The Batman
75%RT Audience Score: 87%
Awards & Nominations: NA
A grim, gritty, and gripping super-noir, The Batman ranks among the Dark Knight’s bleakest — and most thrillingly ambitious — live-action outings.
It’s long, but The Batman looks and sounds great, and its grounded take on Gotham is a solid fit for this Caped Crusader.
Centers on reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne and his dual role as Gotham City’s vigilante detective.
Tagline
Unmask The Truth
Production Company(ies)
6th & Idaho, DC Entertainment, Dylan Clark Productions, HBO Max, Pearl Street Films, Roadshow Films, Verse, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
(Originating Distributor)
Release Date:
03-04-2022
Release Type
STREAMING, STREAMING (HBO MAX), THEATRICAL, THEATRICAL (WIDE)
Filming Location(s)
London, England, United Kingdom; Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom; Chicago, Illinois, United States
MPAA / Certificate
PG-13
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos, Dolby, Dolby Surround 7.1
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2 h 56 m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Mar 4, 2022
Genre(s)
Action, Action/Adventure, Adventure, Animation, Detective, Literary Adaptation, Music, Sport, Superhero, War
Keyword(s)
Action/Adventure Action Movie, Comic Book / Graphic Novel Adaptation Action Movie, Literary Adaptation Action Movie, Superhero, Movies Directed by Matt Reeves, Movies Written by Matt Reeves, Movies Starring Robert Pattinson, Movies Starring Zoe Kravitz, Movies Starring Paul Dano, Movies Starring Jeffrey Wright, Movies Starring John Turturro, Movies Starring Peter Sarsgaard, Movies Starring Andy Serkis, Movies Starring Colin Farrell, Warner Bros. Pictures Movie, 6th & Idaho Movie, Dylan Clark Productions Movie, DC Comics Movie, Pearl Street Films Movie, Movies from 2022, Movies from the 2020s, Big Budget Movie, Movies from United States, English Language, Movies Starring Barry Keoghan, Movies Starring Jayme Lawson, Movies Starring Charlie Carver, Movies from 2021, Franchise: Batman, Franchise: DC Extended Universe, Impacted by COVID-19, 2+ Ethnicity Producer, Asian Producer, Female Producer, LGBTQ+ Lead Cast, 2+ Ethnicity Lead Cast, Black Lead Cast, LGBTQ Lead Cast
Worldwide gross: $770,836,163
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $770,836,163
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 152
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 84,060,650
US/Canada gross: $369,345,583
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $369,345,583
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 137
US/Canada opening weekend: $134,008,624
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $134,008,624
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 49
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $200,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $200,000,000
Production budget ranking: 108
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $107,700,000
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $463,136,163
ROI to date (est.): 151%
ROI ranking: 765
Bruce Wayne, The Batman
Zoë Kravitz
Selina Kyle
Jeffrey Wright
Lt. James Gordon
Colin Farrell
Oz, The Penguin
Paul Dano
The Riddler
John Turturro
Carmine Falcone
Director(s)
Matt Reeves
Writer(s)
Matt Reeves
Executive(s)
NA
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (494) | Top Critics (84) | Fresh (421) | Rotten (73)
Operatic, simmering, and replete with a smoky noir atmosphere, The Batman is an enthralling package of contradictions.
May 25, 2022
Eric Francisco
Inverse
TOP CRITIC
The film I imagine Ricky Fitts would grow up to make after the events of ‘American Beauty.’
March 24, 2022
Keith Uhlich
(All (Parentheses))
TOP CRITIC
What this film does achieve, however, is telling a solid new Batman story, one with some pretty compelling twists and a strong point-of-view on who, exactly, the Caped Crusader is. By default, that makes it one of the better Batman movies ever made. March 19, 2022
Liz Shannon Miller
Consequence
TOP CRITIC
Ultimately, this Batman accepts the thankless, death-defying role he’s stepped into, and the sacrifices that go with it. But that choice would be more compelling if it weren’t framed as a tacit acknowledgement of all the inevitable sequels to come…
March 11, 2022
Adam Nayman
The Ringer
TOP CRITIC
The movie’s inability to imagine its superheroes and supervillains with any meaningful psychological identity is of a piece with the failure to imagine ordinary people with any degree of individuality.
March 10, 2022
Richard Brody
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
It’s not too surprising that this is Reeves’s film, since the recent Planet of the Apes trilogy is among the most rich, complex, and well-crafted franchises in cinematic history.
