Michael Keaton

Stop the presses: ‘The Paper’ (1994) is a rip-roaring journalism movie

If you’re on a bender of newspaper movies, “The Paper” (1994) would make a good cleanser between “All the President’s Men” (1976) and “Spotlight” (2015).

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‘RoboCop’ (2014) drops the satire for slick, familiar sci-fi

“RoboCop” (2014) is the definition of a thankless task. Director Jose Padilha and writer Joshua Zetumer do a workmanlike job but aren’t able to make

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‘Beetlejuice’ (1988) is a matter of taste, and it’s not mine

There’s much to admire about “Beetlejuice’s” (1988) historical significance. Tim Burton was becoming Tim Burton, Michael Keaton was becoming Michael Keaton (“Batman” followed one year

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‘Flash’ brings multiverse to DCEU with thrills, tears, cameos

The DCEU has notoriously been trying (and mostly failing) to catch up to the MCU, but the company is starting to figure things out. First

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Jared Leto helps ‘Morbius’ fly up to mediocrity 

The “Venom” films feature fights that look like entangled silly string monsters. But those are alien symbiotes, so that makes a certain sense. “Morbius,” now

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Spider-Verse tastily envelops ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

Awhile back, Disney and Sony were on the brink of ending their agreement of making “Spider-Man” movies together. (Sony owns the Spider-Man rights; Disney/Marvel rents

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‘The Other Guys’ (2010) skewers action excesses

“The Other Guys” (2010) takes place entirely within the world of shoot-’em-up action movies, so it’s hard to take it too seriously – except that,

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‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ a gripping history lesson

I’m not a huge connoisseur of courtroom dramas about wrongfully accused defendants, similar to why I don’t like war movies. I already know war is

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Keaton’s ‘Mr. Mom’ (1983) is a soapy domestic sitcom

When Michael Keaton was cast as Batman later in the Eighties, it was a popular joke that they cast Mr. Mom as the Dark Knight.

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Keaton mesmerizes as shady McDonald’s ‘Founder’ (2017)

In giving one of his many great performances of the 2010s, Michael Keaton brings to life one of the most compelling business stories of the

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