The Batman

“The Batman” isn’t a superhero movie. Not really. All the trappings are there: the Batmobile, the rugged suit, the gadgets courtesy of trusty butler Alfred. And of course, at the centre, is the Caped Crusader himself: brooding, tormented, seeking his own brand of nighttime justice in a Gotham City that’s spiralling into squalor and decay.…

Joker

In mainstream movies today, “dark” is just another flavour. Like “edgy,” it’s an option you use depending on what market you want to reach. And it is particularly useful when injected into the comic book genre. Darkness no longer has much to do with feelings of alienation the filmmaker wants to express or purge, as…

Overstuffed, It Loses Its Magic

To start with, some credit where it’s due: in the near half-century since the death of J.R.R. Tolkien, no writer of the English language has created a more tangible, and livable fantasy world than J.K. Rowling. And except from Peter Jackson’s journey to Middle Earth, no recent filmmaker has put in a more tireless shift…