22 January 2021
09 December 2020
Nolan’s Got some Nerve going after Warners..
..a ‘cheek’, even? Because, let’s face some hard facts here.. Yes. You all love Chris Nolan. I love him, too. JUST for THAT Florence scene in Dark Knight Rises, alone! Yes. The kid has talent, vision, commercial awareness and creative voice. But..He’s NOT Kubrick. Or Coppola. Or DePalma....
23 August 2020
What is the point in THE BATMAN? Seriously. Answers on a postage stamp.
Riddle me This…Riddle me That..WHO WANTS TO SEE THIS NEW VERSION OF THE BAT?…. Answer: Not me. And frankly, I dare say, there might be others who share my slight fatigue on this. UNDERWHELMING NEW TRAILER. UPSTAGED IN ANY EVENT BY BIGGER BAT-NEWS.. Cast minds back to 2007. JUSTICE...
DC Fandome is coming. That means we MIGHT get some Batman news. And I aint talking Pattinson/Reeves..
Snyder Cut Justice League. Wonder Woman 1984. Cavill back as SUPERMAN? Aquaman 2. All well and good. But what we REALLY WANT… ..IS NEWS OF THE BATMAN. IN ALL HIS GUISES. DC Fandome is an event kicking off this weekend. A comic-con substitute that finally sees Warners/DC turn its...
09 August 2020
Christopher J Smith Takes us Back to the MOVIES!
CHRISTOPHER J SMITH’S LIST OF MOVIES TO GET YOU THROUGH SUMMER! So those Cinemas / ‘Theaters’ have NOT opened doors as such. Indeed, we might as well be still in universal lockdown. It should be perfectly possible to arrange for social distancing / safe mask wearing /seat allocation. But no....
30 June 2020
Cinema and Theatre are Merging? The Bigger Picture on that Michael Keaton returning as Batman story..
Cinema is Changing. Theatre is Disappearing. What’s the Batman related Connection? Cinema came from Theatre. What happens to one art-form will change the other. No different, now. There were tides of evolution predating the current crisis, though that did escalate matters. We need both platforms in our lives. Civilisations,...
