Today’s the big day. I’ve embarrassed myself for over a month with consistent “Dark Knight” coverage, and now, I guess everyone gets to see what the fuss was all about. You can find my review here. But before we fade off into the good night of Bat overload (save for whatever box office news is […]

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Perhaps the summer’s most anticipated film lands in theaters today to the record-breaking advance ticket sales of dedicated fans and those newly curious alike. But what awaits in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” isn’t merely a study in the psychology of a nearly 70-year-old character tailored to the familiar; instead audiences will be met with […]

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I’m gonna go with $153 million for the opening weekend haul of “The Dark Knight.” I could be grossly off the mark, but I also kind of feel like a lot of the big box office naysayers are part of some strange backlash against all the pre-sales story madness. It could just as easily land […]

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In a a few hours’ time, I’ll be loading up on a few Red Bulls and braving the wee hours of the morning to take in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight,” as will thousands of other movie-goers who have apparently broken pre-sales records across the country. In the meantime, however, I thought I’d offer up […]

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I still haven’t made it out to see “WALL-E” since returning to the States, but today I thought I’d pop “Finding Nemo” into the player and soak up some of that old Andrew Stanton goodness in the meantime.  And it really does stand-up as the most sensational entry in Pixar’s steadily increasing portfolio. Back in […]

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httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=R3orQKBxiEg And in Quicktime here.  Also, it just occurred to me the Smashing Pumpkins song on the trailer is a remix of a tune which originally showed up on the “Batman & Robin” soundtrack.  Ha.

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The new trailer for “Body of Lies” has dropped, and it seems they’ve stuck with the original David Ignatius title rather than the switch to “House of Lies.” It looks like a nice mix of Ridley Scott’s work and his brother’s brand of cinema as well. Russell Crowe looks to have a solid role. I’ve […]

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So The Times has followed up last week’s collective assessment of the 20 greatest movie endings of all time today with a list of the worst, and there are some reasonable choices here and there. Like “Grease” for starters, probably my favorite movie musical but with an undeniably wretched denouement. And then there’s the cheeky […]

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To say nothing of the fact that he has proven to be painfully irrelevant for over a decade, director Terry Gilliam has crossed the line with his recents comments chastizing Warner Bros. for what he feels is “tasteless” capitalization on the death of Heath Ledger. From Yahoo! News (via WENN and The Movie Blog): …the […]

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Personally I find it to be a complete lack of understanding for acting.  I also find it rude to try to create some kind of a sound byte for such a tragedy.  The man was a complex man, he was a good man, but you know what, I saw him having nothing but the best […]

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“The Dark Knight” old-timers Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman stopped by “The View” yesterday morning to chat with the gals.  Of all the scheduled TV appearances this week and last, I’d say this duo on the couch at once is the most interesting get. Here’s part one: httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=PT_crYfF9Ik And part two: httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=rwfXLR-WCb4 They also dropped […]

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I’ve been in Los Angeles now for two days and loving every haze-filled, 90-degree moment.  It’s good to be back.  Futzing around with a new HDTV, putting the pieces of my life back in U.S. order and basically settling back in.  Things ought to be a bit quiet from my end for the next few […]

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You know, I enjoy Bill Maher’s work very much. More often than not, despite adamant opinions, he has the ability to come down in an even-handed manner on more than a few issues, hot button and otherwise. But one thing that has always driven me mad has been his absolute ignorance and over-dependence on hyperbole […]

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Alright, no more updates from me this afternoon.  I’m off to Heathrow in about an hour and then it’s 660 minutes in the air until I’m back in Los Angeles around 6:45 PST.  See you on the other side.

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Alright, this was painstaking indeed. After The Times of London saw fit to rock out a list of the 20 best movie endings of all time last week, I thought I’d try my own hand at such a collective. There are some omissions that might surprise some folks (“Bonnie and Clyde,” “The Graduate,” “Carrie”). At […]

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From New York Magazine’s David Edelstein, re: “The Dark Knight”: The tumult is spectacularly incoherent. Nolan appears to have no clue how to stage or shoot action. He got away with the chopped-up fights in Batman Begins because his hero was a barely glimpsed ninja, coming at villains from all angles in stroboscopic flashes. There […]

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