Batman Begins (2005)

Batman Begins (2005) – It was a dark time in our history after the debacle that was Batman & Robin. Eight long years passed with no Batman movie at all. There had been consideration of letting Joel Schumacher continue the franchise. There was the screenplay for Batman Triumphant, which would have featured the Scarecrow (Schumacher was … Continue reading

Batman: Year One (2011) (& DC Showcase: Catwoman)

Batman: Year One (2011) – Every comic book geek out there has an idea of just how a Batman movie should be made. Some believe in taking the best from several existing comics to make something familiar but new (luckily one of these suck geeks is named Christopher Nolan and we got Batman Begins and … Continue reading

Black Swan (2010)

Black Swan (2010) — So this film has been compared to works of Roman Polanski and David Cronenberg (although my favorite reference was Ellen Fox from Rotten Tomatoes who said it was like “The Red Shoes meets The Red Shoe Diaries“).  I can see all of those factor present in the movie but I think … Continue reading