The biggest compliment I can give Michael Keaton is that he single-handedly saves The Flash from being the mediocre train wreck it would be without his presence. Keaton steps back into Batman’s ...

Mine happened in June of 1989, at a screening of Batman. The moment I remember doesn’t have Michael Keaton in it, or Jack Nicholson’s Joker, or any of the movie’s other characters.

There was a time when Batman fans rejected Keaton’s wiry energy, thinning hair, and modest stature, making his return in The Flash a kind of vindication. Photo: Warner Bros. This piece was ...

Michael Keaton’s return to the role of Batman, which he played in Tim Burton’s two iconic Batman films from 1989 and 1992, is pivotal to the movie (and clearly pivotal to its marketing).