The Suicide of Claire Bishop
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Greenwich Village, 1959. Claire Bishop sits for a portrait—a gift from her husband—only to...
Noisy at the Wrong Times
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'Hugely entertaining and inspiring' The Sunday Times The inspirational and colourful memoir of...
Nevada Smith (1966)
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Half-breed Max Sand (Steve McQueen) witnesses the brutal murder of his parents and vows to track...
Catch and Kill : Shadow Operatives Thriller 2
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What happened to the girls? Overnight, hundreds of teenage girls disappear from the streets of...
London Theatres
Peter Dazeley, Michael Coveney and Mark Rylance
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London is the theatre capital of the world. From world-famous musicals to West End shows, from...
David McK (3245 KP) rated Batman (1989) in Movies
Aug 3, 2019
Oh, wait, wrong Batman!
Completely and utterly tonally different than the Adam West incarnation, this version has Michael Keaton - at the time, a controversial casting choice of an actor known for more comedic roles - taking on the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in a very Gothic setting: all high rises, smoke and corruption.
With Commissioner Gordon only given a token role, and changing elements of the Batman mythos in giving Jack Nicholson's Joker a pre-Joker identity (and in having him responsible for the murder of Bruce's parents), this Batman also does not seem at all concerned with his famous no-killing rule (or is it a guideline?). It's also definitely a product of its time, complete with songs by Prince woven into the narrative!
Dusa, Fish, Stas and VI
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"Four determinedly 'liberated' - and very different - women ricochet around a tiny shared flat,...
The Frisco Kid (1979)
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It's 1850 and new rabbi Avram Belinski sets out from Philadelphia toward San Francisco. Cowpoke...
Parks and Recreation - Season 2
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Amy Poehler (Baby Mama, Saturday Night Live) leads an ensemble cast who are joined by guest stars...
Wyatt Earp (1994)
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Kevin Costner plays the most famous lawman ever to stride the Wild West. In a gritty, complex...