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Even though Deadpool & Wolverine reignited the love that fans had for superheroes, there is no denying that there has been an evident shift in the way Hollywood views the genre. Some of the most respected figures in the industry have been critical of the films that Marvel and DC release, and the points that they raise are not without reason.

Many have started to agree with Martin Scorsese’s famous words, believing that the films have started to feel more like theme-park rides made for the spectacle than something stemming from passion and expression. Recently, Michael Keaton revealed his thoughts on the canceled Batgirl film, and his comments did not help this statement.

Michael Keaton in 1988’s Batman (image credit: DC)

It would seem that many fans have grown tired of capitalism bleeding into their childhoods, and they are no longer staying quiet.

Michael Keaton’s Confession of Treason

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On July 23, 1986, Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson, and it was quite the occasion. Like many brides in the 80s, Fergie wore a giant satin dress with long, puffy sleeves.

Sarah Had Her Dress Decorated With Her Coat Of Arms

Sarah’s dress featured a magnificent 17-foot-long beaded train embroidered with A and S initials.

Fergie initially had some bizarre ideas for her wedding dress that the designer refused to create, including decorative teddy bears and helicopters.

The helicopters she requested were likely to honor the groom, who had previously served as a helicopter pilot in the Royal Navy.

Several former Palace workers have revealed how Prince Andrew collected teddy bears and proudly displayed them on his bed. No one ever said the Duke of York was normal.

Charlotte Briggs, a former Buckingham Palace maid, explained. She was told about Andrew’s teddy bear infatuation as soon as she got the job.

Actor Al Pacino worked alongside Memento director Christopher Nolan for the first time in the 2002 thriller Insomnia. But Pacino initially made it a bit difficult for the director to bring him on board.

What Christopher Nolan felt about casting Al Pacino in ‘Insomnia’ Al Pacino | Dominik Bindl/Getty Images

Nolan once asserted that he didn’t start out developing Insomnia for Pacino. The 2002 feature saw Pacino playing a veteran police detective investigating a novelist played by Robin Williams. Nolan wanted Insomnia to be commentary on the common cop genre of film. Apart from his acting skills, Pacino made a career out of playing police officers in movies like Heat and others. Pacino being such a familiar face in crime thrillers made him the perfect candidate to do Insomnia.

“Somebody with audience association, someone with a familiarity to the audience to give them a kind of built-in sympathy and built in...

As the well-known saying goes, another Tom Hardy movie, another comically offbeat voice. In Jeff Nichols' beautiful Austin Butler drama "The Bikeriders," Hardy plays Johnny, leader of Chicago motorcycle club the Vandals — and this being a midwestern biker movie, you better believe there's yet another weirdo Hardy accent involved. Speaking to Variety about the film, the British star said, "One of the things that I hold myself to, as a principle, is that you've got to make an effort to create a vocal silhouette, as well as the physical silhouette." In "The Bikeriders" it's not just Hardy that provides an intriguing vocal silhouette (Jodie Comer affects a captivating mix of Chicago and Wisconsin accents), but he surely has the most unconventional and endearingly idiosyncratic take on the midwestern accent.

Of course, this is hardly the first time Mr. Hardy has treated us all to a unique vocal performance. The man...

Within weeks of its release in the summer of 2008, The Dark Knight cemented its place in popular culture. People were quoting the Joker, debating Batman’s questionable surveillance tactics, and praising the film’s grounded take on superheroes, even before the movie hit home video.

Obviously, The Dark Knight means a lot to everyone who sees it. Well, almost everyone. A key part of the movie doesn’t mean anything to one of the most important people involved in the movie: director Christopher Nolan.

“I’m plagued by a line from The Dark Knight, and I’m plagued by it because I didn’t write it,” Nolan recently told Deadline while promoting another resonant film, Oppenheimer. “My brother [co-screenwriter Jonathan] wrote it.”

The line in question: “You either die a hero or you live long enough to become the villain.”

Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) speaks those words to Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale...

Listicle While Christopher Nolan’s politics in his films raises some pressing questions, it is hard to deny his ability to tell engaging stories. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer will be releasing in theatres on June 21, and the massive hype around the film is only matched by fans eagerly waiting for Barbie. Nolan has over the years built up a reputation as a ‘cerebral’ director, though he does have a fair share of detractors (Did anyone really understand Tenant?). His successful reboot of Batman on the silver screen won him a dedicated fan base among superhero comic book enthusiasts. Nolan is also known for bringing back the same set of actors, disliking VFX and writing non-linear plots that sometimes leave viewers quite puzzled. While the British-American director’s politics in his films raises some pressing questions, it is hard to deny his ability to tell an engaging story and deliver characters...

The new Christmas movie, Spirited, starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds, is a musical rendition of A Christmas Carol. This is a modern and comical take on the classic tale, switching up the storyline to focus strongly on the spirits as opposed to Ebenezer Scrooge.

There have been dozens of film and television renditions of Charles Dickens's novella, A Christmas Carol. Some of them are close to the source material, while others attempt to twist the original tale into something fresh. These Redditors shared their opinions on what are the best adaptations of this classic.

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Stream On Disney+

Fans of this Christmas classic love the Muppets' ability to adapt this tale in a fun way while honoring the original story. Viewers also praise Michael Cain's portrayal of Scrooge and, as Reddit user res30stupid puts it, "it takes a special actor who can be...

The 2011 Dallas International Film Festival Announces

Award Winners

Jess + Moss receives the $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature

Elevate receives the $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary Feature

Five Time Champion receives the $20,000 in Cash, Goods and Services for the Mps Studios Texas Filmmaker Award

If A Tree Falls: A Story Of The Earth Liberation Front receives the Environmental Visions Award

Zero Percent receives the $10,000 Embrey Family Foundation Silver Heart Award

The Legend Of Beaver Dam, The Robbery and Paths Of Hate are named winners for Best Short Film, Student Short and Animated Short

Audience Awards go to Snowmen for Narrative Feature, Wild Horse Wild Ride for Documentary and The Legend Of Beaver Dam for Short

Dallas, TX, April 9, 2011 . For the second year running, the .Dallas Film Society Honors. presented by the Arthur E. Benjamin Foundation provided an elegant forum for the awards presentation at the Dallas International Film Festival presented by Cadillac.

Documentarian Michael Cain is the rare working filmmaker who is also running a film festival. A Sundance special jury prize winner for TV Junkie in 2006, he launched the AFI Dallas Film Festival last year, as an outgrowth of the smaller (and since shuttered) Deep Ellum Film Festival. Here is what Michael had to say to the Shootout blog about how coming from a filmmaking background informs how he has...

• This year Ioncinema.com is covering the 2006 edition of the Sundance Film Festival Live from Park City, Utah. We’ll be on hand to cover the festival, and while we won’t be able to cover everything from A to Z: here is a comprehensive beforehand look at the selections in each of the festival’s sections. (Note: To access individual preview pages, simply click on the links below) January 19th to the 28th, 2006Counting Down: updateCountdownClock('January 19, 2006'); Docu Competition"American Blackout," Ian Inaba's assessment of the career of U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney of Georgia and the purported suppression of the black vote historically and in the 2004 election in Florida and Ohio. "Crossing Arizona," Joseph Mathew's mosaic of human stories enmeshed in Arizona's illegal immigration crisis. "God Grew Tired of Us," Christopher Quinn and Tom Walker's account of the culture shock that hits four Sudanese

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