On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: Here it is folks. DC swinging for the fences with their super team-up film and we’re here to see just how well they did. Unsurprisingly, there is a lot of divide…

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The Dark Knight Rises is a must-see film. Easily the best film of the year. It’s not perfect, but it’s audacious. Nolan takes some tremendous risks, and they pay off. The scope of the story is enormous, the acting is…

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When there are two superheroes doing battle in a new movie, that means there are no other movies coming out this weekend. While they are physically happening and will be illuminating a dark theater, all other movies will bow to…

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A year after Batman Begins, Gotham is a better place. Batman, Gordon and the new DA, Harvey Dent, have organized crime on the run. Batman’s mission to save Gotham by inspiring hope seems to be working. Bruce begins to hope…

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Take a moment to think about how long Batman has entertained us. When he first appeared on the scene, our grandparents were kids picking up his comic books at their local shop for a dime. Today, 76 years later we’re…

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Riddle me this, riddle me that, what happened to the dark, gothic bat? Quite simply, I did. Looking back now it might seem like a huge leap to go from the brooding, bleak noir tones of Tim Burton’s Batman and…

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I have strange, sometimes conflicting, memories of Tim Burton’s Batman movies and Batman in general. The only exposure I ever received to the Caped Crusader as a child and young adults were the pre-Nolan movies and both the Adam West-starring…

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Growing up in the 80’s and 90’s, Superman held an odd corner of my heart hostage. I never got into Batman comics, not sure why, but Superman comics were the only DC Comic I wanted to keep up with. There was…

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Even as a lifelong, avid fan of Superman and, therefore, an admittedly biased interpreter of all things related to the Man of Steel, I have no problem admitting that Richard Donner’s 1978 flick is a movie that shouldn’t work. The…

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Batman is cooler. Superman is stronger. Either side of this decade-long debate has left comic book enthusiasts on either side slightly more angry at each other than they should be. No matter where you come down on the oft-argued showdown…

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