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www.celebitchy.com — Batman: the Dark Knight hasn???t premiered yet and Heath Ledger???s performance is already garnering high praise. The word Oscar was thrown into the ring by Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers. It’s typical of Ledger’s total commitment to films as diverse as Brokeback Mountain and I’m Not There that he does nothing out of vanity or the need to be liked. If there’s ...

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Bale Overshadowed by Heath Ledger Oscar Contender
Allie Is Wired! — ... very little about Bale the title character. The pure talent that shows up on the screen when Ledger is on he overshadows Bale stuck in his rubber suit. Jack Nicholson did a nice comic turn as the Joker, but Ledger’s Joker is a lot scarier and that is just from the trailers. Ledger is a talent that will be missed. Bale does another dead on portrayal of Batman, but Ledger is amazing. [CeleBitchy]

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Pajiba — ... The Dark Knight hasn't even premiered yet and Heath Ledger's performance is already generating more buzz than a bee factory. (Celebitchy) ...

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themovie-fanatic.com 6/28/2008 — The buzz is getting louder! Will the Academy give Heath Ledger a posthumous Oscar for the Dark Knight? That seems to be the opinion of Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers in his review of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, one of the two 'in the works' movies of the late actor, the other is of course Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnasus.
The buzz is getting louder! Will the Academy give Heath Ledger a posthumous Oscar for the Dark Knight? That seems to be the opinion of Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers in his review of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, one of the two 'in the works' movies of the late actor, the other is of course Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnasus.
The Cinema: Posthumous Oscar Watch [The Cinema] — Gawker
Ropeofsilicon.com has an early review of Batman:The Dark Knight which does its best to pour kerosene on the internet love fest with Australian James Dean 's last movie. Clips and freakishly early Oscar buzz after the jump. Brad Brevet's review is enthusiastic about all aspects of the film, but saves his strongest praise for the man behind the Joker make-up. Ledger's descent into what is ...
Batman's Dark Knight Already Selling Out — Jonathan Jaxson
The late Heath Ledger is gaining major Oscar buzz from his upcoming role as the Joker in the new Batman flick, Dark Knight. But aside from the major Oscar buzz, the movie has already begun selling out theatres across the country and it doesn't hit the big screen until July 18! It shows what a legendary and true actor Heath was and if only we could have remembered him before his passing ...
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Not only is Oscar buzz already growing about Heath Ledger 's performance as The Joker, but…. Reports are coming in that the pre-sales for the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight , are selling out. Fast! Theaters are having to add extra screenings at night just to accommodate. Fandango is also reporting that dozens of showtimes for the film have already been sold out. The movie ...
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Though it's been a little over 5 months since Heath Ledger's untimely passing, the Academy Award nominated actor's name has been all over the place with the upcoming release of The Dark Knight. The previews look great, it's generated...
Let The Ledger Oscar Speculation Begin — Mollygood
We knew it was going to happen, but not so soon: The first reviews of The Dark Knight are out, and Heath Ledger ’s Oscar is already being polished. Rolling Stone ’s critic, Peter Travers , has already jumped in the driver’s seat of Heath’s love bus: I can only speak superlatives of Ledger, who is mad-crazy-blazing brilliant as the Joker. It’s typical of ...
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Courtesy of Warner Bros. Warner Bros. has given Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers first crack at The Dark Knight and, unsurprisingly, he loved it : "Heads up: a thunderbolt is about to rip into the blanket of bland we call summer movies," he writes. "The haunting and visionary Dark Knight soars on the wings of untamed imagination. It's full of surprises you don't see coming. And just ...
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