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counterpoint

The Dark Knight Twice As Long As It Should Be

After all the hype and buzz, The Dark Knight turns out to be a taut, morally ambiguous crime drama that shies away for superhero schtick in favor of something more understated and suspenseful. As long as you leave the movie somewhere around the halfway point. If you stay for the whole thing, then be prepared to put up with a movie that gets so carried away with its own cleverness and supposed daring that it manages to make even Heath Ledger's compelling performance as the Joker seem boring. Plenty of spoilers under the jump, so be warned. More »

12:00 PM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By Graeme McMillan
3,380 views, 48 comments

Latest by Graeme McMillan: @wildness: Yes, that was exactly what my review was saying. "Mamma Mia Is Better Than The Dark Knight" was actually the original headline for the post. Thank God you understood, and didn't go off on any wild tangents. more »

Dark Knight 3

Batman's Best Friend Reveals Villain Of Third Bat-Movie

What Bat-menace will grace the big screen in the next Batman movie to come after Dark Knight? Gary Oldman, who plays good cop Jim Gordon, and director Christopher Nolan spilled the beans in an interview. But Nolan also hinted he may not be around to complete his Bat-trilogy. Also, they addressed the tricky issue of recasting the Joker, played in The Dark Knight by the late Heath Ledger. Click through for details. More »

8:40 AM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Meredith Woerner
10,010 views, 36 comments

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Christian Bale Looks Bat-rophied

Bruce Wayne looks sort of grumpy, like the Joker disturbed his naptime, in this new promo still from Batman: The Dark Knight. He's also not nearly as buff as he was in Batman Begins, while the Batsuit has more fake plastic muscles than before. Also released today: a new poster for The Dark Knight that tastefully avoids showing Heath Ledger looking spooky. Click through for images. More »

2:30 PM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By charliejane
6,009 views, 44 comments

The Joker is Gone As many sites have already reported, Heath Ledger was found dead this morning. The actor was to play the punked-out Joker in this summer's The Dark Knight movie. We are sad to hear the news. It also makes us wonder if The Dark Knight will now achieve the same cult status as The Crow, another production which lost its gothy anti-hero (Brandon Lee) before the movie opened. [Heath Ledger, Actor 1979-2008 via Defamer]

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smallville

Black Canary On Smallville: Why So Skanky? (Minor Spoilers)

Black Canary, one of DC Comics' coolest heroines, is appearing for the first time in an upcoming episode of Smallville. And it looks as though someone decided to give her a weird Heath Ledger-inspired eye-smudge and a horrible update to her costume, with giant lapels. The only thing they kept was the silly fishnet tights. Click through for a gallery of this superhero fashion emergency, and the official episode description. More »

6:30 AM on Mon Jan 21 2008
By charliejane
7,867 views, 32 comments

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Heath Ledger's Joker Plays Chicken With Bat-Cycle

The trailer for Batman: The Dark Knight has finally hit the Internet, after showing in theaters over the weekend. It's our first chance to see Heath Ledger's take on the Joker, which is less campy and more nerdcore than previous versions. When he calls himself a freak, he sounds like he used to get beat up after Math Club. You can also see a blurry camera-phone copy of the first six minutes.

6:30 AM on Mon Dec 17 2007
By charliejane
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The Joker Has Six Minutes Of Fame 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.

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Full Frontal Joker -- All Is Revealed

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The Joker Smacks Heath Ledger Into A Three-Week Coma

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 »

9:15 AM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By charliejane
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