The Dark Knight
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Alexandra +1Yep, I love Christian Bale, and I'll try not be haunted by Heath though. A group of us are going to see this wearing our joker paint...ala whysoserious.com. I can't wait.
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ROLLING STONE LOVES "THE DARK KNIGHT"
Published 6/25/2008 at What Would Tyler Durden Do?
We’re still three weeks away from the July 18th release of "the Dark Knight", but Peter Travers of Rolling Stone has the first major review, and to no ones surprise he say it’s awesome. A few excerpts… ...
Rolling Stone Reviews "The Dark Knight"
Published 6/25/2008 at OH NO!!
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Movie. Of. The. Year.
Published 6/25/2008 by Jason Tate at AbsolutePunk.net - News
... Rolling Stone have reviewed The Dark Knight.
Travers on
Published 6/26/2008 at Hollywood Elsewhere
Travers on Warner Bros. publicity has given Rolling Stone 's Peter Travers an early-ish peek at The Dark Knight , and he's responded in his usual eager-beaver town-crier way, applying lotsa passion and saliva and goo-goo gah-gah. Knight may be a good or even great film, or at least be a wild slam-banger, but there's no trusting Travers. About anything. Especially when he's the first one out of the gate. "Heads up -- a thunderbolt is about to rip into the blanket of bland we call summer movies," he begins. " The Dark Knight , director Christopher Nolan 's absolute ...
First Look: "The Dark Knight"
Published 6/26/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Matthew Lucas) at From the Front Row
... Rolling Stone's Pete Travers has gotten a sneak peek at Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (Warner, 7/18), and he pretty much creamed his critical pants. To wit : Heads up: a thunderbolt is about to rip into the blanket of bland we call summer movies. The Dark Knight, director Christopher Nolan's absolute stunner of a follow-up to 2005's Batman Begins, is a potent provocation decked out as a comic-book movie. Feverish action? Check. Dazzling spectacle? Check. Devilish fun? Check. But Nolan is just warming up. There's something raw and elemental at work in this artfully ...
First Dark Knight Review And Even More Video
Published 6/26/2008 at Cinema Blend News
First Dark Knight Review And Even More Video The first ever official review of The Dark Knight has popped up over at Rolling Stone , and its by Peter Travers. He seems to think its pretty good. Actually, he compares it to a thunderbolt which is about to rip into the blanket of bland we call summer movies. I guess he didnt see Kung Fu Panda . Travers 3.5/4 review is nothing short of glowing. He compares Bales performance to Al Pancino in Godfather II and layers on the superlatives in describing Heath Ledgers Joker. Hes got the posthumous Oscar campaign up and ...
First official ‘The Dark Knight’ review goes online
Published 6/26/2008 by Franck Tabouring at The Screening Log
... Peter Travers over at Rolling Stone is the one who posted the first official review of the new Batman flick, and according him, it’s a great sequel. Travers gives the film 3.5 out of five stars, and here’s a quick quote from ...
Secrets Of The Joker's Scruples And Wall-E's Weird Humans [Morning Spoilers]
Published 6/26/2008 by Charlie Jane Anders at io9
... And finally, a brutal death is what pushes Harvey Dent over the edge into becoming Two-Face. (Does anybody think this death isn't Rachel's? Who else could it be: Commissioner Loeb?) [Rolling Stone] ...
While You Were Vowing To Never Blog About Molesty Things Again
Published 6/26/2008 by Michelle Collins at Best Week Ever
... The first review of The Dark Knight is in... and even though the movie will be a monster hit no matter what the reviews, it's comforting to know that it's an "absolute stunner." ...
Ramona's Bright Day Before Maggie's Dark Knight
Published 6/26/2008 by Molly at POPSUGAR -- Insanely addictive.
... Little Ramona looked like such a big girl in her adorable bright red sundress enjoying the LA sun with her parents Maggie and Peter yesterday. There's nothing quite like a ride on dad's shoulders to put that big old smile on her face. Her parents stayed more in the neutrals with their looks, but were every bit the gorgeous family walking around Venice Beach. The very first reviews for Maggie's ...
Summer Blockbuster Season: Distinctly Meh
Published 6/26/2008 at Radar: Fresh Intelligence Blog
Hopes are extremely high for tonight's New York City critics screening of Hancock , the Will Smith maybe-blockbuster in which he plays a disaffected, lonely, alcoholic superhero. Hopes are even higher for The Dark Knight , the latest Batman flick for which each new theatrical preview contains more and more Heath Ledger. (Each preview therefore also becomes more and more frightening; also, the first review is as glowing as you might hope .) This desperation arises because the rest of the summer fare has been distinctly so-so. Speed Racer and The Love Guru were ...
First 'Dark Knight' Review Says It's a Positive Metaphor
Published 6/26/2008 at I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever
... Travers has the first review of The Dark Knight, calling it "a thunderbolt about to rip into the blanket of bland we call summer movies," and other favorable things. Good to know that all of the claims I made to my friends that this will be the definitive superhero movie probably won't make me look like a complete asshole this time, since I ended up being totally off when I said the same thing about Underdog. I'm sorry, alright, guys?
Read the full review here, but not if you don't want a mild SPOILER.
YOU'LL SPOIL YOUR DARK KNIGHT APPETITE!
Published 6/26/2008 at FilmDrunk.com
... So the big news yesterday was that Peter Travers of Rolling Stone had reviewed The Dark Knight. I would've covered that if Travers hadn't lost all credibility in the last year by giving ...
