Somehow, we have never ranked the Batman actors??? Well, our long international nightmare is over. We brought in the best minds in the biz to finally crack this conundrum.
To clarify, this is specifically looking at actors who have played Batman in a film that received a wide theatrical release. Sorry, Diedrich Bader.
Here are the voters:
Matt Waters
Jerome Cusson
Ben Phillips
Mike Thomas
Jerome and Brian examine a new release this week. Did the world really need a three hour noir Batman story? Maybe not but what a tremendous effort from Matt Reeves. After reinventing the ‘Apes’ franchise for the 21st century, Reeves does something similar for Batman.
We get a lot of Batman in the suit but very little Andy Serkis. We also get a number of people from the rogue’s gallery, including an unwelcome tease. Enjoy our nearly hour long discussion on one of the best modern superhero movies of these first couple years of the decade.
Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon: The Batman (Theatrical Review)
Constantine is a good film. I did not see it until 2018, and it got a little overhyped to me by Twitter so my expectations were not met. I finally gave it another go in 2022, and yes, I can confirm it is quite good. Give the people what they want (a sequel to Constantine). Anyway, these were my five favorite things about the movie.
1. Keanu!
Plot summary: Zeta returns to Gotham and unknowingly gets turned into a walking bomb by Mad Stan, leaving Batman precious little time to track him down.
Continue reading The Matt Signal Beyond – Episode 52: Countdown
Plot summary: Superman is revealed as the Justice League Unlimited’s traitor, but the conspiracy ends up being far bigger than anticipated…
Continue reading The Matt Signal Beyond – Episode 51: The Call Part II
‘The Alien Costume’ Parts I, II & III
Jerome and Brian are back this week to discuss the best on-screen version of Venom ever. Yeah, they’ll say it. They talk about the dramatic stakes and why this Venom is so much more of a threat.
Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon – Spider-Man ’94: Episodes 8-10
Isabel Sandoval is one of the most purely talented directors in the world. More films of hers will be added to this very early list as they come out over the years. Continue reading Ranking the Isabel Sandoval Films
We have a Batman problem on this website and talk/write about it way too much. Obviously, we were going to do some stuff for this one.
Some highlights from previous writings on Batman flicks:
Ranking the Performances in the Nolan Batman Films
10 Hopes and Fears for The Batman (follow-up coming soon!)
Now, onto today’s feature.
Plot summary: Superman invites Terry to join the Justice League Unlimited, asking him to investigate a potential traitor in their ranks.
Continue reading The Matt Signal Beyond – Episode 50: The Call Part I
Plot summary: Kobra’s plan is finally revealed; to raise the earth’s temperature and transform humanity into dinosaur hybrids. Yep!
Continue reading The Matt Signal Beyond – Episode 49: Curse of the Kobra Part II
The Reel World 