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The evil Empire has fallen but Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they enlist the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin and his young apprentice Grogu.

Director: Jon Favreau

Cast: Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Martin Scorsese, Jeremy Allen White, Hemky Madera

Rotten Tomatoes: 60%

Metacritic: 55 / 100

Some Reviews (updating):

Nerdist - Rotem Rusak - 4 / 5

>Ultimately, to me, there’s just something that feels kind about this movie. Not kind in that it’s only sunshine and roses, but kind to its viewers, who are probably living hard, stressful lives, who just want to go the movie theater and enjoy a film that takes them on a sweeping space adventure. The good guys get good things, the bad guys get their due, and just the barest bit of the bittersweetness of life looms in the ether to give it all a bit of poignancy.

Total Film - Fay Watson - 3 / 5

>There are some cameos as Clone Wars and Rebels characters get woven into the narrative. But there's nothing radical for the franchise here. And while that's not a problem in itself, it means that The Mandalorian and Grogu isn't the Star Wars cinematic rebirth that Lucasfilm may have been hoping for. If you're happy to while away a few hours with Din Djarin and Grogu, you'll love it – just don't go in expecting much more.

The Times - Kevin Maher - 1 / 5

>Would someone please put Star Wars out of its misery? It’s an ailing pop cultural mutant, unrecognisable from the chirpy fable that George Lucas revealed to the world in 1977.

DiscussingFilm - Andrew J. Salazar - 3 / 5

>Perhaps Disney just needed something to reignite people’s interest in Star Wars after years of recovering from disaster, and Baby Yoda was the safest bet. While that could be true, Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and company could have challenged themselves further. If nothing else, Star Wars fans have another incredible score from 3x Oscar-winner Ludwig Göransson to dive into.

The Guardian - Peter Bradshaw - 3 / 5

>The film is watchable and barrels along capably enough, but perhaps there isn’t enough of the humanity, humour and extravagant space melodrama which has made and continues to make Star Wars lovable.

Empire - John Nugent - 3 / 5

>What it does slightly forget to do, though, is move the story forward in any meaningful way. Oddly, it feels like the least consequential Mandalorian chapter yet, with previous episodes from the TV incarnation — or even segments of the much-maligned Book Of Boba Fett — having more impact on the narrative. It’s thinner than skimmed blue milk, with longtime series stewards Jon Favreau (director and co-writer) and Dave Filoni (co-writer and new Galactic Emperor of the entire franchise) largely playing it safe. Perhaps after the relative disappointment of The Rise Of Skywalker, this is all it needed or was intended to be. The Mandalorian And Grogu is, primarily, For Kids, as George Lucas always insisted Star Wars was, and on those modest terms, it finds the way.

Vulture - Bilge Ebiri

>Amazingly, the film is at its best when it really slows down: By far its most compelling part involves a strange mid-movie interlude when the action stops entirely and all we witness is the somber spectacle of one character taking care of another. I won’t give away what this actually entails, but it does allow the puppetry of Grogu to shine and briefly reminds us of the wide-canvas irreverence that Favreau (Iron Man, Jungle Book, Made) once seemed capable of. But then the segment is over, and it’s on to the next thing. The Mandalorian and Grogu continues the story of the Star Wars spinoff series The Mandalorian, and it often feels like several Very Special Episodes of a TV show stitched together. These characters will presumably return in another season of the series, but for now, the movie will serve as a placeholder and little else. As someone who happily watched The Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor on TV as a child, I can’t really fault any superfans, especially younger ones, for getting excited about it. But I can wish it were better.

Looper - Reuben Baron - 4 / 10

>You can add a point or two to my review score if you treat this as just a long, fairly minor episode of the TV show. But this movie is meant to revitalize Star Wars in theaters, so its being judged on that scale. These movies have always had risk and ambition, at their best and at their worst, so something so bereft of that can't help but feel a bit disheartening, not to mention boring.

Consequence - Liz Shannon Miller - 'B'

>Without any new developments, what we’re left with is a collection of side quests largely connected by cameos, without any of the narrative momentum that has made past Star Wars projects into must-see events. It’s not the Star Wars anyone over the age of 25 grew up with, and the muted excitement for Mando and son’s return reflects that. At least Baby Yoda — sorry, Grogu — is still the cutest.

