They don't clean up at the Oscars or make the critics swoon, but action movies make big money at the box office and when executed well, can often become a favourite amongst movie fans.

When it comes to action films, the car chase is a staple, and one that has kept us entertained for decades.

A simple mathematical equation: Hans Zimmer + Christopher Nolan = Epic. Two legends of their fields at the absolute peak of their powers, when Zimmer and Nolan are working together you can guarantee the OST of the year.

Nolan, you and I have a problem. I spent £27 ($42) taking my wife and 14 year old to see The Dark Knight Rises. I want £17 back. If you do not pay, we fight.

With the recent release of the final film in the highly acclaimed The Dark Knight Trilogy, Christopher Nolan has once again shown the world that superhero movies do not necessarily need to be about a whole lot of special effects and they can always chose realism over fantasy if and when one has to choose one of the two.

Heath Ledger's father was horrified to read reports suggesting the alleged gunman who killed 12 people at a screening of The Dark Knight Rises modelle...

Christopher Nolan has revealed he's chuffed about suggestions he direct the next Bond movie - but has said he doesn't know what the future holds. M...

Director Christopher Nolan has defended film fans irate over negative reviews of The Dark Knight Rises. The final part of Nolan's Dark Knight Batma...

Rotten Tomatoes, the review-aggregating website, has suspended comments on their The Dark Knight Rises review on the site after some critics have rece...

Heath Ledger has made his mark on Batman history, Christian Bale has revealed. The Australian actor, who died from an accidental overdose in Januar...

With Prometheus and Avengers Assemble already out and raking in the cash, and The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man coming soon, Summer 2012 is looking set to be one of the biggest in recent Hollywood history. It's also gearing up to be one of the least original.

Director Christopher Nolan decided against referencing Heath Ledger's The Joker character in the new Batman film, insisting acknowledging the "real-li...

With Gotham in a fiery blaze behind him, Batman takes centre stage in this new poster for The Dark Knight Rises. By emphasising the hero of the ser...

Bane is the voice of the early 2010s: the voice of the crowd, the voice of the people, the voice of the loudspeaker, the mic check, the megaphone. Bane's is the voice that leads the masses, that speaks to the group, that rises over the contemporary city. Bane is the voice of social media: articulate, mobile, fluid, powerful.

I'm a Batman fan. I love Batman. Not in that way. Well, maybe in that way. It's hard to tell, isn't it? There are so many different Batmen.

Liam Neeson will reprise his role of Ra's Al Ghul for The Dark Knight Rises - ending months of speculation about his casting in the eagerly awaited bl...