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July 20, 2012
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES |
Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard Rating: PG-13 Running time: 164 minutes |
Maybe that was inevitable. Maybe nothing could have met the expectations established by 2008's “The Dark Knight,” which revolutionized and set the standard for films based on comic books by being both high-minded and crowd-pleasing. With Christian Bale as his tortured superhero starting from 2005's “Batman Begins,” Nolan has explored the complicated and conflicting motivations of man as well as the possibility of greatness and redemption within society.
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