Aquaman may have been knocked from the top of the domestic box office by The Upside this weekend, but Warner Bros. is celebrating a major milestone today with the DC Extended Universe blockbuster crossing the billion dollar mark at the global box office. With $287.9 million from North America and $734.2 million domestically, Aquaman has […]
The Ridiculous Notion That Batman Never Kills
Anghus Houvouras on Batman and the “no kill” policy… At this point in my career, I’ve spent a few hundred thousand words devoted to analyzing movies and television and the fevered hyperbole of fandom that encompasses it. Truth be told, I find myself far more fascinated by the pop culture zeitgeist and fandom that surrounds […]
Aquaman overtakes The Dark Knight Rises to become the biggest DC movie ever
Having overtaken Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice earlier this month to become the highest-grossing instalment of the DC Extended Universe, Aquaman has now gone one better, surpassing the $1.085 billion haul of 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises to become the biggest DC movie of all time. The Jason Momoa-headlined Aquaman has now amassed $1.09 […]
Superhero Showdown: The Avengers v The Dark Knight Rises
Summer 2012 was an epic season for superhero movies. Both The Avengers and the third in the Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, were released, going head-to-head in box offices across the globe. The Avengers was a non-stop, high-octane adventure telling the story of how S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) must lead a […]
Gotham Batsuit inspired by The Dark Knight Rises
During the New York Comic Con last weekend, it was confirmed by Gotham producer John Stephens that Batman will appear in the season five finale, as the final episode of the Fox series skips ten years ahead to give us a peek at Bruce Wayne’s (David Mazouz) future once he dons the cape and cowl. […]
Why Joker could be the best DC movie since The Dark Knight Rises
Samuel Brace on why he think Joker could be the best DC movie since The Dark Knight Rises… There’s little room to deny the dearth of quality found in recent DC movie offerings. For the most part it’s been lifeless, corny, directionless, and haphazard. The last six years have been a sorry state of affairs, […]
The Week in Spandex – Thor: Ragnarok marketing blitz, Avengers 4 rumours, X-Force and Suicide Squad 2 get directors, Jared Leto confused over Joker plans and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers 4, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Silver & Black, Nighthawk, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Inhumans, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Punisher, X-Force, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Justice League, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad 2, Shazam, The Joker, Superman: Red Son, Gotham, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of […]
Seven Christopher Nolan films hit 4K Ultra HD this December
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced that seven acclaimed films from director Christopher Nolan will be available for the first time on 4K Ultra HD on December 18th in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Inception, Dunkirk, The Prestige and Interstellar. “4K Ultra HD with HDR is an incredibly exciting new home […]
What Sets Christopher Nolan Apart From Other Blockbuster Directors
With the release of Dunkirk, Eric Bay-Andersen explores the aspects of Christopher Nolan’s films that set him apart from his contemporaries… Over the past twenty years, Christopher Nolan has amassed a body of work so impressive that a new film by him is now an event in the cinematic calendar. But it’s not just the […]
Christopher Nolan is working on 4K remasters of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Its probably needless to say, but Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy – made up of Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises – are considered by many to be among the best comic book films made, some even going so far as to say that they transcended the comic book genre. Nolan is currently on the press […]
