Heath Ledger – there it is. »

“What you can’t change, you’ve just got to ride out.” – Ennis Del Mar
It seems strange that upon the death of a young promising actor that we’ll hear so much talk about a wasted future and the impact on box office grosses, but there it is.
I am utterly amazed by the thought that someone, somewhere, [...]

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The trailer for The Dark Knight puts a smile on my face. »

As per my usual sense of being on top of these kinds of things, I’m a full day behind in discussion of the new trailer for next summer’s top contender The Dark Knight. The truth is, I was too busy watching this trailer yesterday to write much about it.
It’s that good. In fact, it’s [...]

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You Must Choose – which new one-sheet sells The Dark Knight the best? »

This has turned into Movie! One-Sheet! Week! at Burbanked, with Indiana Jones a handful of days ago and now three new posters heralding Christian Bale’s return to the dark world of latex, psychotic badguys and the fine art of using only the lower half of one’s face to act.
We first saw a Batman-themed one-sheet [...]

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There’s a very good reason that I’m not the Batman. »

Because if I saw this freakshow waiting to tangle with me, I would absolutely not mess with it. In fact, I’m thinking that I would kind of sit down on the curb and look the other way as if I’d never seen it and just hope it passed me by. And there might be some [...]

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