AV Club - Jesse Hassenger - 'B'

>Indeed, The Mandalorian & Grogu is almost aggressively anti-thematic, preferring to keep even its most obvious parenting metaphors muted and largely unexplored. The movie wants to show you a good time, and it does. Some of its creatures even have some semblance of soul. The “why” of its pivot away from human expression, however, remains opaque, with sinister undertones: Is this mask-and-puppet show a preventative measure to insulate filmmakers (or parent companies) from the uncomfortable but inevitable situation of beloved actors aging (or dying) out of their signature roles? Did they cut that line about Din being outlived because Star Wars itself has become as frightened of death as Anakin? Then again, the series has always had a rich tradition of imbuing potentially lifeless objects with weird humanity, and Favreau and Filoni have extended that process with Grogu. They’re still just franchising within the lines. For now, this is the way.

The Playlist - Rodrigo Perez - 'C'

>“Star Wars” fans have spent years complaining that Kathleen Kennedy ruined Lucasfilm, but the reality looks broader and more dispiriting than one executive. This feels like a collective mistake, with Disney brass included: the dilution of a brand once defined by magical movie scale, mythical qualities, and a transportive emotional sweep. Somewhere along the way, “Star Wars” started mistaking brand extension for imagination and fan service for feeling. If Favreau and Filoni are the new stewards of this franchise, then the once-mighty galaxy probably has a bad feeling about its future. Because right now, it feels like it’s dangling over Cloud City, hand gone, saber lost, and no rescue in sight. Because this is definitely not the way.

The Film Maven - Kristen Lopez - 'C'

>There's a lot that works against The Mandalorian and Grogu. The plot is non-existent and it really does feel like a fully CGI movie. But when it's just Mando and Grogu going from A to B it's such a sweet story. Add to that a desire to just let a lot of kooky puppets run around for a little bit – there's a real Jim Henson vibe – and it's a movie that is more than worth seeing with the kids (or anyone just looking for a cute vibe). It's a lovable mess, but it works.

ComingSoon - Jonathan Sim - 5 / 10

>What we’re left with is a low-stakes Star Wars movie. There’s no planet-killing Death Star, no Starkiller Base, no big battles. Every other Star Wars film has at least one standout sequence. I felt more watching the Battle of Exegol in The Rise of Skywalker than I did during this film. Even other stand-alone movies like Solo: A Star Wars Story, which also didn’t concern itself with lightsabers or the Rebels, had moments like the Kessel Run set piece that really stood out. Nothing stands out here in The Mandalorian and Grogu, as it’s a generic, safe Star Wars movie.

Inverse - Hoai-Tran Bui

>The Mandalorian and Grogu Is Barely A Movie. This is for Star Wars fans who have made the Cantina scene their entire personalities. It’s a CGI creatures extravaganza, offering distinct worlds — here, a cyberpunky crime planet, or a swamp planet filled with Henson puppet creatures — and action figures masquerading as characters, for you to imagine mashing together. Maybe that was the nature of The Mandalorian all along, but on the big screen, it’s all the more glaringly obvious.

Silver Screen Riot - Matt Oakes - 'F'

>To come off (something like Andor) and watch The Mandalorian and Grogu feels like a slap in the face. While Andor reached for the stars, this scoops the fetid muck from the bottom of the bantha pen. It is offensive because it dares to be nothing. This depressing coup de grâce may have effectively killed my love of Star Wars going forward. This is not the way.

Little White Lies - Kambole Campbell - 2 / 5

>Beyond occasionally marvelling at the lively work of the puppeteers, there’s not a lot to hold on to in The Mandalorian & Grogu, not even the supposed father and son connection between its marquee characters. As the story returns things to status quo, it’s hard to think of what has even changed between the two, what they might have learned about each other, and if the filmmakers will ever be an interest in finding out. 

The Independent - Clarisse Loughrey - 2 / 5

>While the first season of The Mandalorian did well to Star Wars-ise western genre tropes – with Ludwig Göransson’s synths, each cascading note sharpened to a blade’s edge, doing much of the heavy work there and here – The Mandalorian and Grogu feels comparatively bored by its own allusions to gangster cinema. A smooth-talking kingpin hides away in a luxury compound that looks like a big Tesco, while the later emergence of a deadly hitman is merely a CGI replica of a character from Filoni’s own animated Clone Wars stories (as is Rotta).