March 9, 2022
Alissa Wilkinson
Vox
TOP CRITIC
The way that everything is spliced and shaken together, and the mood — and it’s definitely a mood — makes this weighty, heavy, sublimely shot, excellently cast, always-engaging blockbuster feel new, and all things Batman with it.
June 25, 2022
Sarah Ward
Concrete Playground
THE BATMAN shows that even the best intentions may inspire mayhem, cause heck this is Gotham.
June 22, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Rosalie Kicks
MovieJawn
And even though at times the movie seems a little too male-centric, in times when this is almost prohibited, it felt good to feel those testosterone punches in such a quality, entertaining film. [Full review in Spanish]
June 15, 2022
Erick Estrada
Cinegarage
How many times can this story be told? Next time pray that the filmmakers aren’t this self-serious about their own vision and that the running time values your time outside of Gotham.
June 14, 2022 | Rating: C+
Nathaniel Rogers
The Film Experience
Lovers of action, fight sequences, digital effects, and mainstream fare may be driven to mental torture. [Full review in Spanish]
June 14, 2022
Javier Ocaña
El Pais (Spain)
Matt Reeves is a director with a vision. I’m glad I enjoy that vision, because Batman needs to have good movies.
June 9, 2022 | Rating: A-
Kent Garrison
Mad About Movies Podcast…
Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)
Batman and Gordon discover that the Riddler left a thumb drive in Mitchell’s car containing images of Mitchell with a woman, Annika Kosolov, at the Iceberg Lounge—a nightclub operated by the Penguin, mobster Carmine Falcone’s lieutenant. While the Penguin pleads ignorance, Batman notices that Selina Kyle, Annika’s roommate and lover, works at the club as a waitress. When Annika disappears, Batman sends Selina back to the Iceberg Lounge for answers and discovers that Savage was on Falcone’s payroll, as is district attorney Gil Colson.
The Riddler abducts Colson, straps a timed collar bomb to his neck, and sends him to interrupt Mitchell’s funeral. When Batman arrives, the Riddler calls him via Colson’s phone and threatens to detonate the bomb if Colson cannot answer three riddles. Colson refuses to answer the third—the name of the informant who gave the GCPD information that led to a historic drug bust ending mobster Salvatore Maroni’s operation—and dies. Batman and Gordon deduce that the informant may be the Penguin and track him to a drug deal. They discover that Maroni’s operation transferred to Falcone, with many corrupt GCPD officers involved. Selina inadvertently exposes them when she arrives to steal money and discovers Annika’s corpse in a car trunk. After a car chase, Batman captures the Penguin but learns he is not the informant.
Batman and Gordon follow the Riddler’s trail to the ruins of an orphanage funded by Bruce’s murdered parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne, where they learn that the Riddler holds a grudge against the Wayne family. Bruce’s butler and caretaker, Alfred Pennyworth, is hospitalized after opening a letter bomb addressed to Bruce. The Riddler leaks evidence that Thomas, who was running for mayor before he was murdered, hired Falcone to kill a journalist for threatening to reveal details about Martha and her family’s history of mental illness. Bruce, who grew up believing his father was morally upstanding, confronts Alfred, who maintains that Thomas only asked Falcone to threaten the journalist into silence; Thomas planned to turn himself and Falcone over to the police once he found out Falcone murdered the journalist instead. Alfred believes that Falcone had Thomas and Martha killed to prevent this.
Selina reveals to Batman that Falcone is her neglectful father. She decides to kill him after learning that he strangled Annika because Mitchell told her that Falcone was the informant. Batman and Gordon arrive in time to stop her, but the Riddler kills Falcone as he is being arrested. The Riddler is unmasked as forensic accountant Edward Nashton and is incarcerated in Arkham State Hospital, where he tells Batman he took inspiration from him when targeting the corrupt. Batman learns that Nashton has stationed car bombs around Gotham and cultivated an online following that plans to assassinate mayor-elect Bella Reál.
The bombs destroy the seawall around Gotham and flood the city. Nashton’s followers attempt to kill Reál but are stopped by Batman and Selina. In the aftermath, Nashton befriends another inmate,[a] while Selina deems Gotham beyond saving and leaves. Batman aids recovery efforts and vows to inspire hope in Gotham.
