The first week of September is always a bit of a bummer. Summer is over, school is back in session, and vacations are a distant memory. Thankfully, movies are eternal. If you are feeling sad about the season that has…
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For the past couple of weeks, MovieFanFare has been celebrating the 30th anniversary of the summer movies of 1989. This was a film season that gave us contemporary classics like Do the Right Thing, Batman, Dead Poets Society, Lethal Weapon…
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Last week we celebrated 1989’s Batman, and in the interest of fairness we also wanted to give a cinematic shoutout to 1966’s Batman: The Movie. Adam West is at his campy best in this feature based on the 1960s TV…
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The hype over the Batman officially got underway in December of 1988 when the initial trailer hit theaters just in time for Christmas. It was less than two minutes of random scenes seemingly picked haphazardly without any indication of what…
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All day we’ve been celebrating the 30th anniversary release of the 1989 Batman movie…and the mania that surrounded its release. Although the hype was created purely to help the flick make bank at the box office, there was something about…
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Friends, it’s been a while since we’ve featured a Movie Music Video post here on MovieFanFare, so I am rectifying this in the most stylish way possible by showcasing Prince’s 1989 summer jam “Batdance” (from the Batman soundtrack, obviously) today….
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Sure, Batman was a huge pop culture phenomenon when it hit theaters 30 years ago, but what often gets overlooked in discussions of the film is how great the casting is. Apart from lead roles by Jack Nicholson and Michael…
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It was 30 years ago today that Batman first swung into theaters. To commemorate this pop culture milestone, we’ll be celebrating Tim Burton‘s hugely influential comic book movie throughout the day. We wanted to kick things off by hearing your…
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On June 23, 1989, Tim Burton‘s eagerly anticipated Batman film hit theaters. For the entire summer the world was caught up in Batmania thanks to the Michael Keaton/Jack Nicholson comic book film. From hearing Prince’s “Batdance” in constant rotation to…
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It’s been almost 30 years to the day since Tim Burton‘s Batman broke box office records and redfined the superhero film with its thrills and complex drama. At the heart of the film was the conflict between Michael Keaton‘s Batman…
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