In the final installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Batman Masterclass, Trevor reviews the Zack Snyder Era of the Bat saga! The most recent chapter of Batman’s silver screen exploits, as well as the first that has presented the character as a member of the Justice League and element of greater DC universe, this era…
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The Batman Masterclass – The Christopher Nolan Era, Part Two
In this installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Batman Masterclass, we review the final chapter in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Featuring the same cast and crew as the first two films in the series, the final chapter would see Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway and Marion Cotillard join the main…
The Batman Masterclass – The Christopher Nolan Era, Part One
In this week’s installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Batman Masterclass, we review the Christopher Nolan era of the franchise! With Joel Schumacher’s Batman and Robin (1997) representing a critical low point for the series (and the superhero film genre in general), any potential for Schumacher having a third at-bat with the franchise was tossed…
The Batman Masterclass – The Joel Schumacher Era
In this week’s installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Batman Masterclass, we review the Joel Schumacher era of the franchise! In the wake of thee critical and public dissatisfaction with unsettling imagery and tone of Tim Burton’s Batman Returns (1992), Warner Bros took steps to ensure that the mid-90’s represent a kinder, gentler era in…
The Batman Masterclass – The Tim Burton Era
It’s September, so it must be Masterclass Month at Catching Up On Cinema! This month we’ll be taking a deep dive into the entirety of the live-action Batman film series, one era at a time. In the first installment of this Masterclass, we review the Tim Burton era of the franchise, consisting of the groundbreaking…
Catching Up On Cinema Presents: Tales From the Shelf – Blu-Ray Blunders
In what is hopefully the first of many collaborative efforts, Trevor invites Brad of the Cinema Speak podcast to join him in talking about movies. In another first for Catching Up On Cinema, this episode is part of a new series we’re calling “Tales From the Shelf”, i.e. episodes centered around talking about the host’s…
Catching Up On Blu-Ray: March 2020
It’s time once again for Catching Up On Cinema’s monthly “Catching Up On Blu-Ray” episode! Some of the major physical media releases spotlighted in the March 2020 episode include: Dark Water (2019) Queen & Slim (4k, 2019) Ne Zha (4k, 2019) Verotika (2019) Radioflash (2019) Superdome (1978) The Sonata (2018) I Am Fear (2020) My…
Episode 77 – Enter the Dragon (1973)
In the final episode of Catching Up On Cinema’s “Moving On March” event month, Trevor has Kyle sit down to watch his FIRST Bruce Lee movie ever, Enter the Dragon (1973)! Directed by Robert Clouse, the film is the last (completed) and most culturally significant film in the career of the Chinese-American martial arts icon,…