Trivia
Goofs
As a rule, forensics analysts don’t just plug digital media straight into their computer. For one, it becomes inadmissible in court since it can argued maybe the cops put incriminating evidence on the drive. The other thing is it might trigger a logic bomb which is exactly what happens when Gordon pulls up the pictures on the “thumb” drive. In reality, the drive would go to the lab and be imaged for a copy that would then be looked through. A detective as seasoned as Gordon would know better.
Quotes
Batman: Our scars can destroy us, even after the physical wounds have healed. But if we survive them, they can transform us. They can give us the power to endure, and the strength to fight.
Credits
Alternate Versions
NA
Soundtracks
Ave Maria
Written by Franz Schubert
Arranged by Jeff Kryka
Performed by The Tiffin Boys’ Choir
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Dragged Across Concrete
75%RT Audience Score: 69%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Dragged Across Concrete is a film that is not for the faint of heart, but for those who appreciate a dark and gritty tale that challenges the audience. Clocking in at over two and a half hours, it may seem excessive, but the slow buildup steeped in melancholy never lets up, leading to a suspenseful and unpredictable journey. While the brutal violence and bloated runtime may not be for everyone, the off-kilter dialogue and surprises make it a compelling watch. Zahler’s unapologetic and uncompromising approach to storytelling may be repugnant to some, but for those who like it darker, it’s a rich and rewarding experience.
If you’re in the mood for a movie that’s dirty, angry, and full of surprises, then Dragged Across Concrete is the film for you. Clocking in at over two and a half hours, it’s not for the faint of heart, but it’s definitely worth the ride. The tension is so thick you could cut it with a knife, and the slow buildup is steeped in a melancholy that never lets up. It’s brutal, uncompromising, and unapologetic, but somehow still manages to be compulsively watchable. Just be prepared to feel a little bit dangled on the end of a meat hook.
Tagline
Production Company(ies)
Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment, VOD
Distributor
Summit Entertainment, Lionsgate Films
Release Type
THEATRICAL, THEATRICAL (LIMITED)
Filming Location(s)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
MPAA / Certificate
R
Year of Release
2019
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2h 39m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States, Canada
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Mar 22, 2019 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 22, 2019
Genre(s)
Crime, Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory Kittles, Michael Jai White, Jennifer Carpenter, Thomas Kretschmann, directed by S. Craig Zahler, written by S. Craig Zahler, crime, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Philip De Semlyen, Amy Nicholson, Paul Byrnes, David Stratton, Chris Stuckmann, Jonathan Romney, Marshall Shaffer, M.N. Miller, Brian Eggert, Taylor Baker, Jesse Hassenger, Jeffrey Zhang, R rating, Keith Kjarval, Dallas Sonnier, Tyler Jackson, Jack Heller, Sefton Fincham, Summit Entertainment, Lionsgate Films, Dolby Digital, Scope (2.35:1), police, criminal underworld, suspended, assaulting a suspect, video, grisly images, some sexuality/nudity, strong violence
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $15,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $18,549,153
Production budget ranking: 1,377
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $9,988,719
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Director(s)
S. Craig Zahler
Writer(s)
S. Craig Zahler
Producer(s)
Keith Kjarval, Dallas Sonnier, Tyler Jackson, Jack Heller, Sefton Fincham
Film Festivals
Venice
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (150) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (114) | Rotten (36)
The dialogue has a nicely off-kilter feel.
August 4, 2020 | Rating: 3/5
Philip De Semlyen
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
Dirty, angry, and it feels like it wants to pick a fight with you.
September 24, 2019
Amy Nicholson
FilmWeek (KPCC – NPR Los Angeles)
TOP CRITIC
Dragged Across Concrete feels like you’re dangling on the end of a meat hook. It’s painful and tense and at the same time, a little ridiculous… Even then, it’s full of surprises, and riches for those who like it darker.
August 28, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
Despite a running time (more than two and a half hours) that would normally seem excessive for this kind of movie, Dragged Across Concrete is never boring.
August 27, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
David Stratton
The Australian
TOP CRITIC
You look back and you pinpoint things that don’t belong, adding or detracting…feels like wasted baggage. But this film challenges critics, and challenging audiences, and that’s far more interesting than a filmmaker playing it safe.
August 2, 2019 | Rating: B+
Chris Stuckmann
ChrisStuckmann.com
TOP CRITIC
What makes the film, which clocks in at 159 minutes, seem less calculating and cynical is the way that slow buildup is steeped in a melancholy that never lets up even through the subsequent violence.
