The Dark Knight Rises

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9 worst movie lines of 2012

Movie Feature | Matt | 2nd January 2013

It's 2013! A new year of wonderful movies to look forward to, so full of potential and promise. Or we could just point and laugh at last year's films again? Yeah, let's do that.

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This picture makes it look like Bruce Wayne is getting head from Batman

Movie News | Ali | 21st July 2012

That's all I have to say, really.

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Why the so-called 'Batman murders' are none of our business

Movie News | Ali | 21st July 2012

There is no doubt that the Aurora massacre - in which a masked gunman entered a movie theatre and shot dead 12 people, injuring 58 others - is a terrible tragedy. I'll leave it to the real news outlets to report the details and will spare you my personal opinions on the politics of the issue, but what I can't stand idly by and watch is the nauseating way in which the media have made this story something it isn't - and how the film community have responded.

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The Dark Knight has risen: 50 things you never knew about Batman

Movie Feature | Ali | 20th July 2012

Every day for the last 50 days, we've been sharing information on Gotham's protector, The Goddamn Batman. Now, as the Dark Knight rises in, um, The Dark Knight Rises, we give you all 50 trivia tidbits in one gigantic injection of awesome. I feel like we all know Batman and friends that little bit better now, don't you?

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The Dark Knight Rises

Movie Review | Ali | 20th July 2012

Me, I've always been a fan of Christopher Nolan more than I have Batman. Don't get me wrong, I was wowed by the reinvention of Batman Begins and the wallop of The Dark Knight, but I'll always choose the sleight-of-hand of The Prestige or the cerebral jolt of Inception given the choice. The Dark Knight Rises is a stunning piece of work, gigantic in scale with hugely ambitious themes, but Nolan's contribution to the Batman legacy – and indeed the superhero genre as a whole – is to make these films more about the men behind the masks than the heroes they portray: the guys who make the magic happen.

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Is this the fastest anyone has ever said 'Rated PG-13' on film?

Movie Trailer | Ali | 10th July 2012

Short answer: yes. Full Dark Knight Rises TV spot here, Mr Fussy.

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EXCLUSIVE: The Dark Knight Rises undergoing emergency edits

Movie Feature | Luke | 25th June 2012

With less than a month to go until release, word has reached us that - in an effort to rival the box office success of Marvel's The Avengers - DC Comics' upcoming The Dark Knight Rises is being extensively altered using CGI to make the film more faithful to the comic books.

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Sorry, this new TV spot for The Dark Knight Rises will have to do

Movie Trailer | Ali | 4th June 2012

It's only 30 seconds long, but we're all bloody knackered, okay?

EDIT: Never mind, I found a better one. Always working, me.

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Why would anybody want to do this?

Movie News | Ali | 1st May 2012

Viral marketing: it works! Courtesy of the always-baffling SlashFilm.com. Full-screen, non-silent trailer for The Dark Knight Rises below.

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The Dark Knight Rises trailer, with no analysis or humourous comments

Movie Trailer | Ali | 19th December 2011

After the jump is the latest trailer for The Dark Knight Rises, with absolutely no insight or humourous comment attached. Just the trailer and a few words either side. It's really good. You should watch it.

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