The Flash review – nicely irreverent superhero film
Ezra Miller plays the turbo-charged time traveller in a fun DC film featuring an underused Supergirl and the return of Michael Keaton’s Batman
The Flash review – Ezra Miller’s doppelganger-superhero is a gurning, smirking mess
Some entertaining moments can’t hide the fact that this latest product of the DC Comics universe doesn’t exactly fly past
Week in geek
Robert Downey Jr as Doctor Doom? Does the MCU multiverse mean anything can happen?
The Iron Man star nearly played the role 20 years ago in Fantastic Four. Will the movie’s reboot see the latest ‘almost was’ become an ‘is’, following Nicolas Cage’s Superman?
June 2022
Batman Returns at 30: still as weird as big-budget blockbusters get
Tim Burton’s kinetic and kinky sequel pushed the boundaries for the summer movie template helped by a standout movie star turn from Michelle Pfeiffer
April 2022
Coming of aged: why is Hollywood bringing back veteran stars?
From Tom Cruise to Michael Keaton, A-listers can’t resist the urge to resurrect the roles that made them. But will nostalgia be enough to woo people back to cinemas?
March 2022
Kapow! Our writers pick their favorite Batman movie
To celebrate the release of The Batman, Guardian writers have written about their all-time favorite Caped Crusader films from Adam West to Ben Affleck
February 2022
Screen Actors Guild awards 2022: Squid Game, Will Smith and Coda win big
Netflix phenomenon and Apple’s deaf family drama make history at this year’s SAG awards ceremony
December 2021
Top US films 2021
The 50 best films of 2021 in the US: the full list
Our countdown of the best films released in the US during 2021 reaches No 1 with Jane Campion’s menacing western about two warring brothers
October 2021
‘A story people need to know’: behind a shocking TV series about the opioid crisis
In the revealing new drama Dopesick, starring Michael Keaton, the horrifying story of the painkillers and the company that created them is brought to a wide audience
September 2021
9/11: 20 years later
Why Netflix drama Worth is the best 9/11 movie to date
The Kindergarten Teacher director Sara Colangelo’s sensitive and poignant film about the victim compensation fund is surprisingly necessary tribute
August 2021
Worth review – a moral maze for 9/11 victims’ lawyer
Week in geek
Curse of the Batsuit: why Val Kilmer found it hard to measure up
May 2021
Hear me out
Hear me out: why 2014’s Robocop isn’t a bad movie
Continuing our series of writers defending films hated by most is a tribute to the maligned remake of Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi thriller
June 2020
Week in geek
Gotham over a barrel: should Michael Keaton answer the call of Batman?
Michael Keaton in talks to return as Batman
January 2020
First look review
Worth review – Michael Keaton excels in powerful 9/11 drama
Controversial documentaries and A-listers head to Sundance 2020
May 2019
'I'm sucking up your IQ!': what 90s Batman tells us about Hollywood
The dialogue is corny, the heroes moody, the fights risible, but the Batman films of Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher paved the way for today’s blockbusters
March 2019
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Dumbo review – Tim Burton remake lands with elephantine thud
All the charm and heartbreak of Disney’s classic animation is missing in this retro-futurist, live-action clunker
September 2017
American Assassin review – dimwitted, deeply cynical Chuck Norris copy-paste
Michael Keaton plays an Aviator-sporting ex-Navy Seal in this risible attempt to blend counterterrorism manoeuvres with The Hunger Games