May 10, 2019
Jonathan Romney
Film Comment Magazine
TOP CRITIC
While it’s certainly not a pleasant watch thanks to its brutal violence and bloated runtime, the murkiness merits discussion and deliberation.
March 20, 2023
Marshall Shaffer
Decider
You simply can never know what is going to happen next in Zahler’s pulp-fiction exploitation tale that is a brutal, uncompromising, unapologetic, and often repugnant journey that is compulsively watchable.
August 18, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
M.N. Miller
Ready Steady Cut
Throughout its two-hour-and-forty-minute runtime, I found myself alternating between feelings of disgust over how one might perceive these situations and feeling enrapt by the forceful way Zahler tells his story.
March 3, 2022 | Rating: 2.5/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Episode 33: Triple Threat / The Raid / Dragged Across Concrete
September 14, 2021 | Rating: 90/100
Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
The second half of the film’s epic running time is a remarkable achievement in sustained suspense without resorting to cheap shortcuts
February 5, 2021 | Rating: B
Jesse Hassenger
SportsAlcohol
Dragged Across Concrete is an unapologetic noir that’s at times hard to swallow, a construct of the times that seems lab-grown to provoke and outrage.
January 29, 2021 | Rating: B
Jeffrey Zhang
Strange Harbors…
Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)
Trivia
Goofs
When we first see the getaway car near the end, it’s a white Chevrolet Tahoe. In the next scene it’s inexplicably a white Dodge Durango. Then it goes back to being a white Chevrolet Tahoe again.
Quotes
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Credits
Alternate Versions
NA
Soundtracks
NA
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
75%RT Audience Score: 64%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 2 Oscars
17 wins & 71 nominations total
A curious, not always seamless, amalgamation of Kubrick’s chilly bleakness and Spielberg’s warm-hearted optimism, A.I. is, in a word, fascinating
A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is like that one friend who can’t decide what they want to do for the day, so they try to do everything at once. It’s a drama, a morality tale, a noir, a parable, and a fairy tale all rolled into one. But hey, at least it keeps things interesting! The visuals are stunning, and the exploration of love and the morality of creating something that can love is thought-provoking. Plus, who doesn’t love a good robot-humanity irony? Overall, A.I. is a wild ride that’s worth taking, even if it can’t quite decide what it wants to be.
Production Company(ies)
The Weinstein Company, UK Film Council Momentum Pictures,
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
Oxbow Park – 3010 SE Oxbow Parkway, Gresham, Oregon, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for some sexual content and violent images
Year of Release
2001
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTS-ES Dolby Digital EXSDDS
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:2h 25m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 29, 2001 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2006
Genre(s)
Fantasy/Drama
Keyword(s)
Worldwide gross: $235,926,552
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $397,604,292
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 387
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 43,359,247
US/Canada gross: $78,616,689
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $132,491,798
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 573
US/Canada opening weekend: $29,352,630
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $49,467,648
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 234
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $100,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $168,528,845
Production budget ranking: 179
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $90,752,783
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $138,322,665
ROI to date (est.): 53%
ROI ranking: 1,129
Ryan Gosling – Greg Lippmann
Christian Bale – Michael Burry
Brad Pitt – Ben Hockett
Marisa Tomei – Cynthia Baum
Hamish Linklater – Porter Collins
Director(s)
Steven Spielberg
Writer(s)
Ian Watson, Brian Aldiss, Steven Spielberg
Producer(s)
Kathleen Kennedy, Bonnie Curtis
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 2 Oscars
17 wins & 71 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (197) | Top Critics (51) | Fresh (148) | Rotten (49)
A confined domestic drama, a considerable morality tale, a fleeting futuristic noir, a persecution parable, an on-the-nose fairy tale adventure… and then it keeps going.
April 21, 2011
William Goss
Film.com
TOP CRITIC
Provocative movie suitable for teens.
September 2, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
TOP CRITIC
At heart it’s a terribly anguished expression of rejection, loneliness and love. If only it knew when to stop.
August 16, 2007
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
What makes this world so compelling is that Spielberg shows us, as few others could have, how ordinary people like ourselves feel living in it.
May 9, 2002 | Rating: B-
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films
TOP CRITIC
At least it restates HAL’s case with commendable vehemence and a kaleidoscopic ingenuity.
