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Comic Book Review – Batman by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso

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Ricky Church reviews Batman by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso… This deluxe edition hardcover from the award-winning team of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso collects the six-issue Batman epic “Broken City,” an examination of the Dark Knight and the city he protects. While hunting the murderer of a small boy’s parents, Batman is caught […]

The LEGO Movie Franchise: The Marriage of Movies and Merchandising

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Sarah Myles on The LEGO Movie franchise and the marriage of movie merchandising…  Forty years ago, there was a seismic shift in the film industry, when Bernard Loomis of Kenner Toys decided that Star Wars was ‘toyetic.’ That shift, all those years ago, has led us on a journey of courtship between movies and merchandising, […]

Comic Book Review – Mother Panic Vol. 1: A Work in Progress

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Ricky Church reviews Mother Panic Vol. 1: A Work in Progress… There’s a new vigilante on the streets of Gotham City, and she’s got her own brand of violent justice. Enter Mother Panic! By day, Violet Paige is a celebutante with a bad attitude and a temper to match, whom no one suspects of having […]

Matt Reeves says The Batman will be a noir-driven detective version of The Dark Knight

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With Matt Reeves out on the press tour for War for the Planet of the Apes, the director has been fielding a number of questions about his next project, the DC solo movie The Batman. Reeves already said a few days ago he’ll be influenced by director Alfred Hitchcock’s style of filmmaking, and now he has […]

DC Universe Original Movies: 10th Anniversary Collection set for release this fall with all 30 movies

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DC and Warner Bros. Animation is planning to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their line of DC Universe Animated Original Movies this fall with a massive boxset scheduled for a digital release on August 15th and on Blu-ray on November 7th. Beginning in 2007, DC and WB Animation has released at least three films a year […]

Producer vs. Director: The Case of Zack Snyder

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Pim Razenberg on the debate on creative differences between producers and directors… Creative differences. The clichéd answer to most break-ups between a studio and its directors. Recent examples of cases where “creative differences” were the cause of conflict are the departure of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from the as-of-yet untitled Han Solo anthology film […]

Comic Book Review – Batman #25

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Ricky Church reviews Batman #25… “The War of Jokes and Riddles” part one! Don’t miss this extra-sized anniversary issue! In his own words, Bruce Wayne narrates a harrowing, never-before-told story of the Dark Knight’s greatest failure…and the horrors it unleashed! In the spirit of YEAR ONE and THE LONG HALLOWEEN, prepare to see a side […]

Comic Book Review – Batwoman by Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III

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Ricky Church reviews Batwoman by Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III… Writer Greg Rucka and artists J.H. Williams III and Jock’s legendary run of Batwoman adventures from DETECTIVE COMICS #854-863 are collected in a single title for the first time! In these stories, Kate Kane takes on the Religion of Crime and struggles to save Gotham […]

Exclusive: Kevin Conroy explains why Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is the best Batman movie

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Last week Flickering Myth’s Amon Warmann was lucky enough to chat with legendary Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy about the latest instalment in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line Batman and Harley Quinn. During the discussion, they also spoke about their favourite Batman movie – 1993’s Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. Amon Warmann: My […]