Batman vs. Two-Face: two icons of 1960s television series facing off in a film reconciling the Bright Knight and Dark Knight sides of Batman
Rick Morales, “Batman vs. Two-Face” (2017) Adam West’s final outing as Batman before his death
Tag: Hollywood Films
Carrying a heavy legacy of numerous interpretations of Batman in “Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders”
Rick Morales, “Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders” (2016) The series of Batman films by
I Am Not Your Negro: stepping back in the wrong direction with a narrow focus on black-white relations
Raoul Peck, “I Am Not Your Negro” (2017) Initially an expose of the modern history
Batman (Season 2, Episodes 51 / 52: A Piece of the Action / Batman’s Satisfaction): two sets of heroes wasted in a mundane plot with a mundane villain
Oscar Rudolph, “Batman (Season 2, Episodes 51 / 52: A Piece of the Action / Batman’s
Inherent Vice: a faithful if meandering and flat adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon neo-noir comedy
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice” (2014) Director Paul Thomas Anderson must be commended for daring
Batman and Harley Quinn: oddball tag team of superheroes and quirky villain flounders in a thin story
Sam Liu, “Batman and Harley Quinn” (2017) Teaming Batman and Nightwing together with The Joker’s
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The Phantom Thread: best viewed as a comedy romance that turns into a tedious and repetitive ordeal
Paul Thomas Anderson, “The Phantom Thread” (2017) If viewed as a comedy romance about a
The Andromeda Strain: a lesson in how situations and the clash of characters generate drama and tension
Robert Wise, “The Andromeda Strain” (1971) Although made over 45 years ago, this science fiction
The Pianist: a potentially great film let down by shallow characterisation and a bland and thin plot
Roman Polanski, “The Pianist” (2002) Polanski has been a very significant director capable of making
The Shape of Water: a magic realist mash-up of several genres lays on the identity politics and self-indulgence thickly
Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water” (2017) Inspired by the famous Hollywood classic “The