Last week’s season premiere of Gotham shook things up in a big way. Bruce Wayne discovered his father’s secret bunker, Gordon was both fired and reinstated to the GCPD, and newcomer Theo Galavan broke out several inmates from Arkham Asylum. …
TV Review: Gotham Season 2 Premiere – “Damned If You Do…”
Throughout its first season, Gotham was plagued with an identity crisis. The show struggled with maintaining a consistent tone and a plethora of characters. Many episodes followed the “villain of the week” format of cop procedurals albeit in a pulpy…
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Justice League
Welcome back to our feature “Saturday Morning Cartoons,” where our writers talk about their favorite animated shows, be it one from their youth or one that they’ve recently begun watching. In case you’ve been living underground this past week, the…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Batkid Begins’
The story follows the viral phenomenon known as Batkid, AKA cancer survivor Miles Scott. His origin story is a simple, but powerful one. After a lifelong battle with lymphoblastic leukemia, he was able defeat his nemesis and put him in remission.…
Video Game Review: Batman: Arkham Knight
Platform Played: Playstation 4 Developer: Rocksteady Studios Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Release Date: 6/23/2015 There have been no incarnations of Batman that have gotten close to what I experienced in Batman: Arkham Knight. This is Rocksteady’s answer to a question we…
The Film Canon: Batman Returns (1992)
In many ways, 1989’s Batman was the prototype for all subsequent superhero blockbusters. Marketing played a big role in the success of the film as did the larger than life visuals and performance of Jack Nicholson as The Joker. At…
The Film Canon: Batman Forever (1995)
As the world waits for the next big screen iteration of the caped crusader, let’s look back and see what happened the last time the pointy-eared mask changed hands between franchises.