Christian Bale’s notoriously profane rant against a luckless crew member on the set of 2009’s Terminator Salvation has literally nothing to do with his role as Batman in the Christopher Nolan movies, but that’s no reason not to enjoy it in a Caped Crusader context. None of the various animated Batman series will ever seem … >
To celebrate the release of The Dark Knight Rises in UK cinemas today, we sent our reviewer to a screening for her verdict.
In The Dark Knight Rises, we’re introduced to an older Batman than we’ve seen previously, one closing in on middle-age with the weight of the world – or Gotham City, anyway – on his shoulders. But what happens afterwards? Do superheroes continue to do good past pensionable age or do they give it up and … >
Spider-Man has his webs, Superman has his… everything, but Batman has his gadgets. With The Dark Knight Rises in cinemas tomorrow, let’s take a look at the top five Batman gadgets of all time.
If there’s one film considered to be an unmitigated disaster in the distinguished history of big screen Batman, it’s the famously campy and horrendously awful pile of bat-cack that is 1997’s Batman & Robin. If you like your Dark Knight all grim and brooding, like Christian Bale, or sensitive and brooding, like Michael Keaton, or … >
If it’s not better than The Dark Knight, it’s at least as good. And that cements Nolan’s Batman series as among the finest trilogies the cinema has ever seen.
It’s all going so well. You’re cruising in a supercar, you’re dressed as Batman, and nobody knows your real name is Lenny. Then a passing law enforcement officer notices that you’ve got bat symbols instead of licence plates and decides to pull you over, and it all starts to go horribly wrong. ‘You can send … >
Anyone who thought Batman was really the billionaire playboy philanthropist Bruce Wayne has been deluding themselves for too long. As this trailer for the forthcoming movie shows, the Dark Knight’s secret identity is actually Eric Cartman, while the big baddie who blitzes Gotham is more of a Butters than a Bane…
The Dark Knight Rises, the final instalment of Christopher Nolan’s epic Batman saga, opens in cinemas this week.
In preparation for the much-anticipated The Dark Knight Rises, the BFI Southbank in London is screening a selection of director Christopher Nolan’s movies this month, including Inception, The Prestige, Memento and Batman Begins. > Book tickets on the BFI website. To celebrate, we’ve got awesome rare Batman posters to give away to two of our … >