The Telegraph - Robbie Collin - 2 / 5

>It’s a curate’s egg of a film, and its utterly scrambled quality control may be best summed up by a second-act shot of Grogu, Pascal and Rotta lined up, spying over the crest of a sand dune. One alien looks alive and delightful, the other looks like a giant computer-generated bullfrog, and then there’s Pascal with a shiny bucket on his head. When Disney paid George Lucas $4bn for Star Wars in 2012, I’m not sure either side was dreaming of this.

Associated Press - Mark Kennedy - 2 / 5

>The “Star Wars” franchise once led the culture with its imagery, swagger and style. But this movie is a step back, formulaic and aping “Top Gun,” “Blade Runner,” “Transformers” and “Men in Black.” Even Ludwig Göransson’s score is off, marred by cheap-sounding ‘80s synthetic chirps along with what sounded like Yiddish folk ditties. The runtime saps energy and when it’s all done, the scrolling credits for all those special effects goes on a full five minutes. You used to leave a new “Star Wars” movie on a cloud. Here, that galaxy is far, far away.

Digital Spy - Ian Sandwell - 2 / 5

>There's nothing wrong with the idea of a standalone Star Wars adventure. It's blockbuster season, we just want to be entertained. The problem for The Mandalorian and Grogu is that it's just not that entertaining.

IndieWire - Kate Erbland - 'C+'

>None of these problems are particularly new, not in a world in which franchise expansion requires both more more more and an entry point for even the most casual of fans. Still, there’s something that feels small about this particular story, charming enough in the moment and almost instantly forgettable the moment the credits roll. It feels disposable. It feels like, well, what most things feel like these days: content. It’s time to ask for more. That is The Way.

IGN - Tom Jorgensen - 5 / 10

>This is not the way. The Mandalorian and Grogu dutifully offers another two hours and change of watching Din Djarin and his adorable green son fly to some planets and clear out rooms of monsters or gangsters every 20 minutes or so. But this is a Star Wars movie missing the thrills, the surprises, the challenges, the addition of really anything of note to the franchise, not to mention a vested interest in seeing its characters grow and change.

Next Best Picture - Giovanni Lago - 4 / 10

>Now, the franchise is at a tipping point, and “The Mandalorian and Grogu” is debatably a coin toss between the remnants of the Kathleen Kennedy-era of Lucasfilm and the launch of Filoni’s creative reign. What’s present here is one of the most visually horrid and banal “Star Wars” creations to date. Is the allure of getting children in a theater to see Grogu enough to keep this franchise afloat and, more importantly, on the big screen? Who’s to say, but if it’s any indication of what the next decade of storytelling for the “Star Wars” universe will be, then we’re in deep trouble.

Slash Film - Jeremy Mathai - 4 / 10

>Is this really what "Star Wars" has become? Maybe that misbegotten Budweiser Super Bowl "trailer" was actually the film's most honest and accurate piece of marketing all along: a shallow, shamelessly corporate commercial to move some merch. There have been worse movies before and there will inevitably be worse ones to come. This sure feels like the most boring, though — one whose philosophy seems to be that you can't swing and miss if you never bother taking the bat off your shoulders. That might be its greatest sin of all.

InSession Film - Benjamin Miller - 'D'

>The film is shiny and predictable, the score is familiar, the script is meaningless, and the performances are what they are.  There is nothing to hang your hat on, besides it being a Star Wars film.  If it didn’t have that franchise attached to it, there would be zero reason to keep your interest.The Mandalorian and Grogu is a major disappointment. Never before has Star Wars felt so pointless and skippable. For a franchise with such monumental highs, this is a staggering low.

Collider - Aidan Kelly - 6 / 10

>Is The Mandalorian and Grogu the worst Star Wars film ever made? Far from it, as there is much fun to be had here. Is it the best in the franchise? Also not the case, as it could very well be the most forgettable and inconsequential entry the franchise has produced yet. Andor, Maul - Shadow Lord, The Acolyte, Visions, and especially the earliest seasons of The Mandalorian proved that Star Wars can be so much more than a few gunfights and starship battles. In the right conditions, it can be a truly unforgettable cinematic experience, even when the movie isn't that good. The Mandalorian and Grogu are neither great nor awful, and that's what makes it one of the galaxy far, far away's most frustrating

The Bulwark - Sonny Bunch

>The bottom line: Two things may be simultaneously true. I think my kids, for whom this picture is designed, are going to enjoy The Mandalorian and Grogu, and maybe quite a bit; and I think it plays like a couple of mid-tier episodes from the TV series. As such, I’m not sure it’s the rousing hit Disney needs to rekindle the moviegoing experience for the Star Wars franchise. But it’s probably good enough for a generation that has yet to experience the joy of Star Wars on the big screen.

