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I didn’t realize there was a Michael Keaton retrospective at the American Cinemateque right around the corner — as in, this weekend — until I read about it in this Geoff Boucher profile of the actor at the LA Times. Reading the unique look back at Keaton’s career, in his own words, I was reminded […]
“We’re grown men, right?”
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:28 pm · May 12th, 2011
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Keaton ready to rock as Ken
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:19 am · May 3rd, 2010
One of the big reasons for me to get excited for Adam McKay’s “The Other Guys” was that Michael Keaton, after suffering through a slew of straight-to-video or otherwise forgettable films, would have a front-and-center performance in what should be a commercially successful film. I remain faithful to Keaton despite the lows. But let’s face […]
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11/20 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:29 am · November 20th, 2009
• With his directorial debut “The Merry Gentleman” on the way, Michael Keaton gets a profile across the pond. [The Guardian] • Laura Almo sits down with “Up in the Air” editor Dana Glauberman. [Editors Guild Magazine] • “Avatar”‘s Sigourney Weaver remembers the days when James Cameron’s crews didn’t live in fear. [Vulture]
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Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ — 20 years later
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:49 am · June 23rd, 2009
There is a reason I am such an embarrassingly devoted Batman fan. It’s not because I’m a life-long comic book reader. That came later. And it’s not because I grew up watching reruns of the old ABC television series. Though I certainly did. It’s because Tim Burton’s “Batman,” released in theaters 20 years ago today, […]
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Brilliant casting item of the day…
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:28 am · August 25th, 2008
Michael Keaton as Ken (of Ken and Barbie) in “Toy Story 3.” Awesome.
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Batman through the years
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:42 am · July 12th, 2008
Dominic Wells of The Times has written a cross-section of Batman as seen on film through the past five decades. I can’t believe I didn’t know this was being written under my nose. He takes us back to the serials of the mid-to-late 1940s and into the “Pow!” and “Bam!” psychedeliq of the 1960s TV […]
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