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01 Sep

Robin’s Wish

Max SchindlerMovie reviews
Robin’s Wish tells the powerful true story of actor/comedian Robin Williams’ final days. For the first time, Robin’s fight against a deadly neurodegenerative disorder, known as Lewy Body Dementia, is shown in stunning detail. Through a journalistic lens, this story sheds an entirely new light on the tragedy, beauty and power behind the mind of one of the greatest entertainers of all time.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Sep 01, 2020
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26 Aug

Strike Recap: Cormoran, Robin and the Story So Far

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Warning: contains major spoilers for The Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm and Career of Evil To a childhood friend, he’s Bunsen. To his sister, he’s Dick. To the colleague whose life he saved, he’s Bob, and to his ex-fiancee, he’s Bluey. In the US, they know him as C.B. Strike, but in the UK, he’s Cormoran Strike, a Cornish PI operating out of Soho’s Denmark Street. He’s the star of four – soon to be five – detective novels by Robert Galbraith (an alias of J.K. Rowling), and he’ll soon be back on BBC One starring in his fourth miniseries Strike:…
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24 Aug

Which Robin Is in Gotham Knights?

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Gotham Knights pits the Caped Crusader’s Bat-Family — Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin, and Red Hood — against a mysterious cabal of criminals known as the Court of Owls. Forced to step up after the death of their mentor, these young heroes will have to save Gotham from the biggest threat it’s ever faced. Developer WB Games Montreal outlined each character in the game in a follow-up press release after the Gotham Knights‘ debut during the DC FanDome digital event. Barbara Gordon is back as Batgirl after recovering from her paralysis, while Dick Grayson returns as Nightwing and former Arkham Knight Jason…
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28 Jul

Batman: Death in the Family Interactive Movie Lets You Kill Robin

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With Netflix going hard on interactive movies like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, it was only a matter of time before other studios started experimenting with them. Now, DC’s animated movie division has figured out a way to use the format to make a true-to-life adaptation. With Batman: Death in the Family, a new animated short film, the fans will get decide whether Robin (aka Jason Todd) lives or dies. Announced by IGN, the movie version of Death in the Family will be fully interactive and let viewers choose one of multiple, branching fates for Jason Todd. It’s also a rough prequel…
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17 Jun

How Batman Forever Got Robin Right

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A quarter century after its release, Batman Forever remains perhaps the most divisive of the Caped Crusader’s 10 big-screen appearances to date. It is certainly the fulcrum on which the entire history of the series balances: the point where the franchise changed course in pursuit of instant gratification and success, only to pave the way for abject failure and supreme rebirth. The back story of Batman Forever has been well documented before, so here it is in brief in case you were napping: following the less than stellar box office returns of Tim Burton’s 1992 Batman Returns — a Gothic…
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10 Oct

Robin Williams Comic Genius

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DVD Talk Collector Series The Specials:The title of this DVD goldmine for fans of Robin Williams' stand-up and improv work can be described with a word that Williams used frequently in his acts over the decades: Redundant. After his singular success in stand-up, film, and TV, everyone should know at this point that the Comic Genius description comes prepackaged with the name. It was for me when I first came to San Francisco for grad school in late 2002, but I mostly knew of Williams' genius through his film roles, a cornucopia of comedic and dramatic work that showcased his…
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20 Nov

Robin Hood

Max SchindlerMovie reviews
Robin of Loxley (Taron Egerton), a war-hardened Crusader, and his Moorish commander (Jamie Foxx) mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.Rated: PG-13Release Date: Nov 21, 2018
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15 Jun

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

Max SchindlerMovie reviews, ,
A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world?s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind is told largely through Williams? own words, and celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014. [HBO]Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Jun 16, 2018
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12 Oct

Goodbye Christopher Robin

Max SchindlerMovie reviews, ,
Goodbye Christoper Robin gives a rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children's author A. A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and his son Christopher Robin (Will Tilston), whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne (Margot Robbie), and his nanny Olive (Kelly Macdonald), Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what will the cost be to the family? [Fox Searchlight]Rated: PGRelease Date:…
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