One of the most awe-inspiring scenes in "The Dark Knight Rises" occurs when Bane (Tom Hardy) blows up the Gotham Rogues football field just after open...

Almost as soon as movies could talk, they were making films about the gangsters who came to prominence by supplying liquor to thirsty Americans who didn't believe in the nanny-state laws against alcohol known as Prohibition.

Lawless is a movie that rests its appeal on the violent content it embraces. Since it is sporadic the rest of the film suffers.

CANNES, France -- Writing the Prohibition-era bootlegger crime film "Lawless" – his second realized script and largest movie production yet &nda...

A new red band trailer for director John Hillcoat's "Lawless" is out, and it's a beauty. The gritty film sets Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jessica Cha...

Before he was stirring up trouble in Gotham City as Bane, Tom Hardy was Shinzon in 2002's "Star Trek: Nemesis." With only a few acting credits unde...

The Dark Knight Rises' performance should be closely monitored in terms of what should be considered the top-tier potential for any and all other comic book adaptations for the near future.

Homicidal maniac in a well-crafted movie: great entertainment. Homicidal maniac in an actual movie theater... Cinefantastique Online's Steve Biodrowsk...

"The superheroes we have today are modern American folklore," Michael Uslan told me, " it's contemporary mythology. The ancient gods of Greece, Rome and Egypt still exist only today they wear spandex and capes.

The Dark Knight Rises is very impressive and definitely worth seeing, but without a once-in-a-lifetime performance like Ledger's Joker to provide the pulse, we'll have to be content with a final chapter that certainly delivers, but in a trilogy that peaked in the middle.

Despite a top-flight cast, impeccable production values, and a number of emotional beats that genuinely work, The Dark Knight Rises doesn't stand up to scrutiny and it pales in comparison to what came before.

Since its first reference in Batman #4 in 1940, Gotham City has been a primary part of the Batman mythology. Frank Miller has referred to Gotham City ...

Christopher Nolan concludes his Batman trilogy in typically spectacular, ambitious fashion with "The Dark Knight Rises," but the feeling of frustratio...

The storm has arrived: The first "Dark Knight Rises" reviews are in and -- at least according to critics lucky enough to have seen "Dark Knight Rises"...

With The Dark Knight Rises less than two weeks away, I thought it'd be a good time to take a look at Bane, and in particular, his mask and how it functions.

There have been an amazing number of trailers and TV spots for "The Dark Knight Rises," and the latest finds Bruce Wayne at the doctor's office. Here'...

The internet went into a tizzy late Thursday when it was revealed that Warner Bros. was offering the "Dark Knight Rises" production notes for free dow...

Because you definitely needed a fourth "Dark Knight Rises" trailer, Nokia has released an extended teaser for Christopher Nolan's Batman finale. Mo...

"Rise" proclaim the U.S. character posters for "The Dark Knight Rises." The new artwork -- featuring individual shots of Batman (Christian Bale), Catw...

John Hillcoat's new film, Lawless, premiered at Cannes this week, with a star cast including Shia Labeouf, Jessica Chastain and Tom Hardy, and co-written by Nicolas Cage, the director's longtime friend and collaborator in Australia.

"Lawless" looks like a wild romp through Depression-era Virginia, so its fitting that the new promo images for the film feature a similarly gritty fee...

It's the question you'll be asking yourself a lot this summer: Is that Tom Hardy or Logan Marshall-Green? The actors -- aged 34 and 35, respectively -...

"I'm a Bondurant," grumbles Tom Hardy in the "Lawless" trailer. "We don't lay down for nobody." Apparently! At least judging from the punches, beating...

As technology advances and our knowledge accumulates, some ideas just don't make as much sense as they used to and are relegated to novelties or objects of nostalgia. I think it might be time to add the standard romantic comedy to this list of obsolete institutions.