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Batman & Robin (1997): Why George Clooney is the Worst Batman

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.30.2008 | Entertainment

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Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin pulls off a neat trick: it turns Batman into a joke without being funny at all.

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Why You Can't Admit You Hated The Dark Knight

Pamela Redmond Satran | Posted 07.30.2008 | Entertainment

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Is Maggie Gyllenhaal supposed to be the character that Katie Holmes was in the last movie? If Batman's so powerful, doesn't he notice she's a different person? And why, whenever I hear Heath Ledger's voice, do I think of Carol Burnett?

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Batman's 'Dark Knight' Reflects Cheney Policy

Washington Independent | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

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The thought of Vice President Dick Cheney in a form-fitting bat costume might be too much for most people to bear. But the concepts of security and da...

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Dark Knight Mania: It Ain't Heath; It's The Batman

Michael Giltz | Posted 07.29.2008 | Entertainment

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Four movies out of six in the Batman franchise have set or reclaimed the title for Biggest Opening Weekend Of All Time. No other franchise in history comes close to that record.

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Long Journey Into the Knight

Joshua David Stein | Posted 07.29.2008 | Entertainment

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Director Christopher Nolan has decreased the contrast of Dark Knight not only visually but morally as well. Batman is no longer good. He's just less bad than the Joker.

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Batman Saves Gotham, Time Warner's Second-Quarter Finish

Crain's New York Business | Damian Ghigliotty | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business

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The record $155.3 million take in the first weekend of Time Warner Inc.'s The Dark Knight will boost the New York media company's chances of meeting i...

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Batman Forever (1995): I'm OK, Batman's OK

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Jim Carrey, Val Kilmer, Nicole Kidman, Batman Forever, Batman, Joel Schumacher, Jackie Chan, Movies, Robin, Tommy Lee Jones, Entertainment News

You look at the cast of Batman Forever and wonder "What went wrong?" Tommy Lee Jones as Two Face? Nicole Kidman as the love interest? Sexy! Instead Jones goes way over-the-top and Kidman reads like she's in a 1-900 ad.

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"Dark Knight" Sets Weekend Box Office Record

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 07.28.2008 | Entertainment

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LOS ANGELES — Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box-office superheroes. "The Dark Knight" took in a record $155.34 million ...

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No Country for Bat-Men: The Superb, Disturbing Noir Knight

Alex Remington | Posted 07.27.2008 | Entertainment

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For us, all that remains is to watch the movie and feel the chills, and be so engrossed by the Joker as to forget what befell the actor behind him.

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America's Two Faces

Hugh Hamilton | Posted 07.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Joker, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Obama, Mccain, Media, Heath Ledger, Batman, Election, America, Entertainment News

The two images will dominate the American media this weekend are for once not Obama and McCain, but rather the competing movies at the box office, the images of which dare I say it, can be seen to represent the dichotomy of the American landscape.

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"The Dark Knight" Selling An Average Of 10 Tickets Per Second

AP | JOCELYN NOVECK | Posted 07.26.2008 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — As Chris Finegan watched Heath Ledger's stunning portrayal of the Joker on Friday in "The Dark Knight," he couldn't help but think of...

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Dark Knight, Bright Extinguished Star

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Christian Bale, The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger, Christopher Nolan, Batman, Dark Knight Reviews, Heath Ledger Joker Academy Award, Heath Ledger Academy Award, Heath Ledger Oscar, Heath Ledger Oscar Chances, Batman Villains, Heath Ledger the Joker, Keith Ledger, Batman Reviews, Entertainment News

No Batman film would tick without a villain, and in the best personification of any comic villain Heath Ledger takes the prize (and most likely an Oscar). Not because he's dead -- because he's that good.

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Batman (1989): Why Michael Keaton is the Best Bruce Wayne

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.26.2008 | Entertainment

I love the way Michael Keaton plays Bruce Wayne. We usually see him as a socialite, a playboy, and I suppose you could say he is here, too, but it's a loose, complex take on Wayne. Still, the plot keeps fraying.

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Batmania: "The Dark Knight" Sells Out Hundreds Of Screenings Already

AP | MEGAN K. SCOTT | Posted 07.25.2008 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — If you haven't already, you might want to pick up the Batphone and order your tickets for "The Dark Knight." Advance sales are throu...

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Heath Ledger Cannot Hear You Clap

Daniel Holloway | Posted 07.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Us Weekly, The Dark Knight, Rolling Stone, Etiquette, Heath Ledger, Ghostbusters, Batman, Movies, Entertainment News

So no, I don't like the fact that Heath Ledger is dead, but I'm not going to clap when I see his name on a movie screen. Why? Because neither Heath Ledger nor the people who actually cared about him can hear me.

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"The Dark Knight" Movie Reviews: Looks Great, No Joke!

Huffington Post | Posted 07.23.2008 | Entertainment

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**UPDATED 7/18** After an intensive marketing campaign that's been active for more than a year, The Dark Knight opens today to rave reviews, sold out...

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Heath Ledger Costars Reminisce At Premiere, Family Attends

People | Posted 07.23.2008 | Entertainment

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Heath Ledger's family attended Monday's The Dark Knight premiere in New York, where the late actor's father left the theater giving a thumbs-up sign. ...

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Batman: The Movie (1966): Skewering our Cultural Pomposity

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Batman Serials, Superheroes, Burt Ward, Batman, Movies, Adam West, Superhero Movie, Entertainment News

If Batman started out as a vigilante (in 1943), then became an establishment figure (in 1949), he has become, by 1966, the establishment figure.

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The End of the Heath Ledger Story

Richard Laermer | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Joker, Trendspotting, Actor Deaths, The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger, Batman, Jack Nicholson, Hollywood Hype, Entertainment News

If in fact Dark Knight didn't want to make a show out of Heath Ledger's passing then it was probably not the canniest move to alert Oscar-watchers of his performance.

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DVDs: A Stop-Loss on Iraq War Movies

Michael Giltz | Posted 07.19.2008 | Entertainment

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Director Kimberly Pierce's follow-up to her brilliant Boys Don't Cry squanders a fine cast on a timid story about soldiers upset over being forcibly re-enlisted via a backdoor draft.

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Batman and Robin (1949): Marching to a Bureaucratic Beat

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.18.2008 | Entertainment

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Batman is now less vigilante than establishment figure. He doesn't drop off crooks at the local precinct with bat stickers on their foreheads; now he hangs with Commissioner Gordon in his office and plots strategy.

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"The Dark Knight" Already Selling Out Theaters A Week Before Release Date

New York Times | Michael Cieply | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment

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"The Dark Knight" just spilled over into early morning. In a frenzy, fans have bought so many late-night tickets for the July 18 opening of the next ...

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Batman (1943): Rounding Up the Shifty-Eyed Japs

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Robin, Douglas Croft, Movie Serials, Japanese Internment, Lewis Wilson, World War II, Batman, Movies, Japan, Entertainment News

Given Pearl Harbor, and Hollywood's track record with stereotypes before Pearl Harbor, the racism towards Japanese people in 1943's Batman serial is unsurprising.

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