Fun little TIL about Stone's 'Alexander' from 2004

Had no clue this was a thing but, went down a rabbit hole and found some 20-year-old articles.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that ignorant snowflakes exist(ed) even outside of the internet.

Photographer David Zimmerman rarely leaves home until friends bring him to a wild party. He becomes fixated on a mysterious woman and follows her.

Director: Arthur Harari

Cast: Léa Seydoux, Niels Schneider, Victoire du Bois

Rotten Tomatoes: N/A (updating)

Metacritic: N/A (updating)

Some Reviews (updating):

IndieWire - David Ehrlich - 'B'

>At its most basic level, Arthur Harari’s “The Unknown” is a mesmeric, Antonioni-flavored modern thriller about a sentient STD of unknown origin (think: “It Follows”) that makes people swap bodies with their partners — more accurately thought of in this context as prey — during sexual intercourse. The mechanics of how that works are deliberately opaque so as to further ensure this film can be read in an infinite number of semi-legible ways. The subtle arcs by which these characters grow to become more comfortable in their new bodies — or don’t — provide “The Unknown” with the sense of progress that its discursive plotting and gauzy tone work to resist at every turn, as Seydoux and Schneider are both excellent at charting the liminal micro-expressions of their beings.

The Wrap - Zachary Lee

>The prickly effectiveness of “The Unknown” is how it showcases how the rest of the world seems to be turned against you after you experience trauma. The familiar is rendered terrifying, and spaces of comfort seem pregnant with a violence we didn’t notice before. It’s that stripping away of familiarity, the transformation back into something strange, that makes the film so unsettling. Seydoux’s Eva, as David, sells this dazed cognizance. It’s easier to portray vociferous outrage than it is a stilted disbelief, and Seydoux’s face is piercing, calibrating her confusion accordingly once David realizes the extent of what’s happened to him. 

The Guardian - Peter Bradshaw - 3 / 5

>There are some genuinely uncanny and disquieting moments. Maybe it is a parable for the crisis of gender identity – or just identity, and everyone’s occasional experience of the profound, unreconcilable unknowability of our own bodies. There is also something of the mood of Blow-Up, or Basil Dearden’s Brit pulp chiller The Man Who Haunted Himself, or indeed David Robert Mitchell’s modern classic It Follows. But this one, sadly, is flawed by that perennial problem of how to end a story with a great premise.

The Hollywood Reporter - David Rooney

>Some may find The Unknown odd to a fault and too opaque to be satisfying. I can’t wait to see it again and keep sifting through its mysteries.

Variety - Jessica Kiang

>With all due apologies to any real-world sufferers of supernatural body-switching, who perhaps regard the film’s high-mindedness as a welcome corrective to the condition’s flippantly comedic treatment in pop culture more generally, the real unknown of “The Unknown” is the reason behind making a body-swap movie feel so wholly disembodied.

Screen Daily - Jonathan Romney

>Seydoux (who can also be seen in fellow Cannes Competition title Gentle Monster) takes over the film with no-nonsense confidence once Eva/David gets to work as a sort of identity detective. The consistency and solidity of her no-frills performance hold together a film that otherwise lacks the coherence that is essential when setting out to flout conventional narrative shapes. There are enough teasing themes here to make the film frustrating for not getting satisfyingly to grips with them, especially as an enquiry into identity and gender – and if the film can be read as a trans parable, it’s a somewhat threadbare one. Visually too, it’s somewhat on the mundane side, although the only loosely integrated background theme of David’s photo project affords intriguing use of unfamiliar, sometimes wilfully unprepossessing locations in and around Paris, with echoes of Jacques Rivette

Game Title: LEGO BATMAN: LEGACY OF THE DARK KNIGHT

Platforms:

• PlayStation 5 (May 22, 2026)
• XBOX Series X | S (May 22, 2026)
• PC (May 22, 2026)
• Nintendo Switch 2 (TBD)

Trailers:

• LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight - Official Reveal Trailer
• LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight – Official Launch Trailer

Developer: TT Games, Traveller's Tales

Reviews aggregates:

OpenCritic: 85 Average - 100% Critics Recommend

Metacritic: 85 / 100

Some Reviews (updating):

ScreenRant - Austin King - 10 / 10

>The end result is a fun, funny, and self-aware homage to the Dark Knight that is equal parts LEGO wackiness and phenomenal Batman Arkham successor. LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is one of the best LEGO games of all time. Heck, it might just be THE best LEGO game ever. And it'll certainly give your favorite Arkham game a run for its money.

