Batman: The Killing Joke – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 96% (Audience)
Directed By: Sam Liu
Written By: Brian Azzarello
Starring: Kevin Conroy, Tara Strong, Ray Wise and Mark Hamill
Studio: Warner Bros. Animation
Synopsis: As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness. – (Source)

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Let’s Take A Moment To Appreciate The Greatness Of Amanda Waller

The SUICIDE SQUAD movie is right around the corner (and I have already bought my tickets!) and even though I have already done a post giving a glimpse into just who the members of The Squad are, the release of an Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) centered trailer got me to thinking about just how great Davis is going to be in the movie. And that got me to thinking about just how great Amanda Waller is as a character.

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 30% (Critics) / 77% (Audience)
Directed By: Zack Snyder
Written By: Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer
Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot and Jesse Eisenberg
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Synopsis: Fearing the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on the man of steel, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs. With Batman and Superman fighting each other, a new threat, Doomsday, is created by Lex Luthor. It’s up to Superman and Batman to set aside their differences along with Wonder Woman to stop Lex Luthor and Doomsday from destroying Metropolis. – (Source)

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Trailer of the Day: Batman v Superman – Dawn of Justice

Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’ most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before. – Source

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Finally! A Crystal Clear Version Of The Batman V Superman Teaser Trailer

After a flurry of activity over the past couple of days that saw an announcement of the BvS teaser showing this Monday at select IMAX theaters and then a leak that saw a blurry camera phone video of an international version of the trailer (which I posted here), director Zack Snyder has seen the light and dropped a beautiful HD version of the teaser and it is magnificent!

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I’m Gonna Just Leave This Right Here…

Today has been a day of teaser trailers out the whazoo (from the latest STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS clip to a snazzy teaser for Quentin Tarantino’s HATEFUL EIGHT) and in the case of BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE we got a teaser for a teaser it seems. But I also stumbled across this little nugget that is being yanked off of YouTube at an alarming rate. Click onward to see what the hell I am talking about.

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Batman vs Robin

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 97% (Audience)
Directed By: Jay Oliva
Written By: J.M. DeMatteis
Starring: Jason O’Mara, Stuart Allan, Sean Maher, Kevin Conroy and Jeremy Sisto
Studio: Warner Home Video

Synopsis: While Damian Wayne struggles to cope with Batman’s no-killing rule, he soon starts to believe that his destiny lies within a secret society known as, The Court of Owls. – (Source)

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Best Cosplay of The Day: Batman America

I love mash-ups. Music mash-ups, movie mash-ups, food mash-ups, comic book mash-ups…you mash it up and I am 99% likely to love it to pieces. So it was a no-brainer that when cosplayer par excellence Detty Cosplay decided to put his talents to the task of creating a cosplay costume that mashed up two of my favorite comic book character, Batman and Capt. America, that I would be a fan.

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Gotham

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 95% (Critics) / 83% (Audience)
Directed By: Danny Cannon
Written By: Bruno Heller
Starring: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, Robin Lord Taylor, Erin Richards and Jada Pinkett Smith
Channel: Fox

Synopsis:The origin story behind Commissioner James Gordon’s rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman’s arrival. (Source)

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Batman: Assault on Arkham – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 94% (Audience)
Directed By: Jay Oliva, Ethan Spaulding
Written By: Heath Corson
Starring: Kevin Conroy, Matthew Gray Gubler, Giancarlo Esposito, Neal McDonough, John DiMaggio and CCH Pounder
Studio: Warner Brothers Pictures
Synopsis:Being locked away in Arkham has little effect on Joker and his latest desire to detonate a dirty bomb within Gotham. The clock begins to tick and a deadly triangle unfolds as Amanda Waller unleashes Task Force X to save the day…while Batman has his own plans for salvation. – (Source)

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This Animated Batman Short Is 3 Minutes Of Pure Perfection

Bruce Timm and Kevin Conroy reuniting to give us a look at an early version of Batman as he faces Hugo Strange and Solomon Grundy in atmospheric black-and-white? Amazing! If only it was a full length vid. Somebody at WB needs to put Timm in charge of the Cartoon Network because this is the type of programming they need to be producing. Continue reading This Animated Batman Short Is 3 Minutes Of Pure Perfection