Robert Pattinson – The Reel World

There Will Be Movies – Ep. 106: The Batman

It seems Matt truly can just have everything he wants as he follows up on his most controversial selection ever last week with truly exhaustive detail on The Batman, resulting in one of our longest episodes ever. Sorry, Ben.

This is a first for this particular podcast, which used to have a ‘No Capes’ rule, but we tossed most of these restrictions out for this volume, which means the floodgates really burst as we get into one of fiction’s most enduring characters, the career of Matt Reeves, the various influences of this movie and its messy development history and try and solve some riddles together.

Pack a lunch!

There Will Be Movies – Ep. 101: Tenet

We’re back baby! We simply couldn’t wait to start talking about the 2020s so decided to launch Volume 5.1 to cover 2020-2024, starting with Christopher Nolan’s brain-breaking Tenet.

Does Matt even understand the film? Does he realise he keeps saying palomino? Is Princess Diana super tall in The Crown??? Find out now!

The Superhero Pantheon: The Batman (Rewatch)

Jerome and Brian take out their vengeance on all of the DC movies this decade by reviewing one of the two good ones (the other will be discussed briefly in two weeks). Is this indeed the fifth Batman worthy enough for the Pantheon? Also, why has 1995 been so influential on this character?

The Tape Crusaders – Episode #19: The Batman

The Batman is here and that means Mike & Matt are back with a new episode of The Tape Crusaders.

They discuss the tone, the run time, casting choices and an unfortunate divide in their favourite source material. Long time listeners will be rewarded… and newbies will get it summarised for them anyway. Smile for the camera!

Ranking the Batman Actors

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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

9) George Clooney

The Superhero Pantheon: The Batman (Theatrical Review)

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.

10 Hopes and Fears for The Batman

The first trailer for Matt Reeves’ The Batman has dropped and people are freaking the eff out. I myself spent most of the next day watching it on progressively larger screens. A litany of breakdown videos have launched since then, including people solving one of the riddles! Neat!

The movie is obviously a long way off, with a tentative release date of 2021, and hasn’t even finished filming due to the whole global pandemic situation. But why let tiny details like that get in the way of wild speculation??? Here are 10 Hopes and Fears for the movie ahead of its release: Continue reading