March 3, 2002
Philip Strick
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
Temperamentally, Spielberg and Kubrick are such polar opposites that A.I. has the moment-to-moment effect of being completely at odds with itself.
October 29, 2001
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine/Vulture
TOP CRITIC
It’s a film whose humanity is kept at a distance so audiences might question how to define it, challenging us through its narrative to approach humanity from a human-less perspective.
March 18, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
In addition to its study of love, A.I. examines the morality of creating something that can love, that must love, but whose deeply-felt affections may not always be returned.
July 6, 2021
Andrew Bloom
The Spool
It’s Spielberg’s distinct sensibility that makes the difference. Rejecting the cynical trickery some people prefer in drama, his A.I. is equal to Kubrick’s finest work.
June 30, 2021
Armond White
New York Press
A.I. Artificial Intelligence manages to honor its Kubrickian origin while Steven Spielberg adds his own touch.
June 29, 2021
Danielle Solzman
Solzy at the Movies
Aside from the conflicting ideas on artificiality and humankind and love (and the ill-defined boundaries of David’s capabilities), the visuals are spectacular.
September 25, 2020 | Rating: 6/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
Although [A.I.] falls short of answering the questions raised by the basic premise of the film, it nevertheless makes you take pause in showing the irony of robots who are actually more human, and definitely more humane, than the humans themselves.
November 6, 2019
Debbie Lynn Elias
Behind The Lens…
Plot
In the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting rise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve them. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his “mother”, Monica. Monica is the woman who adopted him as a substitute for her real son, who remains in cryo-stasis, stricken by an incurable disease. David is living happily with Monica and her husband, but when their real son returns home after a cure is discovered, his life changes dramatically.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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Search Party Season: 5
75%RT Audience Score: 56%
Creators: Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers, Michael Showalter
Starring: Alia Shawkat, John Reynolds, John Early, Meredith Hagner, Brandon Micheal Hall
HBO Max, LGBTQ Stories
Year of Release
2016
Technical Specs
Color: Color
Sound mix: Stereo
Aspect ratio: 16:9 HD
Language(s): English
Country of origin: United States
Original premiere: 11/21/2016
Newest season premiere: 01/07/2022
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Genre(s)
Comedy, Crime, Dark Comedy, LGBTQ Stories, Music, Mystery, War
Keyword(s)
Dark Comedy Digital Comedy, LGBTQ Stories Digital Comedy, Middle Eastern / North African Stories Digital Comedy, Single Camera Comedy, Jax Media, Semi-Formal Productions, TV Shows from 2022, Movies from United States, English Language, Critics’ Choice Awards Nominees, , Impacted by COVID-19, Female Show Creator, Female Producer, Female Writer, Latin/Hispanic Producer, Asian Producer, Asian Writer, LGBTQ+ Producer, LGBTQ+ Lead Cast, Black Lead Cast, HBO Max Original, Female Director, Black Producer, LGBTQ+ Writer, LGBTQ+ Director, LGBTQ Writer, Latin/Hispanic Producer, LGBTQ Producer, LGBTQ Lead Cast, Middle East/North Africa Producer
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Alia Shawkat
Dory
John Reynolds
Drew
Early
Elliott
Meredith Hagner
Portia
Brandon Micheal Hall
Julian
Griffin Newman
Gavin Rolf
Director(s)
Writer(s)
Executive(s)
NA
Awards & Nominations
NA
Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)
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The Birth of a Nation (1915)
75%RT Audience Score: 55%
Awards & Nominations: NA
The Birth of a Nation is a film that has been both celebrated and vilified, and for good reason. While it may be considered a seminal work of narrative filmmaking, it cannot be ignored that it perpetuates racist and harmful stereotypes. D.W. Griffith’s technical and artistic achievements cannot be denied, but it is important to acknowledge the harm that this film has caused and to continue to work towards a more inclusive and equitable film industry. As a society, we must grapple with the complicated legacy of this film and strive to create a better future for all.
The Birth of a Nation is like that one ex you can’t seem to shake off – you know it’s problematic and controversial, but it keeps popping up in your life. Sure, it’s a groundbreaking work of art that paved the way for modern cinema, but it’s also a racist propaganda piece that glorifies the KKK. It’s a mixed bag, to say the least. But hey, at least it’s not as bad as your ex, right?
