Big Screen Batman Review – “Batman and Robin: The 1949 Serial Collection”

This is the first day in a week long event featuring
reviews of Batman’s live action, big screen
appearances in chronological order of release. Today,
the review is of the 1949 movie serials. Tomorrow,
we’ll have a review of Batman: The Movie
starring Adam West and Burt Ward. From Sunday to
Wednesday, we’ll review the entries directed by Tim
Burton and Joel “let’s make the Batmobile neon!”
Schumacher. Batman Begins, directed by Chris
Nolan (best known for directing Memento) will
open on Wednesday, and will be reviewed on Thursday
morning. (Reviews of Batman: The Animated Series
Vol. 3
and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
will come at some as yet undetermined later date.)
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