GAMINGbible - Kate Harrold - 10 / 10

>LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight deserves to stand proud as one of the best games of 2026 and within LEGO and Batman’s history.

MP1st - James Lara - 9.5 / 10

>With it pulling from 85 years of Batman history, this feels like a worthwhile tribute to the Caped Crusader. It’s a reminder of why we love him so much, whether we first met him through the gritty lens of modern cinema, the animated classics of our childhood, the comics, or a pile of plastic bricks on the living room floor. Without a question, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is a must-play for all Batman fans out there.

Tom's Guide - Tony Polanco - 4.5 / 5

>Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight reminds me of both why I love video games and why I love the Batman franchise. It keeps a grin on your face as effectively as Joker’s laughing gas, thanks to the brick-smashing Lego formula and deep respect for the source material. Don’t let the adorable visuals fool you — this is a genuine Batman experience for everyone. If you’re a Batman fan or just want something fun to play, this one is an easy recommendation. I can’t yet say if this will be my surprise game of the year, but I’ll certainly keep it in consideration when the time comes. If anything, I can say this is now my favorite Lego game ever. Holy Batman, it’s that good!

DiscussingFilm - Jacob Fisher - 4.5 / 5

>Legacy of the Dark Knight combines elements of every Batman and LEGO game that you’ve adored before, mixing them in a near-perfect package. Players get to relive some of the most iconic moments from Batman’s cinematic history while carving out plenty of time to tell their own compelling story. Of course, the gameplay would not be effective without its addictive puzzles, thrilling combat, and an open-world Gotham City brimming with interactive opportunities at every corner. LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight defines itself as one of the greatest LEGO games of all time with ease.

DualShockers - Ethan Krieger - 9 / 10.0

>LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is extremely ambitious in scope compared to previous LEGO/mega-IP combos, and it succeeds tremendously in nearly everything it has set out to accomplish. The result is a version of Gotham that is a blast to explore, and is also stuffed to the brim with fun activities to complete long after the credits roll on the main story. The narrative plays it a little safe, but also functions as a Greatest Hits compilation of some of the Caped Crusader's best adventures spun out and connected together in highly enjoyable ways. If you love LEGO, Batman, or simply having a good time with a video game, this is a very strong and easy recommendation.

GameReactor UK - Jonas Mäki - 9 / 10

>A worthy successor to the Arkham series, it weaves together a wealth of Batman lore, a vast amount of content, solid gameplay, well-designed missions, humour for both children and adults, spot-on co-op, and stunning visuals

WellPlayed - Adam Ryan - 9 / 10.0

>Legacy of the Dark Knight's excellent combat and stealth systems, fun open world, and clear reverence for the World's Greatest Detective bring it close to plastic perfection.

Gaming Boulevard - Lander Van der Biest - 9 / 10.0

>LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight brings the spirit of the Arkham games into the LEGO universe in a way that clicks. Gotham is a joy to explore, the combat feels great, and the humor keeps the darker Batman lore light without losing its charm. The lack of online co-op is a shame, but this is easily one of the strongest LEGO games in years.

CoverGeek - Kieron Verbrugge - 9 / 10

>Legacy of the Dark Knight delivers TT Games' most ambitious, cohesive and authored LEGO title by cutting the content bloat and filtering it all through the lens of Rocksteady's Batman Arkham games. It's an adventure steeped in nostalgia but packed with plenty of open-world fun, fantastic level designs and set pieces, and brilliant humour.

INVEN - Seungjin Kang - 8.8 / 10.0

>Layering LEGO's playful freedom over the Arkham series' proven gameplay foundation, this is the most Batman-feeling game in years. Its chapter-based structure weaves together homages from across Batman's vast media history, while an open world built around each Bat-Family member's distinct identity both honors the Arkham legacy and elevates the LEGO series to a new high.

