THE BATMAN MOVIE REVIEW

A new version of the Batman mythos has been launched by director Matt Reeves (The Planet of the Apes trilogy) with Robert Pattinson donning the cowl and cape. It’s year two for Bats and he’s pretty pissed off. There is no ‘Bruce Wayne’ persona other than being known as a completely reclusive rich guy. Everything for him is stopping crime in Gotham city and his legend has begun to spread and ‘strike fear into the hearts of criminals.’ But Captain James Gordon (Jeffrey Wright) has apparently interacted with him enough to trust him, even if the rest of the GCPD doesn’t. When a new criminal calling himself The Riddler (Paul Dano) starts murdering important people in Gotham and leaving cryptic messages behind addressed “To The Batman”, he gets drawn into the case. FINALLY using actual detective skills, Batman has to track down the killer, decode the connection to the high-level mobsters in the city, notably Carmine Falcone (John Turturro) and his #1 The Penguin (Colin Farrell). But he’s got help, reluctantly at first, from Selina Kyle aka Catwoman (Zoë Kravitz), a thief with a heart of gold who wants answers to what happened to a friend she was protecting. Chris, Danni, Tessa, and Wright crack open the old Bat-computer and look for clues as to whether this is the best Bat-film yet, or just another entry in a long list of bat-stories.

 

**Subscribers at the BROWN COAT level or above can also check out this bonus video Chris recorded with Martin Thomas for the Crossover Event show where they do a full-spoiler version of the review**

 

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DIRECTED BY: Matt Reeves

STARRING: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell, Jayme Lawson, Rupert Penry-Jones, Barry Keoghan, Luke Roberts, Stella Stocker, Gil Perez-Abraham, Hana Hrzic, Jay Lycurgo, Peter McDonald, Con O’Neill, Charlie Carver, Max Carver

 

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Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and...