC Comics Extended [...]

May 23, 2020

The Best Scene In Tim Burton’s BATMAN

There’s much to enjoy in Tim Burton’s Batman. The 1989 release is packed with wonderful production design from Anton Furst, a brilliant Danny Elfman score and great performances from everyone in the cast. Not bad for a movie which was [...]

April 25, 2020

THE BATMAN Gets A New Release Date After COVID-19 Delay

Production for Matt Reeves’ The Batman shut-down on 14 March due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Since then, the Batman reboot has been on indefinite hiatus and a locked-down Reeves has been going over footage in preparation for when things [...]

April 21, 2020

Darren Aronofsky Talks About His Failed Adaptation Of Frank Miller’s BATMAN: YEAR ONE

After the failure of Batman & Robin in 1997, Warner Bros. decided to take Batman in a different direction. They hired Darren Aronofsky (hot-off Pi and Requiem for a Dream) to develop a take on Frank Miller’s seminal tale, Batman: Year [...]

April 18, 2020

BATMAN Begins

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 17, 2020

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 Michael [...]

April 11, 2020

First Look: Matt Reeves Unveils Robert Pattinson As THE BATMAN

Director Matt Reeves has unveiled the first official look at Robert Pattinson as The Batman. It’s a mean and moody ‘camera test’ which shows s stylistic look at Pattison as The Dark Knight. I’m a little torn with this. [...]

February 14, 2020

You Know What? The WONDER WOMAN 1984 Trailer Is Pretty Cool

Movies In Focus half enjoyed Patty Jenkins‘ Wonder Woman. Maybe more that half – let’s say 3/4. The nausea-inducing CGI finale was way too much but Gal Gadot delivered big time. She’s the secret weapon of DC Comics movies on [...]

December 10, 2019

MOST Comic Book Superhero Movies Aren’t Cinema

There’s currently a war raging. There are those who believe that comic book superhero movies aren’t cinema in the truest sense of the word and there are those who believe these movies are wonderful examples of what the art of the [...]

November 13, 2019

Colin Farrell & Andy Serkis In The Frame For The Penguin & Alfred Pennyworth In THE BATMAN

The great Colin Farrell is one seriously left field choice for Oswald Cobblepot AKA The Penguin in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Farrell has the dark looks, he’s got the acting chops but he doesn’t have the…physique and stature [...]

November 7, 2019

The Best Scene In Tim Burton’s BATMAN

Tim Burton‘s Batman is 30 years old. It’s crazy to write that – I remember seeing it on the big screen back in 1989. I was nine years old. Thirty years before 1989 was 1959 – a very different era. The world went Batman crazy [...]

June 23, 2019

Put On A Happy Face: First Poster Showing Joaquin Phoenix As The JOKER

Movies In Focus is curious about Todd Phillips’ Joker. I think Joaquin Phoenix is a perfect fit for the role of the Clown Prince of Crime but I don’t know if the Joker works as a stand-alone character away from Batman. I want somebody to [...]

April 2, 2019