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Batman Begins

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UK Release Date: 16 June 2005 Certification: 12A Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Rutger Hauer, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Ken Watanabe, Tom Wilkinson Rating: 88% "Why do we fall sir?" Review: The cast assembled for Batman Begins is world class and the casts performance's are a large factor in the success of the movie. Christian Bale is extremely good in Batman Begins , his body transformation is outstanding and h is voice is the perfect fit for Batman . Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman are standouts and provide great performances in supporting roles. Every single piece of dialogue from both is quotable. I liked Katie Holmes in the role of Rachel Dawes, so I would have preferred her to stay on in the role in subsequent movies (rather than Maggie Gyllenhaal). And finally Gary Oldman who, besides Heath Ledger (Joker,) probably plays my favourite character in the whole trilogy, Jim Gordo...

My First Ever Comic Con

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Last weekend I went to my first ever Comic Con. I'm sure you are aware that Comic Con is a comic book convention celebrating comic book culture. The first official comic book convention took place in New York in 1964 and was called New York Comicon. The largest and best Comic Con today is San Diego Comic-Con International . This is my experience of MCM Comic Con Scotland : Stalls There were more than a hundred different stalls at Comic Con selling loads of unique items and some weird ones as well. I laughed when I saw a giant Black Pink (Japanese boy band) stall which one of my friends would have loved. My Comic Con haul was a Captain America Funko Pop and Batman Year One written by Frank Miller.  Comic Con haul. Talk s I only attended one talk whilst I was at Comic Con, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The Comic Creative Process with J.M. Dematteis [ Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt and co-creator of Spider-Man 2099] and Rick Leonardi [ The Uncanny X-Men , The...