Film Sack 631: Batman Returns

This week on Film Sack, a grumpy cop springs a smooth con man from prison for 48 hours to help catch a killer. They bicker constantly but get the job done. It basically invented the buddy cop genre and made Eddie Murphy famous. Kid got out of jail, helped me catch a guy. Wasn't h ...  Show more

Four Harlem teens chase respect on the streets, but when the crew's most volatile member (Tupac Shakur, in a career-making performance) gets a taste of power, it spirals into paranoia, betrayal, and murder. A raw, gripping look at ambition and survival in the inner city. Hosted o ...  Show more

This week we dip our toes into the DC Universe talking about The Batman (2022). Directed by Matt Reeves, the film stars Robert Pattinson as the Batman, Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman, Paul Dano as the Riddler and Colin Farrell as the Penguin. When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, ...  Show more

A tale of life and death in Gotham City. After years of vigilante crime fighting, Batman prepares to become an official member of the Gotham City Police Department, deepening the rift between himself and Catwoman, who’s been using Gotham criminals as her personal ATM. Meanwhile, ...  Show more

Christmas is here and it’s going to be absolutely super duper! First up in our Christmas Clashmas Countdown we have Batman Returns (1992) vs Iron Man 3 (2013). Up first we see Danny Devito embody the penguin in Batman Returns. It's not just the Penguin wreaking havoc in Gotham; C ...  Show more

The Batman is already 2022’s highest-grossing film. In some ways, it’s yet another comic-book adaptation to dominate theaters. In others, it’s a return to a pre-MCU cinema experience free of the weight of universe-building. Robert Pattinson stars in the first standalone Batman mo ...  Show more