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‘The Batman’ review: I thought I’d had it with this guy. And then along came the first good ‘Batman’ since ‘The Dark Knight’

Robert Pattinson is the Dark Knight, and Zoe Kravitz is Catwoman in“ The Batman.”.

Just when you’ve had it with Gotham City, caped crusaders and the whole murked-up franchise, along comes a good Batman movie — easily the best since “The Dark Knight” 14 years and an entire film industry ago.

“The Batman” keeps the lights low and the dread high, as well as makes it rainy enough to earn the forecast “cloudy with a chance of ‘Blade Runner.’” It runs a tick under three hours. Some will respond to that news with: woof. Many may find those hours

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