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I’ll be posting my thoughts of the film sometimes this week, whenever I find the time. But I’ll just say this: it exceeded my highest expectations.
Variety reports that the weekend tally was even bigger than estimated:
Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ “The Dark Knight” rocketed the Batman film franchise into the superhero stratosphere [...]

The New Yorker’s David Denby is confused and couldn’t bother to spare 30 seconds for research. He seems to think Tim Burton created Batman:
Warner Bros. has continued to drain the poetry, fantasy, and comedy out of Tim Burton’s original conception for “Batman,” (1989), completing the job of coarsening the material into hyperviolent summer action [...]

In case you couldn’t tell, my excitement for The Dark Knight is not cable of being measured. (Don’t believe me, then feel these nipples.) I bought my midnight tickets three weeks ago. Rebecca and I will be there with bells on. (Rebecca and I will not actually be wearing bells.) [...]

There’s a new official clip from The Dark Knight featuring Aaron Eckhart over at Why So Serious? It might contain minor spoilers.

I can’t stand Kevin Costner. I can count on one hand how many of his films I have enjoyed. I’m not over exaggerating. Watch, I’ll count them: Thirteen Days, Waterworld (yes, I enjoyed it the first time I saw it), A Perfect World, and JFK. There’s just something about Costner that [...]

Bill Maher has a new film coming out where he travels the world talking to people about their faith, God, Jesus, and religion. This should be great. I wonder how many people tried to kick his ass. Czech out the trailer.
Religulous was directed by Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm alum Larry [...]

MTV has the trailer for Choke, the film based off of Chuck Palahniuk’s dementedly dark novel of the same name. The casting is inspired; with Sam Rockwell playing Victor Mancini and Anjelica Huston playing his mother, Ida Mancini.
Actor/writer and now first-time director, Clark Gregg, adapted the novel for the screen. Gregg’s only other [...]

Don’t ever watch the awful train wreck that is the Nicholas Cage remake of the classic Christopher Lee film The Wicker Man. To save you the trouble, someone has compiled the best unintentionally hilarious scenes from said train wreck. Enjoy.

Warning: This trailer contains what appear to be spoilers. Watch at your own risk.

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The next leg of The Dark Knight viral marketing campaign has begun. It will culminate with the premiere of the new, official theatrical trailer — not a teaser trailer but a full-fledged trailer designed to wet our appetites. In twelve cities today, including Boston, a scavenger hunt of sorts will lead to a [...]