Despite being one of the most anticipated action films of, well, ever, The Dark Knight Rises’ print ad campaign seems to be taking a decidedly laid back route, in terms of quality.  First, we had the Wal-Mart quality photoshopped horror of the final theatrical poster, now we have six new banners that look like they were pieced together in about 10 minutes each.  One would think that, with a budget of around $250 million, Christopher Nolan and Co. could have spent a little more time working out the kinks.  Check out the new banners below.

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The TV spot—normally they’re just brutally edited ‘Greatest Hits’ versions of a film’s trailer, 30 seconds of explosions and one-liners… Unless, of course, it’s a Dark Knight Rises TV spot, in which case you get a bevy of all new footage.  That’s right: forgoing the usual route of offering up the best of their previous trailers, The Dark Knight Rises’ two new TV spots are replete with footage highlighting an aged and out of practice Bruce Wayne, his “wife” Catwoman, and a few more clips of the mysterious terrorist Bane.  Check them both out below.

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So the latest poster for The Dark Knight Rises didn’t really impress. But Warner Brothers and Christopher Nolan aren’t done hitting you with new posters – we’ve got six additional posters to fill cinema lobbies and fanboys’ bedrooms with images of Christian Bale as Batman, Anne Hathaway as Catwoman and Tom Hardy as Bane.

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This week brings one of the best films of last year (from the Criterion Collection, no less) some of the bigger disappointments of of 2012 so far, one of the best TV shows going today, and a collection of the Lethal Weapon films. Not a bad week for DVD and Blu-ray. Check it out…

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Though it premiered at the Cannes festival to modestly positive reviews, we’re still hungry to see Tom Hillcoat’s Lawless – which stars Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Jessica Chastain and Guy Pearce  - something fierce. The film doesn’t come out theatrically until August, so we’ll have to make due with this new clip from Hulu.

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Sponsored by IMAX and Mountain Dew (apparently people still drink that?), Warner Bros. is launching a unique The Dark Knight Rises promotional tour—they’re taking The Tumbler (a.k.a., the Batmobile) and the Bat-Pod (a.k.a., Batman’s motorcycle) on a cross-country tour of the United States.  Want to completely geek out and touch Batman’s ride?  Well, Bat-nerds, now’s your chance!  Details and tour dates below.

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Theoretically, McG‘s This Means War is a perfect twist on the romantic comedy. You’ve often got possible lovers fighting over one person, so why not have them be people who can actually fight? Reese Witherspoon [interview] stars as the girl stuck between two deep cover operatives (Tom Hardy, Chris Pine) in this surprisingly unpleasant riff on the cinematic romantic triangle.

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In This Means War, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy fight over Reese Witherspoon. But for their big interview, it appears that Tom Hardy won, as Pine was called to the set of Star Trek 2. In his absence we had two of the three leads, comic relief Chelsea Handler, and the always eager to please director McG to talk about the film. Check it out…

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As we wait impatiently for the new Batman film The Dark Knight Rises, Entertainment Weekly has a cover story on the film – which is still deep in post-production – and Christopher Nolan is repeating what has been the modus operandi with the movie since day one: This is his last Batman film no if’s, and’s or huge paychecks. Check out a quote from Christopher Nolan and the new pictures of Christian Bale, Gary Oldman and Tom Hardy…

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