Joel Schumacher

What Makes a Good Movie Musical?
What Makes a Good Movie Musical?

What good movie musicals have in common is a trust in their audience to suspend disbelief and a strong commitment to their themes and stylization.

Video Dispatches: TRACK 29, BATMEN, THE BELIEVERS & GHOSTS OF MARS
Video Dispatches: TRACK 29, BATMEN, THE BELIEVERS & GHOSTS OF MARS

In this installment of Video Dispatches we cover Track 29, the four films of Batman, The Believers and Ghosts of Mars!

BATMAN RETURNS: The Birth Of Villain Overload
BATMAN RETURNS: The Birth Of Villain Overload

Zac Hestand takes a look back at the comic movie classic Batman Returns and how its overload of villains spawned an industry standard.

FALLING DOWN's Mental Breakdown Structured As Video Game Levels
FALLING DOWN’s Mental Breakdown Structured As Video Game Levels

How is Joel Schumacher’s 1993 film Falling Down structured like a video game? Zac Hestand gives us his breakdown.

The Dark Knight or the Dark Shite? Batman & Robin gets the Take Two Treatment
The Dark Knight Or The Dark Shite? BATMAN & ROBIN Gets The Take Two Treatment

In the latest of our Take Two series, we reexamine Batman & Robin, the sequel we watched so you don’t have to.

Why People Love To Hate ST. ELMO’S FIRE

No movie gives an aura of eighties nostalgia better than St.Elmo’s Fire. The Joel Schumacher directed film is somewhat of an underappreciated ‘masterpiece’.