Review: The Dark Knight Rises

Third parts are notoriously difficult in films. If things haven’t been planned out from the start they feel like horrible cash-ins, where that once fresh and original idea has long since milked dry. At best you ignore them, deny they ever existed. At worst, they kill off all the enjoyment you had in the series. The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan’s final part in his Dark Knight trilogy. Will Nolan give us the ending we want? Will Batman get the send off he deserves? Read on and find out.

News: The Dark Knight Rises ‘Journey’ Trailer, Clips, And Pics

 

The Dark Knight Rises is almost here. Exactly one week to go. This where things become unbearable. Do we wait, avoiding all promo material in case something should spoil the movie, or should we gorge on every little detail and jones like a crack addict waiting for their next fix until the film is finally released? If you’re here reading this, I think I know your choice…

News: More The Dark Knight Rises Runtime, Viral Marketing, New Synopsis, And That MTV Trailer

So, the BBFC has confirmed that The Dark Knight Rises clocks in with a runtime of two hours and forty five minutes. That’s more than enough to numb the shapeliest of bums, but is it enough time to reach the ridiculous heights of our massively inflated expectations? We’ll see in seventeen days. In the meantime, let’s keep the hype-machine ticking over my covering everything released of the last few days.

News: New The Dark Knight Rises TV Spot And Some Spoilers

Here’s a quick update – A new The Dark Knight Rises TV spot has surfaced focussing on the relationship between Batman (Christian Bale) and Catwoman (Anne Hathaway). Are they friends or enemies? This little clip gives us a clue.

News: The Dark Knight Rises Viral Campaign Reveals Some Juicy Details

The Dark Knight Rises is almost upon us. With little under a month to go, we still know surprisingly little about the plot of the film (which can only be a good thing), but the viral campaign is giving us a nice taster of what’s happened in Christopher Nolan’s Bat-universe since the events of The Dark Knight.

News: The Dark Knight Rises Soundtrack Snippets, Pics, And New TV Spot

The Dark Knight Rises is nearing release. There’s little over a month is left until we finally see the end of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. The IMAX tickets have gone on sale and I was lucky enough to get mine. Were you? Anyway, the marketing continues to gather pace and we’ve got few interesting things to show you.

News: Epic New IMAX Banner Posters For The Dark Knight Rises

You may remember I wasn’t very kind about the latest The Dark Knight Rises poster. It looks like a fan-made mash-up of the teaser poster and the “Welcome To A World Without Rules” from The Dark Knight. But that’s enough of my moaning because with a series of new banner posters promoting the IMAX release of the film,Warner Bros. have excited me again. Let’s take a look.

News: Marvel Movie Round-Up – The Avengers, The Hulk, Iron Man 3, and Ant-Man

You don’t need me to tell you The Avengers has been HUGE. A billion dollars box office in NINETEEN days. To put that in to perspective, it took Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight six months to reach the billion dollar mark. Marvel/Disney are dancing all the way to the bank, but what happens now? It’ll be three years until Avengers 2 if we’re lucky, what shall we do in the meantime? Worry not, Marvel has some plans (apparently)…

News: New The Dark Knight Rises Poster And Six Character Pics

The new (and final?) The Dark Knight Rises poster has been released to a reaction of overwhelming sighs from geeks throughout he world. It seems that WB’s marketing department had a half day and let the work experience kid knock out a quick Photoshop of Bats standing around looking moody.

News: Man Of Steel Scene Descriptions And Other Titbits

Things have been a little quiet on the Man Of Steel front lately. This is what happens when films go into their lengthy post-production phase. Luckily for us, though, a recent effects sizzle reel was shown to folk at a VFX industry event. This sizzle reel just so happened to contain some footage from Zack Snyder’s new Superman movie. Sadly there was no leak of the actual footage, but we’ve got the next best thing – a description of the action from a pretty reliable source. Wanna read all about it? Then join us after the jump.