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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

Assorted News On THE BATMAN

The March release of Matt Reeves’ The Batman is nearly upon us and more information and assorted marketing goodies are being unveiled to whet the appetite. First-up: The Batman‘s running time has been confirmed as 175 minutes (two [...]

January 24, 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

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

Hard Hitting New Trailer For THE BATMAN

This second trailer for Matt Reeves’ The Batman delivers in a big, big way. Stunning visuals, bone crunching action and tonnes of atmosphere – it looks like Batman, but I get the feeling that things are going to be a little [...]

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

Notebook Reviews: GUNG HO

Ron Howard – 1986. Director Ron Howard‘s Gung Ho is an excellent culture clash comedy which sees blue collar Pennsylvania colliding with Japanese business culture. The always excellent Michael Keaton is great as the car factor foreman [...]

September 4, 2021

Last Day Of Filming On THE BATMAN

It might have taken awhile longer than anticipated, but director Matt Reeves has announced that the last day of filming has finally taken place on The Batman by posting the above image on Twitter. It comes almost a year to the day since the film [...]

March 13, 2021

THE BATMAN Is Back! Production Resumes On Matt Reeves’ Dark Knight Movie

Warner Bros.Pictures has confirmed that The Batman is back filming after star Robert Pattinson (allegedly) tested positive for COVID-19. A spokesperson for Warner Bros. told Variety: “Following a hiatus for COVID 19 quarantine precautions, [...]

September 18, 2020

THE BATMAN Pauses Filming After Robert Pattinson Reportedly Tests Positive For COVID-19

News broke on 3 September that filming on The Batman had once again been shut down after a member of the crew tested positive for COVID-19. Now it is being reported that the crew member in question is the film’s star – Robert [...]

September 4, 2020

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

Director Matt Reeves Drops The Logo & Teaser Poster For THE BATMAN

Movies In Focus is really digging this logo and the teaser poster for Matt Reeves‘ forthcoming The Batman. I’m loving the comic book vibes and the sketchy-ness of the artwork courtesy of Jim Lee. Reeves will be unveiling the first look [...]

August 20, 2020

THE BATMAN To Resume Production In September

According to reports Matt Reeve’s The Batman will resume production in early September. Shooting will take place at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, where sets have been constructed over the last couple of months. Production for Matt [...]

August 20, 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

THE BATMAN Director Matt Reeves Talks About The Film’s COVID-19 Shutdown

Director Matt Reeves and the cast and crew of The Batman were gearing-up to shift the film’s production from London to Liverpool when it was shutdown on 14 March due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Since then, the film has been on an indefinite [...]

April 10, 2020

THE BATMAN Begins

Movies In Focus doesn’t have the interest or energy to partake in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, I’ll always have time for Batman. I’ve been a fan ever since Tim Burton’s take on the character blew my mind back in [...]

February 1, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Michael Bay’s TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT Is Loud And Dumb

Transformers: The Last Knight is a bad film. I knew that from the outset having seen a couple of the other Transformers films (I keep popping back to the franchise for some cinematic sadomasochistic reason). The main flaw in this Michael Bay [...]

October 28, 2017

Blu-Ray Review: Mad Men’s John Slattery Directs Philip Seymour Hoffman In GOD’S POCKET

No matter how much you try not to, you go into movies with expectations. They may be high or they may be low, but you expect a film to be something. I expected God’s Pocket to be good – it ended up being very disappointing. Mad Men’s John [...]

January 24, 2015