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I’m frankly surprised so many people seem to expect a $100-115 million opening weekend for “The Dark Knight.” That is, admittedly, where I placed my vote, but I didn’t expect so much company. I’ll probably put an actual number to my guess in that light some time this week (all these stories about blasting away […]
What will be the Bat’s final haul?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:08 am · July 13th, 2008
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What’s with actors getting arrested in the South?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:23 am · July 13th, 2008
Remember back in 2001 when Vince Vaughn was arrested in North Carolina following a bar brawl in New Hanover county? Poor Steve Buscemi was even stabbed several times in the process. All in the service of “Domestic Disturbance.” Well now it turns out Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright have been taken to the slammer in […]
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Exclusive ‘Dark Knight’ clip from MTV
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:50 am · July 12th, 2008
For some reason this clip isn’t working on the MTV’s site (where it originated), but I found it on YouTube. Holy, holy: httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=RFUFHepGu-g
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Batman through the years
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:42 am · July 12th, 2008
Dominic Wells of The Times has written a cross-section of Batman as seen on film through the past five decades. I can’t believe I didn’t know this was being written under my nose. He takes us back to the serials of the mid-to-late 1940s and into the “Pow!” and “Bam!” psychedeliq of the 1960s TV […]
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Funniest part of ‘Inglorious Bastards’ so far
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:10 pm · July 11th, 2008
Poor Tarantino keeps mistaking “mein Fuhrer” for “mine Fuhrer,” in addition to all the other 4th grade-level typos. Maybe Jeff Wells is right about the “borderline illiterate” thing. But Vulture really should have included this follow-up gem of a retarded segment in their recent reaction to the Nazi scalps bit: Gold for the gold, QT. […]
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“It means, Dave, you haven’t closed a good one in a month, none of my business, you want to push me to answer you.”
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:49 am · July 11th, 2008
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Miller on Comic-Con
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:46 am · July 11th, 2008
Variety’s Anne Thompson interviewed “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke and “The Spirit” helmer Frank Miller for her latest column in the build-up to this year’s San Diego Comic Convention. But Miller pegged this overblown, over-infested blight when he offered: It’s now turned into Disneyland, a multimedia congress astonishing in its scale. No doubt. And sad, too.
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Last day at The Times
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:31 am · July 11th, 2008
And two more days to go before its back to the other side of the pond. Not that the readership is meant to care, but hey, this blog is the victim of my brain leakage from time to time. I can’t, however, say that time seemed to fly by. These last two months have been very […]
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Gawker to Tarantino: “Have some respect for yourself.”
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:57 am · July 11th, 2008
More often than not, I find Stu VanAirsdale to be a world class champ at blowing hot air. But even I have to admit he’s writing exactly what I’m thinking with this open letter to Quentin Tarantino. The key excerpt, which sticks the landing: Meanwhile, in a move pulled unusually early from the dogeared Weinstein […]
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Did Hector Babenco really get his Hurts confused??
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:47 am · July 11th, 2008
I’m not too privy to the behind-the-scenes drama of Hector Babenco’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” I haven’t even seen the film in close to a decade and it’s one of those that slips my memory more often than not, maybe because it hasn’t been available in any home medium for so long, but likely […]
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Viral marketing pays off for ‘Dark Knight’ committed
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:10 am · July 11th, 2008
I stumbled onto this today at /film, but it turns out the “Dark Knight” viral marketing campaign, thoroughly concocted and carried out by 42 Entertainment, has paid off in spades for Bat-fans who stuck it out. A wave of Tuesday noght screenings across the country was announced on the WhySoSerious.com viral site, and each of […]
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‘Le Chevalier Noir’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:06 am · July 10th, 2008
Sweet:
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“I’ve suffered the tortures of the damned, sir. The tortures of the damned.”
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:17 am · July 10th, 2008
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Respect
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:21 am · July 10th, 2008
His vast experience gives him an air of good-humored calm that you could almost mistake for complacency until the camera rolls, and you see his focus and efficiency nail each scene on the first take. He once told me that he’s never asked for a second take — he’s happy to do one if you […]
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Two Face on Leno
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:25 am · July 10th, 2008
Aaron Eckhart dropped by “The Tonight Show” Monday night. Of course, I wasn’t able to catch it, but here’s the “Dark Knight” stuff (Michael Caine will be on the show tonight):
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Strangely…
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:47 am · July 10th, 2008
…I could honestly care less about “Inglorious Bastards.” I don’t care who is losing their shit over the screenplay. If Mr. Tarantino wants to show us something worth our time, I’m happy to be first in line. But enough of the foreplay.
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What are the best movie endings of all time?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:01 am · July 10th, 2008
I was working on this piece yesterday (nothing major — just pulling together the YouTube clips), but I wasn’t aware how the list was going to pan out. “Carrie” at the top? Not so sure about that. But The Times critics like to be contrarian. Just take a look at their Top 100 Films of […]
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Difference between day and ‘Knight’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:00 am · July 10th, 2008
A couple of Bat-stories around the web this morning (both of which I first came across at Hollywood Elsewhere). The first is this New York Times piece from Michael Cieply, about “Dark Knight” screenings rolling out as early as 6:00 a.m. in some cities due to the blast of ticket sales for showtimes around the […]
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