Game Informer - Charles Harte - 8.75 / 10

>Still, I am utterly delighted by Legacy of the Dark Knight. Its story is charming and effective, its combat is engaging, and its open world is top-notch. It's a no-holds-barred approach to the revered character, and though there are spots where the execution could have been better, TT Games included everything I could have asked for in one wholly entertaining package. The Dark Knight has a storied legacy, and this adventure does it justice.

Xbox Achievements - Richard Walker - 85%

>Click it all into place and LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight effortlessly emerges as not just one of the best LEGO Batman titles TT has mustered, but one of the best LEGO games of all time, full stop. That it's massively indebted to Batman: Arkham Knight matters not one jot when the resulting game is this good, and, well, it's not like another one is arriving imminently, is it? As such, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is the only game in town, and, thankfully, it provides a damn good time, while delivering a perfect tribute to a cultural icon and one of comic books' most enduring heroes.

PSX Brasil - Victor Vitório - 85 / 100

>In a way, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is easy to evaluate: if you're willing to be captivated by either LEGO or Batman, or even if you just want to enjoy the simple fun of playing together with a dear one, there are plenty of reasons to join in the romp of defending Gotham on the Bat's long life journey. On the other hand, those expecting in-depth character and gameplay development should look elsewhere.

PC Gamer - Jody Macgregor - 83 / 100

>Stick to the story missions, maybe replaying them to chase down WayneTech you missed, and you'll have a great time for 20 hours or so. You may not feel as much like Batman when you're inhabiting this plastic incarnation of him, but when the Prince song Partyman blasts while a Lego Joker vandalizes an art gallery, you'll feel like all those hours spent watching hit-and-miss Batman movies were worthwhile after all.

IGN - Simon Cardy - 8 / 10

>Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is a lovingly made, often hilarious take on both Batman’s movie and video game history alike. It remixes classic moments from almost every film, with deeper cuts from the Caped Crusader’s comic book beginnings, too. A largely successful attempt at sophisticating Lego combat that suffers a bit from repetitive, one-note encounter design, combined with a good mixture of puzzles, powers its homage-laden levels. But its open-world Gotham is where it truly comes to life, generously packing its gothic surroundings with hundreds of collectibles and pockets of opportunity. It might not tell a story that will sit alongside Batman’s best overall, but it delivers a fantastic plastic parody of his greatest hits.

Destructoid - Andrej Barovic - 8 / 10

>LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is a catch-all Batman experience that takes liberal inspiration from everything tied to the Caped Crusader. As an aside, I played the game on a 9070 XT and 5800X3D with 32GB of DDR4 RAM at the High preset and a native 4K resolution, and I have to say the visuals on this game, even on High, are so gorgeous that I couldn’t believe how well it ran at native 4K. It actually surprised me to see lighting that good in a LEGO game of all things. I know the devs put out some daunting system requirements, but that could have been a lowball since it’s very well optimized with no bugs, stutters, or crashes to speak of.

Eurogamer - Christian Donlan - 4 / 5

>If you're following the comics today, incidentally, you'll know that Batman's currently divided between the horror-adjacent Absolute line written by Scott Snyder and a deeply charming run written by Matt Fraction in which Bruce Wayne is just a sweet, kind fellow, of the kind that Fraction is so good at conjuring. In the comics, in other words, you have your choice of Batman. And you probably always have. And that's the truth that the Lego games orbit so effortlessly. Every kind of Batman is in here. Everything has a part to play.

GamesRadar - Rollin Bishop - 4 / 5

>And yet, I happily continue to zip along Gotham, gliding into the night and generally completing various objectives and upgrading skill trees as I see fit. That's after finishing the story, which I could also go back and replay just to make sure I pick up the collectibles in them too. There's just so many little things to do, see, break, and build. And now that I know what to expect, I heavily suspect I'll be running it back twice – once with each kid – before long.

VideoGamesChronicle - Jordan Middler - 4 / 5

>Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is a new Arkham game in all but name. It combines the combat of the Rocksteady series, the open world of Arkham Knight, and a shedload of TT Games humour to create a game that Batman fans will likely love.

Radio Times - Alex Raisbeck - 4 / 5

>LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is the culmination of two decades of stellar development from one of gaming's most underrated studios. It's funny, it's witty, it's vast and engaging, full of love for the world of Batman and, above all else, it's so much fun. At the end of the day, isn't that what it's all about?

