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• John Horn dutifully writes up the pre-release buzz of “2012.” [Los Angeles Times]
• Pete Hammond on how legends Orson Welles and Tennessee Williams could figure into this year’s Oscar race. [Notes on a Season]
• Years that could have used 10 Best Picture nominees. [Variety]
10/29 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:12 am · October 29th, 2009
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The history of Dr. Amadeus Arkham
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:38 am · August 21st, 2009
This one’s for the video game fans, which I understand might be a considerable minority, but this comes out in less than a week. Color me stoked:
(Courtesy: Cinema Blend)
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WEEKLY WRAP: Comic-Con, a taste of ‘Avatar’ and ‘Alice’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:59 am · July 25th, 2009
• Comic-Con was the week’s big story, with 25 minutes of footage from “Avatar” its major talking-point so far.
• Meanwhile, the rather less glitzy sci-fi of “District 9″ wowed the crowds.
• And Gary Oldman slipped some unexpected news about the next Batman installment.
• Good week for trailers, as both “Alice in Wonderland” and “Bright Star” [...]
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Gary Oldman at Comic-Con: The next Batman film starts shooting next year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:08 am · July 24th, 2009
“But you didn’t hear it from me,” he told the crowd during the Warner Bros. “Book of Eli” panel. It’ll be for a 2011 release.
The convention center’s roof will land somewhere in La Jolla later this afternoon. Christopher Nolan is fuming somewhere.
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Comic-Con on the way
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:31 am · July 20th, 2009
Like the rest of the web geek world, I guess, I’m gearing up for this year’s San Diego Comic Con International, which begins with preview night on Wednesday.
All eyes, of course, are on Thursday’s slew of events, a treasure trove of goodies that made for a ton of Sophie’s choices when putting together my personal [...]
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WEEKLY WRAP: Bombshell upon bombshell
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:23 pm · June 26th, 2009
Weird, unsettling week, this. Here’s how it went down:
• In the week’s biggest movie news, the Academy threw us all for a loop by announcing a 10-nominee slate for the Best Picture category.
• But even that shock was dwarfed in scale by the stunning news of Michael Jackson’s passing.
• And in a rather bleak week [...]
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Original ‘Batman’ producer looks back
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:57 pm · June 26th, 2009
On Tuesday we celebrated the 20th anniversary of Tim Burton’s “Batman” around these parts with a personal retrospective. There are a number of similar remembrances around the web, many of them linked in that entry, but one guy who really deserves a “huzzah” this week is film producer, pop culture professor and all around comic [...]
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Aronofsky at Edinburgh
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:15 am · June 24th, 2009
As someone who prefers watching movies to listening to others talk about them, I probably haven’t attended as many of the In Person Q&A sessions at this year’s Edinburgh festival as I should have. Sam Mendes lost out in my priority scale to “The Red Shoes,” while the likes of Bill Forsyth and Brenda Blethyn [...]
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Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ — 20 years later
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:49 am · June 23rd, 2009
There is a reason I am such an embarrassingly devoted Batman fan.
It’s not because I’m a life-long comic book reader. That came later. And it’s not because I grew up watching reruns of the old ABC television series. Though I certainly did. It’s because Tim Burton’s “Batman,” released in theaters 20 years ago today, was [...]
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Nolan out for third Batman? Who could step in?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:54 am · June 17th, 2009
Bill Ramey over at Batman on Film has posted a rather disconcerting report this morning regarding the status of Christopher Nolan’s involvement with a third film in the lucrative Batman franchise. The info, which is hardly concrete, comes from one of the numerous Bat-related sources Ramey has acquired over 12 years of focusing his site [...]
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SUNDAY CENTS: ‘X’ marks the spot
Posted by Chad Hartigan · 2:53 pm · May 3rd, 2009
After all the hype, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” opened with a solid $87.0 million at the box office this weekend. Both “X2″ and “X-Men: The Last Stand” started with over $100 million* but “Wolverine” does better the $72.6 million of Bryan Singer’s original from 2000. When a film is received as poorly as Brett Ratner’s [...]
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Adam West’s Batman garage sale
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:03 am · April 29th, 2009
(via /Film)
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Gaiman: Cast David Bowie as the Joker in ‘The Dark Knight Returns’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:02 pm · April 22nd, 2009
I forgot to mention this in the item below regarding that Wired piece featuring Neil Gaiman and the current goings-on in the comic world. The subject of “unfilmable” comics came up, with “Watchmen” having landed in March and Gaiman’s own “Sandman” at the top of such a list for some fans.
Regarding Frank Miller’s “The Dark [...]
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Neil Gaiman pens a love letter send-off to the Caped Crusader
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:49 pm · April 22nd, 2009
I don’t know how many readers became regulars as a result of last year’s “Dark Knight” awards march, but I do know there are quite a few who share my enthusiasm for comics and Batman comics in particular. This post is certainly aimed at that crowd, but anyone eager to get their hands on a [...]
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‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ video game trailer featuring Bane
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:00 pm · April 16th, 2009
Okay, I can’t friggin’ WAIT to play this thing. You might recall the original trailer from January, but this shorter look at one of the plot points has the Bat fan within giddy as hell:
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