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Newsletter #7: Behind the curtain… once more

 Another day, another edition of the It’s A Stampede! Newsletter. And today I’m taking you behind the scenes of this blog once again to talk movies, TV shows, comics, and everything else going on when I’m not typing away on a keyboard. This year I’m all about detaching from social media, as well as endless doom scrolling,…

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Why is everyone obsessed with Batman’s nipples?

 Get into a conversation with anyone about the Batman movie series and chances are, at some point during the discussion, the subject of Batman’s nipples will come up. You can say to yourself “nah, that’s crazy talk”, but the cold hard truth is, there are a lot of people out there who are obsessed with Bat-nipples. Completely…

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Tom & Jerry movies in order

 In 1992, cartoon double-act, Tom & Jerry jumped from the small screen to the big screen for the animated adventure, Tom and Jerry: The Movie. The feature-length musical, which saw the cat and mouse join forces in an all-singing picture, paved the way for a long-running series of movies to follow. But how many Tom…

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Deep dive: The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005 – 2012)

 Today, in this rather lengthy post, I am watching, discussing, and deep diving Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005 – 2012). This includes Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). In addition to the three films in the trilogy, I will also be taking a look at Batman: Gotham Knight (2008), an animated side-story released in 2008, which…

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Why isn’t Jason Momoa playing Aquaman in Supergirl?

 You’ve seen the trailer for the new Supergirl movie. You’ve probably seen some of the promotional material for the press tour too. And during all this press and publicity content you’ve no doubt clocked something – or perhaps someone – you didn’t expect. Jason Momoa is part of the movie. Momoa appears alongside Supergirl star Milly Alcock, but rather…

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How many Batman cartoon shows are there?

 Did you know, the first Batman cartoon aired in 1968? You didn’t? Yep, while the Caped Crusader had been appearing in comics since 1939, it took almost 30 years to transfer Batman to animation. His first run of animated tales came via The Adventures of Batman (part of The Batman/Superman Hour), with later ‘toons including The New Adventures of Batman (1977), Super Friends (1973), the incredibly…

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The DC Extended Universe (DCEU) in order

 In 2013, comic book action movie, Man of Steel made its debut. The film – starring Henry Cavill – was conceived as an origin tale, focused around DC Comics character, Superman. In the movie, Kryptonian infant Kal-El arrives on Earth where he is raised by adoptive parents, the Kents. After coming of age, the now adult Kal-El…

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