Production Company(ies)
Melodrama Pictures,
Distributor
Hollywood Classics, Reel Media International [us], Republic Pictures, Image Entertainment Inc., Lumivision, Allied Artists Pictures, Continental Home Vídeo [br], Kino Video, Joseph Brenner Associates Inc. [us]
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Calexico, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
TV-PG
Year of Release
1915
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Silent
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Aspect ratio:1.33 : 1
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Runtime:3h 10m
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Language(s):None
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Mar 3, 1915 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 16, 1999
Genre(s)
War
Keyword(s)
War, Civil War, Ku Klux Klan, racism, historical drama, D.W Griffith, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann, Thomas F Dixon Jr., Frank E Woods, Hollywood Classics, Reel Media International, Republic Pictures, Image Entertainment Inc., Lumivision, Allied Artists Pictures, Continental Home Vídeo, Kino Video, Joseph Brenner Associates Inc., Flat (1.37:1), 1915, 3h 10m, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Richard Brody, Derek Malcolm, David Parkinson, Variety Staff, Dave Kehr, Steven D Greydanus, Matt Brunson, Mike Massie, Pamela Hutchinson, Mattie Lucas, Jeffrey M Anderson, Artistic, technical, cultural, seminal, commercial spectacle, cinematic realism, epic, landscapes, fictional love stories, anti-war message, manipulative, racist, morally reprehensible, engaging, inventive, impressive, production designs, cinematography, score, expressive performances, self-righteousness, substance depth, classic revolutionary cinema
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
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ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Mae Marsh – Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall – Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper – Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden – Lydia Brown
Ralph Lewis – Austin Stoneman
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Produced by D.W. Griffith
Written by Thomas F. Dixon Jr., D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods, Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Director(s)
D.W. Griffith
Writer(s)
Thomas F. Dixon Jr., Thomas F. Dixon Jr., D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods, Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Producer(s)
D.W. Griffith
Film Festivals
Sundance, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (44) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (41) | Rotten (3)
Problematically, Birth of a Nation wasn’t just a seminal commercial spectacle but also a decisively original work of art — in effect, the founding work of cinematic realism, albeit a work that was developed to pass lies off as reality.
August 19, 2013
Richard Brody
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
The quasi-Victorian Griffith was in so many respects way ahead of his time even if his philosophy and mind-set could often be said to be behind it.
August 19, 2013
Derek Malcolm
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
The Birth of a Nation has become a staple of any film studies course, for its excellent performances, thrilling action sequences and epic landscapes. However it’s subject matter is much more controversial now.
August 19, 2013 | Rating: 3/5
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Birth of a Nation is a great epoch in picture making; it’s great for pictures and it’s great for the name and fame of David Wark Griffith. When a man like Griffith in a new field can do what he has done, he may as well be hailed while he is living.
February 6, 2008
Variety Staff
Variety
TOP CRITIC
Griffith’s later films are unquestionably superior. But here, in a very real sense, is where the movies began, both as an art and as a business.
February 6, 2008
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
Artistically, technically, and culturally, the importance of Griffith’s celebrated, villified, deeply troubling Civil War masterpiece cannot be overstated.
August 22, 2004 | Rating: B+
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films
TOP CRITIC
As a work of art, it is unforgettable; as a social document, it is unforgivable. Quality of Movie: 4 stars. Content of Movie: 1 star.
August 10, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
More prominent than the adventuresome Civil War reenactments or the educational historical retellings (the ones based on actual records) are the fictional love stories.
July 24, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
D.W. Griffith made many other films with old-fashioned, sentimental storylines — but his best work moves the audience, because it is based on an emotional truth. That emotional truth is missing in this film.
March 27, 2020
Pamela Hutchinson
Silent London
A film that deserves, no demands, to be acknowledged, if for no other reason than to come to terms with the racist history it represents.
June 3, 2019 | Rating: 4/4
Mattie Lucas
From the Front Row
While it’s clear that D.W. Griffith’s The Birth Of A Nation is a seminal work of narrative filmmaking and will forever live in infamy as a result (being seen by new eyes generation after generation) that doesn’t mean one can’t wish it were never made.
November 1, 2018
Ed Travis
Cinapse
D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation is as much a part of film history as the Civil War is a part of American history.
September 21, 2014 | Rating: 4/5
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Common Sense Media…
Plot
Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is affected by the Civil War, as the Stonemans and the Camerons must join up opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in connection to major historical events, like the development of the Civil War itself, Lincoln’s assassination, and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The cast includes Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, and Henry B. Walthall.
