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Powerless Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Emily Dates a Henchman’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the fourth episode of Powerless season 1… “Emily Dates a Henchman” was Powerless’ best episode yet but is cursed to be a backhanded success. For all its technical improvement, Powerless is still unsatisfying. Writing’s one of the first departments to blame when a show isn’t delivering, but already last week the premise […]

DC Films boss downplays rumour that four Batman movies will be released in 2019

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2019 will mark the 80th anniversary of The Dark Knight, and a rumour has been doing the rounds this week that Warner Bros. and DC Films plan to celebrate the occasion by releasing FOUR Batman-themed movies that year in The Batman, Batgirl, Nightwing and Gotham City Sirens. Now, it is possible, considering that The Batman has […]

The Batman unlikely to begin production until 2018, rumoured for a page-one rewrite

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After all the drama regarding Ben Affleck’s status behind the camera on The Batman (and whether he’d walk away from the project altogether or not) came the news that War for the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves would pick up the reins on the massive undertaking. Now, Variety is reporting that due to Reeves’ […]

Matt Reeves officially signs on to direct The Batman

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He was in, he was out, and now he’s in again… After pulling out of negotiations last week (a week after first entering them), Cloverfield, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes helmer Matt Reeves has now officially closed his deal with Warner Bros. to direct and produce […]

Powerless Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Sinking Day’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the third episode of Powerless… Sometimes characters boost a plot. Sometimes they ruin one, and ‘Sinking Day’ could be the mark of a sinking show. Two promising storylines get used to bring out the worst in Powerless‘ characters and this is before we’ve started liking them. The charts are in and Wayne […]

Arrow Season 5 Episode 13 Review – ‘Spectre of the Gun’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the fifteenth episode of Arrow season 5… In it’s fifth season, Arrow still finds time to talk about social issues that still prevail in society today; it’s another reason why this season has really picked up since last year. Tonight’s Arrow isn’t about a villain of the week or the latest secret […]

Breaking: The Batman movie has found a director

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Variety is reporting that short list favourite Matt Reeves is in early talks to direct The Batman movie after Ben Affleck stepped down in January. Sources tell Variety that Reeves, known for Cloverfield and Planet of the Apes has committed to helm the film, although a deal isn’t completed yet.  Affleck will still have a significant […]

The LEGO Batman Movie earns $92.6 million global opening, second to Fifty Shades Darker on $146.9 million

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Warner Bros.’ animated superhero comedy The LEGO Batman Movie has grossed $92.6 million in its opening weekend around the globe. The film grossed $55.6 million domestically to finish the weekend in top spot at the box office ahead of fellow new releases Fifty Shades Darker ($46.8 million) and John Wick: Chapter 2 ($30 million), and […]

Batman at the Movies – The Films That Never Were

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Tony Black on the Batman films that never were… One of the most lucrative and successful movie franchises in cinematic history, Batman prefigured the current superhero franchise craze and set the standard after Tim Burton’s 1989 picture established a succession of films which changed the long-held perception of Batman on screen as a camp throwback […]