Rian Johnson needed to be careful to maintain the proper focus of his murder mystery.

A noir detective story of murder and toxic masculinity moves to Texas in THE BIG COUNTRY. Read our preview (and recommended playlist) now!

On today's episode of Movie Talk, Mark Ellis, John Rocha and Haleigh Foutch discuss the following: In an interview with THR, The Batman director Matt Reeves confirmed the title of the movie and that it will be a noir detective story with multiple villains in it. Will Smith took to Instagram to reveal a first look at him and Martin Lawrence in costume for Bad Boys for Life, the third installment in the Bad Boys franchise. Dwayne Johnson posted on his Instagram a teaser of the Hobbs & Shaw trailer that drops on Friday. Multiple sources are reporting that …

We pick seven detective-oriented DC comics we'd like to see inspire Matt Reeves' noir film.

The upcoming standalone Batman movie has been so long coming that you’d be forgiven for assuming it may never happen. But just as details have been scarce for what’s currently called The Batman, writer and director Matt Reeves has surfaced to not only confirm the movie is happening, but also tease a potential release date and what fans can expect from his take on the Caped Crusader. This standalone Batman movie first materialized in October 2014, when filming on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice had wrapped and fans were eager to see Ben Affleck’s take on …