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

Why does the Lord of the Rings trilogy hold up so well? What’s the magic sauce? A lot to talk about, so we do, on this Round Table Film Sack this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

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

Batman scrambles to fend off the Riddler’s digital assault, and the Penguin catches Catwoman red-handed at the Ice Age gala. Two-Face betrays Catwoman and partners up with the Penguin. And someone poisons the drinks with Scarecrow gas… To listen to every episode of Batman The Aud ... Show More

<p>Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker was the third animated Batman series acting as a continuation of Batman The Animated Series in addition to Batman Beyond. Terry McGuiness and Bruce Wayne return (again played by Kevin Conroy) in addition to Mark Hamill as The Joker. Presumed ... Show More

Matt Reeves dives into his desire for greater subjectivity in a Batman story, influences from "The Wrong Man" to "The Long Halloween," the compulsive physicality of Robert Pattinson's performance, and how he found the light (and the dark) in Gotham. Learn more about your ad choic ... Show More

<p>Batman needs another little boy to help him fight crime and we know just the three little boys to help! But first we have some questions. The first being can we have a part-time job or do we get an allowance for being a good little boy? What’s the go with our current living pa ... Show More

You ever pod with the devil in the pale moonlight? Alex puts Jordan through the Bat-wringer in a Bat-tastic exploration of "Batman: The Animated Series," in tribute to the recently deceased voice of the Dark Knight, Kevin Conroy. They'll Bat-detour through the show's origins in a ... Show More