Cinemecca's Most Anticipated Films of 2012

By Paco McCullough

A quick note before I begin- this list is based off of films for which I can get information easily, i.e. primarily Hollywood films. This is not a bias against Indie films, it's just that they generally fly under the radar until closer to their release.

Comic Movie Collection: Batman Returns (1992)

By Jason Haskins

1992 was a different time. Tim Burton had revitalized the faltering image of Batman to the general public by making a colossal motion picture starring Jack Nicholson as the Joker with Michael Keaton as the big cheese: Bruce/Bats. But in 1992 things changed drastically. While the original Batman was much darker in tone than the television show starring Burt Ward and Adam West as well as the hokier stories in the comics from the seventies and mid-eighties,Batman Returns upped things a notch...well...several notches.

Comic Movie Collection: Batman (1989)

By Jason Haskins

1989’s Batman film stars Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson and was directed by Tim Burton as his third feature behind the successful Pee Wee's Big Adventure and Beetlejuice. This also happens to be one of my favorite movies in the franchise revolving around the caped crusader who battles evil in the to fight for what was taken from him so long ago with the murders of his parents.

Cinemecca Animated: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

By Terry Cleveland

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is a criminally overlooked film from the early nineties that is as good as the current set of Christopher Nolan films that have been dominating the box office for the past few years. I remember watching this film as a kid until I literally wore out the VHS copy that I owned. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it had lost none of the magic that I remember as a child.