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In the latest film, the dark knight’s revenge fantasies are exposed as unhinged, as his foes no longer only hide under bridges but also brazenly roam the corridors of power. AFP / PATRICK BAZ        (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Batman and vigilantism in pop culture

In the latest film, the dark knight’s revenge fantasies are exposed as unhinged, as his foes no longer only hide under bridges but also brazenly roam the corridors of power.

Beloved: Brett Kannemeyer likes cars, very specific cars. The ones made by Ford. Especially his mustard yellow 1976 Ford Escort Mk2. (David Harrison/M&G)

Ford, on the road to freedom

Cape Town-based radio technical producer Brett Kannemeyer only ever idolised one kind of motor vehicle — Ford

Empowering: The new Barbie doll allows little girls to act out their dream jobs.

Yes, boys can play with dolls

And girls can play as Batman. But feeling safe to do so away from home is a different story.

Ben Affleck to play Batman in Superman sequel

Ben Affleck will play Batman in the 2015 sequel to this year’s "Man of Steel", joining Michael Keaton and George Clooney as the masked hero.

Boringly awesome: At least superheroes have stopped wearing their underpants on the outside.

Steel yourself: Same old stories sap superheroes’ staying power

They might retain some individuality but the endless Republican theme is wearing thin.

The film finished its debut weekend with the third-largest earnings ever.

‘Dark Knight’ soars at the box office

The new Batman flick "The Dark Knight Rises" has remained number one at North American box offices, despite the mass shooting in Colorado.

Ten of the 58 who were wounded in the July 20 attack remain hospitalised and four are in a critical condition
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Batman shooter faces 142 charges over massacre

James Holmes faces 142 charges after a gunman shot dead 12 people and wounded scores more in one of the worst mass killings in US history.

Kari Girard and her daughter
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Suspected Batman massacre gunman ‘seeing a psychiatrist’

Court documents show the suspected Batman massacre gunman was seeing a psychiatrist specialising in schizophrenia before the attack in Colorado.

Christian Bale stars as Batman in the movie ‘The Dark Knight Rises’.

No Oscar love for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

"The Dark Knight Rises" may be the year’s most talked about movie, but it is unlikely to be in the running for major awards come Oscars season.

Christian Bale visits the hospital caring for the some of the victims of the Aurora movie house shooting.

‘Batman’ star Christian Bale visits Colorado victims

Christian Bale has visited survivors of the Colorado shooting and stopped by a makeshift memorial to victims of the attack that killed 12 people.

James Eagan Holmes

Aurora ‘Batman’ shooter in first court appearance

The man accused of killing 12 people in a shooting rampage at a midnight showing of the new Batman film in Denver has made his first court appearance.

Christian Bale stars as Batman in the movie ‘The Dark Knight Rises’.

Batman’s political right turn

The new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, isn’t the simple conservative parable rightwingers would like, but it is a reactionary vision.

Lin Gan

Batman shooter’s apartment rigged with ‘explosive items’

The gunman arrested for a shooting spree at a showing of the latest Batman movie had booby-trapped his apartment with a "very sophisticated" device.

Christian Bale stars as Batman in the movie ‘The Dark Knight Rises’.

Holy crash-landing Batman!

The crime-fighting crusader could fly but if he did, he would smash into the ground and probably die, a group of physics students have calculated.

Batgirl back on her feet after 23 years in DC comics reboot

Holy broken bones! Barbara Gordon, the original Batgirl character paralysed from the waist down in a dastardly deed by the Joker, is to rise again.

Where’s the Batman video game?

It’s a puzzle worthy of the Riddler: Why is there no video game based on The Dark Knight?

Dark Knight of the soul

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews the latest <i>Batman</i> instalment, <i> The Dark Knight</i>, and likes its sense of realism.

Batman rewrites box-office record books

Batman sequel The Dark Knight rewrites the box-office record books as audiences flock to see late actor Heath Ledger in his last film role.