TheGamer - James Lucas - 4 / 5

>Legacy of The Dark Knight has set a new plastic mold for TT Games, and is easily the studio’s best work since the golden age of Batman, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and Marvel Super Heroes. It might not reach the heights set by the Arkham games, but the studio’s personality shines through unabashed inspiration to come out on top with an all-timer Lego classic. All I’m left wondering now is, when are we getting our hands on Lego Spider-Man: Legacy of the Webhead?

Push Square - Liam Croft - 8 / 10

>A referential and joyful deep dive into the world of Batman, the latest LEGO effort from TT Games is elite brick gaming. Legacy of the Dark Knight just wants to be an enjoyable time, and it refuses to falter from that commitment. This new LEGO Batman will be some of the best fun you have all year.

GRYOnline.pl - Krzysztof Lewandowski - 8 / 10.0

>This is a really great game for all Batman fans. It can be a bit rough around the edges technically, and the gameplay is a bit too basic at times, but it’s hard not to appreciate just how much the developers love the Dark Knight in all his incarnations.

Gameliner - Rudy Wijnberg - 4 / 5

>LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is undoubtedly feasting on both Batman and LEGO fans. This is an ideal game to pick up with the younger gamer and for anyone who can enjoy a collectathon. However, don’t expect a typical LEGO game, because this is not the case at certain times.

Two brothers pursue the American Dream but get entangled in a dangerous Russian mafia scheme that terrorizes their family.

Director: James Gray

Cast: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Miles Teller

Rotten Tomatoes: N/A (updating)

Metacritic: 88 / 100

Some Reviews:

IndieWire - David Ehrlich - 'A'

>"Adam Driver gives a career best performance" | And so the stage is set for James Gray’s deft and devastating “Paper Tiger,” a Jewish-American tragedy in a teapot that — like all of the writer/director’s best films — is both sweepingly mythic and hauntingly personal all at once. That double effect, once a magic trick that Gray’s movies would manage to pull off by the time they ended, has since become the de facto starting condition of his singular auto-cinema, which continues to pick at his formative wounds by processing them through the classics.

The Telegraph - Robbie Collins - 4 / 5

>Scarlett Johansson is terrific in this grubbily engrossing crime thriller

Screen Daily - Tim Grierson

>Paper Tiger boasts a gripping performance from Adam Driver as the slick, connected older brother of Miles Teller’s nerdy engineer, both of them involved in a local canal cleanup project that promises big money but only results in mortal danger. As is often the case with this writer-director, Gray’s film has a dim view of the American Dream but, if some of the script’s contours are familiar, Paper Tiger’s quiet intensity and growing sibling tension make it a compelling experience.

The Wrap - Steve Pond

>“Paper Tiger” is still a thriller, because the events that play out on screen wouldn’t allow it not to be. But rarely do you find a thriller with this much heart.

DEADLINE - Pete Hammond

>My personal favorite films of Gray’s , two that have stuck with me and never left, are The Lost City Of Z and Two Lovers, vastly different movies showing the range of this filmmaker who is a true original. Paper TIger, a title that works ironically on many levels, is right up there with the very best he has ever done.

The Hollywood Reporter - David Rooney

>Gray and his superb cast are in blazing form and full command here in a bruising movie that reveals the heavy price of pursuing the American Dream too recklessly, instead of heeding Aeschylus’ words. The Ronald Reagan era now seems a precise point on the country’s timeline when wealth became an obsession, no longer just a goal.

Little White Lies - Hannah Strong

>While Driver is pure neighbourhood movie star, it’s Teller who gives a transformative performance as the meek and mild Irwin, just trying to do right by his family but instantly in over his head and blustering about it. By contrast Johansson has a certain fussiness as his wife Hester (not aided by a distracting wig) but it’s no fatal flaw. A stealth thriller loaded with the question of what it means to truly sacrifice on a personal and societal level, Paper Tiger might be a jaunt through familiat territory for Gray, but it’s never less compelling for it, a clear-eyed requiem for a sort of humanity that feels it’s slipping through our fingers with each passing year.

Variety - Owen Glieberman

>“Paper Tiger” adds up on paper, and I suspect that Gray, a longtime critics’ darling, will get some of his best reviews for it. The movie is engineered to be seen as “powerful.” Right now, though, I’d say that he’s an ace director who’s still being undercut by the holes in his screenplays