‘PAPA: HEMINGWAY IN CUBA’ R 1:49

“Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is the first American feature shot entirely on location in Havana since 1959. The movie makes a good argument for reinstating the American travel ban to the island, at least for Hollywood productions. Shot in 2014 with the assistance of the Cuban Film Institute, on a budget low enough to skate by the U.S. trade embargo policy, this dramatization of the real-life friendship between a former Miami Herald reporter and the legendary author during the late 1950s is as engaging and authentic as a junior high school production of “Death of a Salesman.” The film stars Giovanni Ribisi as Ed Myers, a journalist who was inspired to become a writer after reading Hemingway’s novels in an orphanage during the Depression. “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” is best enjoyed as a travelogue that allows the viewer a good look inside Finca Vigia and lots of shots of cool vintage cars and beautiful beaches. But there isn’t a single honest moment in this colossally misguided movie, which manages to flub even the simplest details.

Minka Kelly, Giovanni Ribisi, Joely Richardson, James Remar and Mariel Hemingway. (Language, sexuality, some violence and nudity)

Writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo have kept “Batman” one of DC Comics’ best-selling titles for nearly five years. Now, with this week’s issue No. 51, the team will step away from the title, with a final issue that is a bit of a Batman farewell tour, looking again at some of the key elements in the mythos.

With inker Danny Miki and colorist FCO Plascencia, the team showcases a quiet night in Gotham City, as a newspaper columnist reflects on what Batman has brought to Gotham over the past few years.

Snyder and Capullo discussed their “Batman” run in a recent interview with The Oklahoman.

“To me, the legacy of Batman in general ... he’s someone formed from this terrible, meaningless tragedy, and he says, ‘I’m going to make my life matter, and make my life mean something,’ ” Snyder said. “There’s something extremely inspiring and relatable about that.”

Capullo said working on “Batman” at this stage of his career, after very successful stints at both Marvel and Image Comics, allowed him to draw on his own life experiences in scenes like those involving Batman’s mentor and father figure, Alfred.

“You somewhat have to be an actor to make the characters in your book act,” Capullo said. “The more you live your life and the more you experience, the more you can relate.”