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Batman (1943, Lambert Hillyer), Chapter 9: The Sign of the Sphinx
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 13, 2017
Incredibly, Douglas Croft’s Robin doesn’t get beat up this chapter. Sure, Lewis Wilson still manages to get pummeled, but Croft makes it through without being incapacitated once. Well, except in the cliffhanger resolution and then only temporarily. After quickly ridding themselves of Sh read more
Batman (1943, Lambert Hillyer), Chapter 8: Lured by Radium
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 12, 2017
Lured by Radium actually does refer to the content of the chapter. It’s almost getting to be a habit for Batman. Unfortunately, all the serial’s other bad habits are in play here. The recap and resolution of the previous chapter takes a fifth of the runtime. Once again, boring resolutio read more
Batman (1943, Lambert Hillyer), Chapter 7: The Phoney Doctor
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 11, 2017
The best part of The Phoney Doctor is Charles Middleton. He’s the rough and tumble prospector, albeit one who falls for a phoney doctor, but he’s got personality and presence. He’s unexpected. Everything else in Batman, down to Batman and Robin getting beat up yet again, is predic read more
Batman (1943, Lambert Hillyer), Chapter 6: Poison Peril
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 10, 2017
Poison Peril actually fits a lot into the chapter. Narrative too, not just racism. Lots of racism this time around, with the screenwriters rushing to fit in slurs. There’s the exceptionally weak cliffhanger resolution–it’s like they aren’t even cliffhangers as much as pauses in action–J. Carrol read more
Batman (1943, Lambert Hillyer), Chapter 5: The Living Corpse
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 9, 2017
Shockingly, The Living Corpse actually doesn’t involve a living corpse. It’s far from the most dynamic living corpse in cinema history, but it’s at least present in the chapter it entitles. The Corpse has most to do with J. Carrol Naish’s half of the chapter. He’s got two schemes, with one read more
Batman (1943, Lambert Hillyer), Chapter 4: Slaves of the Rising Sun
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 8, 2017
When the chapter title refers to Slaves of the Rising Sun, I guess it means J. Carol Naish’s traitorous American henchmen. They really don’t do anything; well, Robert Fiske argues with Naish about Japan’s chances in the war to ill result, but otherwise, they don’t really do anything. They don’t read more
Batman (1943, Lambert Hillyer), Chapter 3: The Mark of the Zombies
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 7, 2017
Despite a tantalizing title, The Mark of the Zombies has nothing to do with zombies’ marks. If there is a zombie, it’s Gus Glassmire, who’s just been electronically brainwashed by J. Carrol Naish. Glassmire still refuses to sell out the U.S. to Japan–it’s inexplicable why Naish asks him again, read more
Batman (1943, Lambert Hillyer), Chapter 2: The Bat’s Cave
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 6, 2017
While the resolution to the previous chapter’s cliffhanger is extremely lackluster, The Bat’s Cave sort of recovers as it goes along. It just has to get through Batman Lewis Wilson terrifying butler William Austin with the radioactive laser gun. Then it’s time for villain J. Carol Naish to order read more
Batman (1943, Lambert Hillyer), Chapter 1: The Electrical Brain
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 5, 2017
The first chapter of Batman introduces the main cast–Lewis Wilson and Douglas Croft as Batman and Robin (and their alter egos), villain J. Carrol Naish, damsel in distress Shirley Patterson–and establishes some of the ground situation. Naish is an evil Japanese agent (if Electric Brain is any indic read more
BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM On Blu-ray
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jul 31, 2017
A REAL Batman movie has just been released on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive. BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM (1993) was produced by the folks behind the wonderful BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES. That TV show--and this movie--are far more truer to Batman's comic book roots than any of the character's liv read more
THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Feb 11, 2017
You want proof that Batman is the greatest comic book superhero of all time? Just go down to your local movie theater and see THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE. Only the Dark Knight himself could have the starring role in a film based on a children's building block toy line. Some may consider this team-up goofy read more
Batman: The Movie (1966, Leslie H. Martinson)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 12, 2016
Burt Ward is really bad in Batman: The Movie. Sure, he’s just around to parrot Adam West, who’s a horny, kind of dumb, know-it-all. The problem is it doesn’t seem like anyone else is in on the joke because director Martinson does such a bad job. There are some okay scenes in Lorenzo Semple Jr.’s read more
Batman: The Killing Joke (2016, Sam Liu)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 1, 2016
There’s a lot to be said about Batman: The Killing Joke, both the comic book and its animated adaptation. It’s another of Alan Moore’s unintentional curses on mainstream comics; listening to his dialogue spoken… it’s clear he was hurrying through the Batman stuff. Or K read more
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993, Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 26, 2016
There are a lot of excellent things in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, but maybe my favorite thing is the end credits music. It’s smooth jazz. It’s this smooth jazz love song over the cast and when you see names like Abe Vigoda and Dick Miller and John P. Ryan in an animated Batman movie, read more
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016, Zach Snyder), the ultimate edition
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 2, 2016
The extended version of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice isn’t just the extended version of Batman/Superman, it’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: The Ultimate Edition. There’s a second subtitle on the thing. It’s doubling down on the idea the extended cut in the post-D read more
Batman ( 1966 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 11, 2016
The Joker, Catwoman, The Riddler and Penguin....all joining forces to destroy members of the United Nations. Holy Quartet! Did four of the fiercest criminals to ever exist truly set aside their differences to unite and hatch this nefarious scheme? Yes....they...did, and the world is stricken with pa read more
Batman ( 1966 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 11, 2016
The Joker, Catwoman, The Riddler and Penguin....all joining forces to destroy members of the United Nations. Holy Quartet! Did four of the fiercest criminals to ever exist truly set aside their differences to unite and hatch this nefarious scheme? Yes....they...did, and the world is stricken with pa read more
The 50th Anniversary Of BATMAN (1966)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 15, 2016
This year a number of famous films are having special anniversaries--films like CITIZEN KANE, the 1941 version of THE MALTESE FALCON, THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, and ROCKY. 2016 happens to mark the 50th anniversary of the debut of a certain movie that holds a special place in my heart--the very read more
Dawn Of Violence – Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice (2016)
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Apr 12, 2016
Nope nope nope nope nope. I’m just not going to do it. Look, I could spend two or three (or more) hours writing about what’s wrong with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (from this point on simply referred to as BvS). I could outline why the movie simply needs a ground-up script-level r read more
BATMAN V SUPERMAN: THE DAWN OF JUSTICE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Mar 29, 2016
Overlong, overstuffed, and unfocused, BATMAN V SUPERMAN: THE DAWN OF JUSTICE is, in the end, a frustrating film. Frustrating because it has moments--few of them though they may be--where it comes achingly close to accurately portraying the DC Universe I know and love.
What really hurts BVS is that read more