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75%
The Bridge
75%RT Audience Score:
Starring: AJ Odudu, James McAvoy
HBO Max, Hulu
Year of Release
2011
Technical Specs
Color: NA
Sound mix: NA
Aspect ratio: 1.78 : 116:9 HD
Language(s): English
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Original premiere:
Newest season premiere:
Genre(s)
Epic, War
Keyword(s)
Competition Series Digital Alternative, Game Show, Workerbee, HBO Max, Movies from United Kingdom, English Language, WGA Awards Nominees, Competition Series TV Alternative, Workerbee Shows, HBO Max Shows, TV Shows from United Kingdom, Critics’ Choice Awards Nominees, TV Shows from 2020, Golden Globes Nominees
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
NA
Director(s)
Writer(s)
Executive(s)
NA
Awards & Nominations
NA
Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)
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Watchmen Season: 1
75%RT Audience Score: 56%
Creator: Damon Lindelof
Starring: Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson, Jean Smart, Tim Blake Nelson
DC Entertainment, DUST, MARV, Sister, Warner Bros.
Year of Release
2019
Technical Specs
Color: NA
Sound mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby, DTS
Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
Language(s): English
Country of origin: United States
Original premiere: 10/20/2019
Newest season premiere: 10/20/2019
Season Finale:
12/15/2019
2019-2020 Fall Primetime
Canada Digital
Series Premiere:
10/20/2019
Season Premiere:
10/20/2019
UK Satellite
Series Premiere:
10/21/2019
Season Premiere:
10/21/2019
2019-2020 Fall Primetime
INTERNATIONAL
DISTRIBUTOR:
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution :
Jeffrey Schlesinger :
Genre(s)
Black Stories, Crime, Drama, Dystopia/Apocalypse, History, Literary Adaptation, Music, Superhero, Teen, War
Keyword(s)
Black Stories Digital Drama, Comic Book / Graphic Novel Adaptation Digital Drama, Crime Digital Drama, Dystopia / Apocalypse Digital Drama, Limited/Event Series Digital Drama, Literary Adaptation Digital Drama, Serialized Drama Digital Drama, Superhero, Warner Bros. Television, DC Entertainment, Paramount Television Studios, White Rabbit, TV Shows from 2019, Movies from United States, English Language, Emmy Awards Nominees, Emmy Awards Winners, NAACP Image Awards Nominees, NAACP Image Awards Winners, PGA Awards Nominees, PGA Awards Winners, Critics’ Choice Awards Nominees, Critics’ Choice Awards Winners, GLAAD Media Awards Nominees, GLAAD Media Awards Winners, DGA Awards Winners, DGA Awards Nominees, WGA Awards Winners, WGA Awards Nominees, Black Stories TV Drama, Comic Book / Graphic Novel Adaptation TV Drama, Crime TV Drama, Dystopia / Apocalypse TV Drama, Limited/Event Series TV Drama, Literary Adaptation TV Drama, Serialized Drama TV Drama, TV Shows Created by Damon Lindelof, TV Shows Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, TV Shows Starring Louis Gossett Jr., TV Shows Starring Andrew Howard, TV Shows Starring Jeremy Irons, TV Shows Starring Regina King, TV Shows Starring Tom Mison, TV Shows Starring Tim Blake Nelson, TV Shows Starring Dylan Schombing, TV Shows Starring Sara Vickers, Warner Bros. Television Shows, DC Entertainment Shows, Paramount Television Studios Shows, White Rabbit Shows, TV Shows from United States, Critics’ Choice Awards Nominees, Critics’ Choice Awards Winners, Dystopia/Apocalypse TV Drama, Paramount Television Shows, Female Producer, Female Writer, 2+ Ethnicity Writer, Female Director, Black Writer, Black Producer, Black Director, 2+ Ethnicity Director, Black Lead Cast, HBO Original
Production budget (est.): $130,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $160,759,328
Production budget ranking: 6
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $86,568,898
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Regina King
Angela Abar
Jeremy Irons
Adrian Veidt
Don Johnson
Judd Crawford
Jean Smart
Laurie Blake
Tim Blake Nelson
Looking Glass
Louis Gossett Jr.
Old Man
Director(s)
Writer(s)
Executive(s)
HBO:
Francesca Orsi
(Current Exec)
HBO:
Nora Skinner
(Current Exec)
HBO:
Max Hollman
(Current Exec)
Awards & Nominations
NA
Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)
HBO, Paramount
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