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It's the final week of the DC relaunch! What's in store for you? Reptiloid erotica, a groovy vampire book, and The Flash looking dapper. Let's tier these suckers — comics will be judged on quality, overall accessibility, and whether or not I fell asleep midway through reading. More »
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The Dark Knight succeeds as a film because it fearlessly trashes the idea of heroism, and turns hopelessness into a motivation so pyrotechnic that even torture is a kind of seduction. Nothing escapes corruption. Even the poignant anguish of loss is an emotion summarized by gleeful beatings in police stations, innocent faces burned down to bone, and brute-force surveillance that turns an entire city into one giant spy camera. This is a movie that grabs you by the hair and mashes your cheeks against the cold, flat reality that nobody will ever save the day again. Your only joy from now on will be in destruction. And what glorious destruction it is. Spoilers ahead. More »
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Marvel's silliest mutant will torment Wolverine in his solo movie. Deadpool is a hideously scarred assassin with a healing factor like Logan's, but he's mostly known for acting loony and being obsessed with Bea Arthur. His inclusion may actually help keep X-Men: Origins: Wolverine from trying too hard to be "grim 'n' gritty." There's also speculation (wishful thinking) that Gerard Butler may play Wolverine's enemy Sabretooth. [CHUD] More spoilers, including X-Files 2 casting, below: More »
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Iron Man flexes with a Transformers-y attitude in this new pic. The May 2008 movie will need all the cool points it can get, with Robert Downey Jr. starring as the unpopular comic-book character. [Superhero Hype] More »
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The first six minutes of Christopher Nolan's new Batman: The Dark Knight were screened at an IMAX theater in New York last night, and already lengthy writeups are hitting the web. People sure are getting giddy about this one. More »
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Batman's chest will have special bat-cups which, ummm, lift and separate his pecs. At least he's not sporting the much-criticized nipples from 1997's Batman and Robin. New Batsuit images from The Dark Knight from Uruloki, via IESB. More »
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You'll really want to see Batman: The Dark Knight in an IMAX theater next summer, judging from this new featurette. Christopher Nolan filmed four sections of it using fancy IMAX cameras that will create a tall, sweeping canvas. Also, there's a rumor that a prequel to The Dark Knight will appear before I Am Legend in IMAX theaters. And it might be in 3D. More »
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Heath Ledger's Joker will be more like Sid Vicious than Jack Nicholson, he told MTV. His Joker was so psycho and manic, he had to take weeks-long vacations between scenes: More »
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