Dinner and a Movie: 'The Dark Knight Rises' is a Masterpiece

Editor's Note — Dinner and a Movie gives you a quick review of a new movie, where and when it plays and a dinner idea to go along with it.

Dinner: When it comes to a property like a Batman franchise, geeks both comic book and movie will have plenty to discuss when this particular installment in the Caped Crusader's filmic saga comes to a close. We recommend a place with good atmosphere and plenty of seating for you and your friends to sit and talk it out over food and drinks. That's why this week our recommendation is . Grab a drink, have some food and some good conversation with your pals as your dissect the minutia in the newest Batman movie.

Showtimes: The closest theater to Fair Oaks to see "The Dark Knight Rises" is the Century Folsom 14 Theater at 261 Iron Point Rd. The movie's showtimes are as follows: 9:30 a.m., 10:25 a.m., 11:20 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 1:10 p.m., 2:05 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 3:55 p.m., 4:50 p.m., 5:45 p.m., 6:40 p.m., 7:35 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 9:25 p.m. and 10:20 p.m.

Review: Christian Bale plays Bruce Wayne again, his fortune is dwindling, his body is battered, and his alter ego continues to elude police in "The Dark Knight Rises."

This is a tough movie to review because I don't want to spoil anything so I will try keep my review spoilers-free.

Basically Batman is forced out of retirement after a new bad guy emerges from the sewer: A thug by the name of Bane (played by Tom Hardy). When he shows up, Gotham is over-run by anarchy.

The supporting actors are fantastic in this film. Commissioner Gordon is again played by Gary Oldman, Marion Cotillard plays a philanthropist, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a cop, and Anne Hathaway digs her claws in the role of Cat Woman.

You will laugh, you will cry, and there is a good chance you may even clap by the end of this film, which is a whopping 2 hours and 45 minutes (though it doesn't feel like it). Hats off to Director Christopher Nolan who has put together perhaps the best comic book movie ever. The flick-o-meter gives "The Dark Knight Rises" a five out of five. 

Sorry I couldn't give you more details on this film, but I really don't want to spoil it for you. Go see it, you'll know why. This is a great end to a trilogy involving a character that will continue to live forever in popular culture long after you and I are gone.

— Fair Oaks Patch staff contributed to this story.

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