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My Rambling, Unstructured Thoughts About 'The Dark Knight Rises'

My Rambling, Unstructured Thoughts About ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

Good news. Anne Hathaway did not ruin The Dark Knight Rises. I have a couple of bullet points about director Christopher Nolan‘s decisions when it comes to casting leading women in his movies — but before I get into all that malarky, I want to share with you all of my racing thoughts about the...
Snap Judgment: The New Trailer for 'The Dark Knight Rises'

Snap Judgment: The New Trailer for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

Version 3.0 of The Dark Knight Rises trailer and everyone was getting all giddy over all the new footage — including myself. Let’s take a gander at the trailer: There were a handful of specific things that caught my attention: Christian Bale still likes to implement the “I am in desperate need of a lozenge”...
Contagion: Who Should Die and Who Should Live?

Contagion: Who Should Die and Who Should Live?

Not since 1995 have we been treated to a star-studded movie about a deadly epidemic that takes over the world (I’m talking about Outbreak). Now, in 2011, we are revisiting that wonderful fictitious world of viral outbreaks that will kill us all — but this time the star wattage has been cranked up to full...

Is ‘Nine’ a 10?

Doesn’t Daniel Day-Lewis kind of look like Jesus Christ in a tie (and without a beard) in this picture? All photos by: David James © 2009 The Weinstein Co. The perfect recipe for a Rob Marshall film (Nine, to be specific): - 10 parts exquisite production value - 4 parts Italia - 1 part esteemed...

The number 9 is getting tons of publicity this year

Is this pure coincidence? Did the scientists in the pop culture lab strategically plan this so that the number would be painted all over the place in this particular year? I don’t recall the number 8 being really big in 2008. And no offense to the number 9, but I think 8 is a way...