Sure, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 reduces the first two books in Miller’s novel to just under 80 minutes, but with an even longer second part due next year, the whole finished movie ...

and Marvel's animated direct-to-video featurettes largely play to a relatively narrow base of comicbook aficionados, "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1" has the potential to reach -- and ...

This is the Batman movie I’ve waited a lifetime for. The rest of the world can continue praising the animated series from the 90s until they turn blue in the face if they want to, but Warner ...

Batman doesn’t kill ... So the fact that The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 still manages to please is quite the accomplishment. I’t’s tough for me to judge it on its own merits as if I ...

Supporting these question marks and the remaining narrative in The Dark Knight Returns: Part 1 is history but not just Batman history, world history. Case and point: The Pearl Harbor reference.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 represents the 15th film in the ongoing series. In the bleak and ominous future of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1,it’s been a decade since ...

In the bleak and ominous future of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1, it's been a decade since Bruce Wayne hung up his cape, following most of the other superheroes who had been forced into ...

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 is faithful to the original ‘feel’ of the story, only deviating slightly for the sake of flow. The animated movie only occasionally dabbles in gratuitous ...

Luckily, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 is structured into a mostly standalone tale, with only a few disparate elements scattered throughout as seeds for the chapter still to come.

A bit lost in the shuffle over the release of the various Avengers Blu-ray and combo set offerings last week was the release of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1, the adaptation of the ...