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Tim Burton’s Batman gets reimagined as a stunning modern-day video game

By Darryn Bonthuys
May 5, 2021
in :  Gaming
2

What if the 1989 Batman film got a second chance at video game glory? Under a modern lens, it might looks something like this.

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Michael Keaton’s original 1989 Batman costume (and more!) will be up for auction soon

By Darryn Bonthuys
August 21, 2019
in :  Entertainment
2

The Prop Store of London will be having another one of its regular sales, and one of the items up for grabs may just be the biggest bat-grail since the mold for the bat-nipples from Batman Forever went under the hammer. What is the item in question? None other than the original batsuit, worn by Michael Keaton on the big screen in the 1989 Batman movie.

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Batman 1989 thirty years later – How Jack Nicholson’s casting as the Joker elevated the superhero film genre

By Darryn Bonthuys
June 4, 2019
in :  Entertainment, Features
5

Much like Superman had done back in 1978, 1989's Batman knew that it needed to cast a big name to give the project an air of legitimacy. Plenty of names may have been thrown into a casting hat, but from day one there was only one actor considered for the role: Jack Nicholson.

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Batman 1989 thirty years later – How Michael Keaton’s casting created a firestorm of controversy

By Darryn Bonthuys
June 3, 2019
in :  Entertainment, Features
20

Michael Keaton may be seen as the definitive Batman even 30 years after his feature film debut in Tim Burton's gothic masterpiece, but his casting before the movie even began rolling still made for one heck of a controversial decision at the time.

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Batman Arkham Knight is getting the BEST batsuit

By Darryn Bonthuys
July 15, 2015
in :  Gaming
67

The best Batman will always be Michael Keaton. And if you disagree with that, I'll suit up digitally in his batsuit and kick yer ass online when I can afford to do so in the heavily priced Arkham Knight season pass.

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Finally – A Batmobile iPhone case

By Darryn Bonthuys
February 4, 2015
in :  Gaming
7

I need to work my way into poverty so that I can grab an iPhone 6 and this Batmobile cover.

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Entertainment

Cinophile: Warlock

By James
September 9, 2013
in :  Entertainment
12

In the convoluted world of magical practitioners, it is often assumed that men are wizards and women are witches. The Harry Potter series went a bit of the way to fix this glib generalisation, showing that anyone can be a wizard, regardless of gender. But if we had our say, we’d not go for something as pedestrian as a wizard, …

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