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The late and great Cormac McCarthy’s most famous novel is probably The Road, a hauntingly well-written and shattering story of a father and son trekking across a lawless America, wiped out by an unspecified cataclysmic event. Much has been made of the author’s sparse style, which combines poetic and surreal descriptions with lithe plotting and bleakly surreal settings: an appealing combination for a motion picture adaptation.The Australian director John Hillcoat brought it to the screen in 2009 with a film that…

Alfred Pennyworth before he was the “Butler of Batman”Screenshot: HBO MaxIn case you didn’t know, Pennyworth is going to explain itself with quite the name change. What once was just simply called Pennyworth is now Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler. Formerly on the streamer Epix, it heads to HBO Max for its third season—where it’s getting released over Batgirl, because somehow this is a more interesting story to center.A new trailer is here:Pennyworth | Season 3 Official Teaser | HBO MaxHere’s how HBO Max…

| In this preview of Batman: Beyond the White Knight #3, unhinged Bruce Wayne shuts out his loved ones to chat with a phantom of the Joker, so at least he's still doing well. Or as well as he's ever been doing, at least. Batman isn't exactly the picture of mental health, after all. Check out the preview below. BATMAN: BEYOND THE WHITE KNIGHT #3DC Comics0322DC0990322DC100 – Batman: Beyond the White Knight #3 Cover – $4.99(W/A/CA) Sean MurphyThe future of Gotham is coming to destroy its past! Batman…murderer? After…