Arts & Entertainment
(VIDEO) The Dark Knight Rises in Iowa City: It's Batman Week at the Iowa City Public Library
Every week we will be featuring some Staff Picks from the Iowa City Public Library that you can check out on the weekend. This week we talk about all things Batman in advance of the new Batman film coming out this week.
Every week we feature new staff picks by the staff.
This week, we spoke with Brian Visser, Community Services Assistant at the (and avowed Batman fan) for his recommendations on titles featuring the caped crusader. Visser survived the Patch lightning round and provided a variety of different suggestions.
Also this week: the library will be showing different movies leading up to the theatrical release of Christopher Nolan's third and final Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" this Friday. Attendance is free at the library, and there will be popcorn. Sounds like a good deal to me.
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Here is the list of Batman films being shown this week. (Note: The video was filmed last week, so when we refer to the films being shown next week we actually mean this week)
• 7 p.m. Monday, “Batman,” directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson.
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• 7 p.m. Tuesday, “Batman Returns,” directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito.
• 7 p.m. Wednesday, “Batman Begins,” directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale.
• 7 p.m. Thursday, “Dark Knight,” directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger.
Friday No movies, go see the Dark Knight Rises
• 1 p.m. Saturday (a day of animated features), “Batman Gotham Knight.”
• 2:20 p.m. Saturday, “Batman Under the Red Hood.”
• 3:40 p.m. Saturday, “Batman: Year One.”
You can learn more about other staff picks at the Iowa City library by visiting their Staff Picks blog. For some other book suggestions, check out the suggestions in our Iowa Patch Book Club discussion. In our most recent book club post, we're asking people .
Here is a List of New DVDs at the Iowa City Public Library: http://www.icpl.org/catalog/lists/avid.php
Want the library to have a DVD they don't have yet? Suggest a DVD here: http://www.icpl.org/catalog/suggestions.php
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