Tag: batman
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Review: Zack Snyder’s Justice League
By Christian DiMartino Well, I was wrong. In the case of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, I was wrong on two counts. The first being, for the years after the release of Justice League, fans cried out for the quote-on-quote “Snyder Cut.” The background surrounding this cut, I shall try to dive into in a minute.…
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Christian’s Christmas: Batman Returns (1992)
By Christian DiMartino The Batman movies have had quite the history. Yes, we eventually got Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, work from the gods. Yet before them, we had four movies that each had an interesting place in cinematic history. To explain: Tim Burton’s Batman was a smash when it released in 1989, surprising the…
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Theory: Joel Schumacher isn’t totally to blame for “Batman & Robin”
By Christian DiMartino Joel Schumacher died a few weeks ago… so, why am I just now talking about it? Well, if you MUST know, I got to thinking… and here we are. Schumacher’s directorial career was a bit all over the place. Most probably associated him with the bad films to his name (the silly…
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Review: Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice
By Christian DiMartino I’m a little scared. Reviewing a movie like Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice is dangerous business, because a film this big demands good reviews. Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but… I didn’t like it. Not telling you you won’t (the crowd I was with seemed to enjoy themselves),…
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Comic Book Films: The Love is Gone
By Christian DiMartino When I was five, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man was the bomb. I loved that movie more than life itself. It was just so much fun, and it had just the right amount of charm (and that upside down kiss is a doozy). Flash forward ten years. The Raimi trilogy ended, and was rebooted with The Amazing…