Tag: Michael Keaton

How The Flash Could Have Been Better

The Flash has been out for over a week now, and since it dropped 73% from its opening weekend, it’s safe to say the movie is not resonating. I didn’t like it – although I loved parts of it – and think it collapses under its own weight. But did it have to be this …

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The Flash: FLASHPOINT (Paradox) | Comic Lore and History REVISTITED

INTRODUCTION “There’s only one thing I know about life. I know some things happen by chance. And some things happen because we make them happen. Barry Allen was once haunted by the past. But when he became the Flash, he left the ghosts behind. He found love. A family. And for the first time ...

The Flash and Elemental are Massive Bombs

Dads stayed away from the movies this Father’s Day weekend – along with everyone else. Two big movie premiered on Friday: Warner Bros./DC’s The Flash and Disney/Pixar’s Elemental. Neither was tracking well; The Flash was predicted to bring in $70 million, while Elemental was looking at a $35...

REVIEW: The Flash (2023)

I’m not sure I’d call The Flash a mixed bag; that implies a fairly equal good-to-bad ratio, and The Flash is more bad than good by a wide margin. And what’s bad is abysmal, not only embracing many of the grating modern superhero movie tropes but hooking them up to rockets and shooting them int...

The Flash’s Unusual Marketing and Potential Future

It’s almost becoming a cliché to say that the behind-the-scenes or other real-world events surrounding a movie make a better story than the film itself, but the way Warner Bros. is marketing The Flash, as detailed in a Variety piece, is interesting. A lot of this is born of necessity because of t...

Willem Dafoe and Monica Bellucci Join Beetlejuice Sequel

Tim Burton is going out of his way to get people to see his next movie. After news came that the Beetlejuice sequel has a release date and has begun filming, word has come that two new actors have joined the cast: Monica Bellucci, courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter, and Willem Dafoe, as first report...