How The Batman Turns Fear into Hope

The Batman is a story of hope. It may not seem like it at first. The very air is dark and oppressive from the moment the film begins. Fear hangs over the Gotham City streets like a cloak. Something terrifying waits in the alleys and…

Shadow War and the Real Lazarus Pit

The secret of immortality isn’t the Lazarus Pit—it’s family. This might sound like the tagline to an all-ages animated movie about Ra’s al Ghul, but it’s actually an epiphany that hits Ra’s at the beginning of “Shadow War,” the new Joshua…