“Batman” Articles

You don’t wait for institutions to become trustworthy, or people to become good, or the city to become clean before deciding whether it’s worth fighting for.

Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker, and John Milton’s Satan invite us to view them as the heroes of stories that were never intended to be about them.

Gotham deftly shows the destructive nature of sin, leaving no one immune to its temptations or effects.

In The LEGO Batman Movie, Batman’s fears for his for friends’ and family’s safety prompt him to change, to acknowledge his need for them.

The brick-based LEGO Batman Movie thinks outside the box for children and adults alike.

We need these very human stories about what it means to long for hope in a dark world.

If you identify the new rules of ‘Batman v Superman,’ prepare to see its heroes as people, and stay open to themes that aim high, you may find the film soars.

Loyalists to each side would claim their hero has the advantage. Superman has the death-vision and incomparable strength. Batman has the utility belt.

We’d like to think we can save ourselves and our society. But we can’t.

The comics of today are American versions of Greek mythology complete with origin, philosophy, psychology, and religion.

“This moment in Arkham City gives me hope because it was a moment of truth. A moment when the world worked as it should and my determination to save it was tested.”