Posts Tagged ‘Batman’
The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 37 – Podcast Attacks!
The 37th Episode of the Filmdogs Podcast is up and it’s filled with goodies. This week in the News we discuss the casting of Henry Cavill as Superman and Joseph Gordon Levitt in The Dark Knight Rises. Will Javier Bardem be facing off against Daniel Craig in Bond 23? And will Joaquin Phoenix soon be helping Abraham Lincoln fight Vampires? Next, in our Featured Topic of the Week we profile the highs and lows of director Tim Burton‘s career, discussing each one of his movies as only the Filmdogs crew can. Lastly, we close it out with some snappy dialogue from The Joker and Bruce Wayne in the One Liner of the Week. It’s a episode so snazzy it will have you asking, “were do we get those wonderful toys?”
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The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 36 – Exit Through the Podcast Shop
Episode 36 of the Filmdogs Podcast is here and just in time for awards season! This week in the News we discuss the recent casting/character announcements for The Dark Knight Rises with Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, and Tom Hardy as Bane. We also try to decipher if Kevin Smith has truly gone off the deep end with his recent controversy at Sundance. In both our In Defense of and One Liner of the Week segments we chat up the underrated?, sequel Back to the Future: Part III. Plus, in our Featured Topic we weed through the recent Oscar Nominations and issue verdicts as to what the Academy got right and what they got terribly wrong. To not listen in could have grave effects on the space time continuum. Heavy.
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Score Your Week | Batman “Theme”
After reading a seemingly bogus plot summary for the 3rd film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises this morning my thoughts were aflutter with The Caped Crusader. Tim Burton’s 1989 movie Batman was the 2nd film I ever remember seeing, after that summer’s earlier Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I was four years old, but I still remember vividly the opening of the picture like it were yesterday. The camera pans over a sharp and foreboding structure as the music of Burton’s frequent collaborator, composer Danny Elfman kicks in…
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UPDATE!! Russell Brand is Batman and Luiz Guzman is Robin?
Russell Brand on the set of next year's "Arthur"
UPDATE!! Check out more set photos of Brand as Batman and Luiz Guzman from Collider at the bottom of the post.
When I heard they were remaking the 1981 classic comedy Arthur with Russell Brand in the title role I rolled my eyes. For those who haven’t seen the original film it’s concerns a rich and drunken playboy named Arthur, played by Dudley Moore, who in order to receive his inheritance must marry a woman of his parents choosing. The only problem is he soon falls in love with a blue collar New York waitress (Liza Minnelli). What should he chose? His money or love?
While the plot sounds somewhat typical the film is actually one of the rare comedies who’s laughs aren’t dated. It had me rolling when I watched it a few years ago, especially Shakespearean actor Sir John Gielgud’s Oscar winning performance of Arthur’s sarcastic butler. If you haven’t seen the film check it out on Netflix watch instantly today. Read the rest of this entry »
Scene Stealer | The Dark Knight – Interrogation Scene
Christian Bale and Heath Ledger in 2008's "The Dark Knight"
Scene Stealer is new column that will be bringing you a classic, iconic, or just plain awesome movie scene as often as possible. Since Christoper Nolan’s much anticipated film Inception is released this Friday I figured his filmography would be a good place to start. However, most of the iconic scenes in Nolan’s pictures involve heavy spoilers due the plot twists in those stories. So, I had somewhat of a hard time picking today’s first showcase.
The natural solution was as clear as day in the end though. While Memento may be Nolan’s most individual work The Dark Knight is his most successful. Not only because of the classic characters, but the pathos in which they were written, preformed, and directed. Therefore, what scene in the film is the both the centerpiece of the story and the culmination of both Batman and The Joker’s ideals? The Interrogation Scene. Read the rest of this entry »
Geek Round Up | Green Lantern’s Light
A fan made "Green Lantern" Poster
geek
Slang.
1. A person with a devotion to something in a way that places him or her outside the mainstream. This could be due to the intensity, depth, or subject of their interest.
2. a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp. one who is perceived to be overly intellectual.
3. A carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken.
Geek Round Up is a new Filmdogs column celebrating the weeks best geeky film news. Basically anything that incites us geeks to push our glasses up the bridge of our nose, and lean closer to our computer screens with excitement. And much like the Oath of the Green Lanterns below I pledge to be unwavering in my quest for only the geekiest news. Let us begin.
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Mr. Maxx’s Top Ten Dynamic Duos
Throughout history famous pairs have been prominent in film, literature, and music. What’s better than one hero you can love? The answer is simple. From chemistry to conflict, duos have continued to entertain. This list examines my top ten film duos of all time.
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Batman 3 News Update
Last week film buffs were treated to the incredible news that Christoper Nolan would soon be starting “Batman 3,” along with planing a new Superman film. This is all it took for rumors about these projects start flying around faster than a speeding…well you get the point. Read the rest of this entry »
The Greatest News of All Time!!
By now you may have heard that Director Christopher Nolan, the man behind “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight” is moving forward with Batman 3. Nolan recently came up with the story idea, the details of which can be expected to be kept under wraps for a long time. His brother Jonathan Nolan and David Goyer, writers of the previous films, have been charged with writing a first draft while Nolan finishes this summer’s “Inception.” A collective sigh of relief among the Batman faithful can be heard sweeping the nation.
Added to this awesomeness is the fact that Nolan will be a “Godfather” of development for a new Superman film. Does this mean we’ll see the two heroes team up at some point? Will Brandon Routh Return? Who will direct? All in know is my inner geek is very happy.
For a more in depth discussion of this amazing news tune into The Filmdogs Podcast later this week where we’ll do a whole lot of speculating. It should be alot of fun.
It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! It’s Chris Nolan! He’ll Mentor Superman 3.0 And Prep 3rd Batman
The Filmdogs Podcast returns in this geektastic 12th episode. We discuss The Hobbit directing situation in the news and defend Nic Cage’s hair in a new segment, In defense of. Holy Featured Topic Batman! That’s right, in our Featured Topic of the Week we discuss would what WE would do in the sequel to Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Night. Everything from villains to Robin is dwelled upon here. In other words, we geek out. And to wrap things up we have an amazing One Liner of the Week from Al Pacino in Glengary Glen Ross. It’s an episode so good it would make even Batman himself smile.
Email us with you podcast feedback or segment suggestions at filmdogspodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to the podcast here, or listen in you browser. Also, you may download an enhanced AAC feed with chapter markers and artwork from iTunes on your computer or straight to your iPhone/iPod touches now! If you like what you hear be sure to write a quick review on iTunes as well. It helps us out. Thanks!