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The Batman tracks down $128.5 million domestic opening weekend, $240 million total worldwide

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Matt Reeves’ The Batman has capitalised on the great reviews (read our ★★★★ critique here), stellar word-of-mouth, and moviegoers reinvigorated appetite for big screen fare, by tracking down $128.5M at the North American box office this weekend. According to Deadline the number could rise to $130M when the dust has settled on the return of […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman: Urban Legends #13

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DC Comics releases Batman: Urban Legends #13 on Tuesday, and we’ve got the official preview of the issue for you here… John Constantine enters the fray to help Batman and Zatanna with their mystical woes, but will he only tear the two further apart? In the final “Eternity” chapter, Christopher Freeman comes face to face […]

Comic Book Preview – The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #12

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The twelfth and final issue of The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries hits comic book shops on Tuesday, and you can get yourself a sneak peek at the finale below with the official preview from DC Comics… Mystery Inc. gets a call from the most haunted hotel in the world. Birds are attacking! Plants are attacking! […]

Comic Book Preview – Detective Comics #1056

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Detective Comics #1056 is out this coming Tuesday, and we’ve got the official preview of the issue for you here; check it out… The Scarecrow stalks The Tower! Dr. Jonathan Crane, who recently terrorized Gotham City during ‘Fear State,’ is but one of many villainous inhabitants of Arkham Tower jockeying for position as leader of […]

Hot Toys brings Robert Pattinson’s The Batman to life with sixth scale collectible figure

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Coinciding with today’s release of The Batman, Hot Toys has unveiled its sixth scale collectible figure for Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight, which is available as a standard figure, a deluxe version with wing suit and extra accessories, and a Batman & Bat-Signal collectible set; take a look at the official promotional images here… Sideshow and […]

Movie Review – The Batman (2022)

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The Batman, 2022. Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Alex Ferns, Jayme Lawson, Rupert Penry-Jones, Con O’Neill, Vic Waghorn, Dave Simon, Luke Roberts, Stella Stocker, Oscar Novak, and Archie Barnes. SYNOPSIS: In his second year of fighting crime, […]

Video Review – The Batman becomes the World’s Greatest Batman Movie

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EJ Moreno with a ★★★★★ video review of The Batman… 2022 sees the arrival of a new Batman movie and a new Batman, and director Matt Reeves and star Robert Pattinson show why this character is a timeless icon. Critic EJ Moreno calls this masterful and the best Batman movie yet; check out his full […]

The Batman expected to launch with $225M+ worldwide

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Riddle me this, riddle me that, what will be the box-office debut for Matt Reeves’ Bat? Well, according to experts and analysts, Warner Bros.’ The Batman is expected to launch in the global marketplace with between $225-245M. People cleverer than me predict that Robert Pattinson’s well received return of the Dark Knight (read our ★★★★ […]

The Batman’s Paul Dano on the one thing he regrets about playing The Riddler

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Playing a twisted new take on The Riddler wouldn’t be easy, but Paul Dano took no shortcuts for his role in The Batman. Though, the actor does say there’s a slightly regrettable choice” he made to get into this disturbed riddle-loving serial killer. During an interview with Good Morning America, shared online by Twitter user […]