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BEN AFFLECK REVEALED AS BATMAN IN WARNER BROS. PICTURES’ NEW SUPER HERO FEATURE FILM, NOW SLATED TO OPEN JULY 17, 2015

By The Critic | August 23, 2013

Ending weeks of speculation, Ben Affleck has been set to star as Batman, a.k.a. Bruce Wayne. Affleck and filmmaker Zack Snyder will create an entirely new incarnation of the character in Snyder’s as-yet-untitled project—bringing Batman and Superman together for the first time on the big screen and continuing the director’s vision of their universe, which… Read More »

The Dark Knight DVD Review

By The Critic | December 9, 2008

REVIEW: With the exception of Superman (1978) and Batman (1989), movies based on comic book superheroes have always been considered a low-grade form of entertainment. It wasn’t until Spider-Man 2 (2004) came on the scene that many saw the complex direction a comic book superhero movie could go in. Spider-Man 2 lead the way for… Read More »