The Dark Knight Reviews - It’s Spectacular
Published 6/26/2008 by Sheridan Passell at Movie Moron
... The Dark Knight reviews are pouring in thanks to early screenings. And they confirm it is the classic we were all all praying for.
Let’s get the negatives (for some) out the way first: It is dark - the Joker is a boundless sadist, Two-Face horribly disfigured - so don’t take the family. And it’s over 2 hours long, so if you’ve got a short attention span then, well, you won’t have read this far anyway.
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Rolling Stone:
Heads up: a thunderbolt is about to rip into the blanket of ...
34 Brand Spankin' New 'Dark Knight' Pictures
Published 6/26/2008 at RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines
... and I am sure you will find several to like in the gallery of 58 total images as I have just added 34 new ones to the mix. There is an early review out there by Rolling Stone's Peter Travers ( read here ), but since I will finally be seeing this film on Saturday I am going to skip reading his review until that point. I don't want to spoil anything, just seeing these pictures felt like too much. You can check them all out by ...
Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers Offers First Review of The Dark Knight
Published 6/26/2008 by Sean at Film Junk
... direction. Although darker is not always better, in this case, the farther they can take it from feeling like a comic book movie, the better it will be. And, if Ledger is as good as Travers is saying, I think that will be the key, because all of these damn comic book movies have such lame villains lately. Are you excited about The Dark Knight? Do you think this will end up being the best movie of the summer? You can check out the full review via the link below. Related Link: Rolling Stone: The Dark Knight Review
First Official 'Dark Knight' Review Arrives!
Published 6/26/2008 by Erik Davis at Cinematical
... in theaters yet ... but you can start reading what the critics had to say about it. First one in the batting cage is Peter Travers from Rolling Stone, who opens his review with: "Heads up: a thunderbolt is about to rip into the blanket of bland we call summer movies." Yeah! Where's your exclamation point at the end of that sentence, Travers? Get those troops fired up, dammit! (Bored? Try saying "Peter Travers Travels to Transylvania" ten times fast. Bet ya can't do it ...) Anyway ... ...
David Letterman Dares to Spoil Summer With Impromptu 'Dark Knight' Review [Everyones A Critic]
Published 6/26/2008 by STV at Defamer
... Don't believe for a second that David Letterman really broke any studio embargoes last night to tell you he loves The Dark Knight (he's not even the first to do so), but that doesn't mean the pseudo-spoilers contained herein are likely to compel you any less. In fact, the film Letterman describes may prove to be better than the finished product Warners has so ...
First Review Confirms That ‘The Dark Knight’ Will Be Awesome, Probably
Published 6/26/2008 at Vulture
... 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 try to get it out of your dreams." In a three-and-a-half-star review, Travers raves pretty much about everything and campaigns for a posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger's final completed ...
Heath Ledger to be in another Batman movie?
Published 6/27/2008 by accidentalsexiness at Accidental Sexiness
Apparently producers of the new Batman The Dark Knight movie filmed enough footage of Heath Ledger to keep The Joker around for future productions. Will they do it? Only time will tell. This was one of Heath’s final movies before his untimely death in January. The end credits of the “Batman Begins” sequel include a farewell note to Ledger and to special-effects technician Conway Wickliffe, who was killed last September in a stunt-car accident. Rolling Stone was the first to review this film and it makes me wish it was opening this weekend! ...
Early buzz: Phish, 'X-Files,' Prince, 'Mad Men,' more
Published 6/27/2008 by Whitney Matheson at USATODAY.com - Pop Candy
... It should be a good time, provided I find the proper shoes. Some headlines: - Several cool shows have a shot at Emmys this year, including The Wire , Mad Men , Flight of the Conchords and Friday Night Lights . (No Battlestar on that list, though.) - Here's a story about the awesome women of Mad Men . - Keyboardist Page McConnell address the Phish reunion rumors on the band's website . - Rolling Stone 's Peter Travers has posted one of the first reviews of The Dark Knight . - The Daily News has a cool profile of the ...
Heath Ledger Oscar-Worthy “Batman: The Dark Knight” Performance
Published 6/27/2008 by Castina at Pop Crunch
... Late actor Heath Ledger deserves an Academy Award for his performance as The Joker in this year’s Batman sequel, The Dark Knight, Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers wrote on Thursday. ...
'Dark Knight' Will Include Classy Dedication
Published 6/27/2008 by Eugene Novikov at Cinematical
... I am a bit concerned about the possible posthumous Oscar campaign though, especially after Peter Travers semi-officially got it off the ground last week. Since Ledger almost certainly wouldn't have had a shot at it for this role were he still alive, I'm afraid the notion of the "posthumous Oscar" would overwhelm his actual performance, which looks fantastic. ...
HEATH LEDGER is "mad-crazy-blazing brilliant" as the Joker!
Published 6/28/2008 at The Movie Fanatic Feeds
... Here's an excerpt of Traver's review : I can only speak superlatives of Ledger, who is mad-crazy-blazing brilliant as the Joker. Miles from Jack Nicholson's broadly funny take on the role in Tim Burton's 1989 Batman, Ledger takes the role to the shadows, where even what's comic is hardly a relief. No plastic mask for Ledger; his face is caked with moldy makeup that highlights the red scar of a grin, the grungy hair and the yellowing teeth of a hound fresh out of hell. To the clown prince of crime, a knife is preferable to a gun, the better to "savor the moment." How's that ...
"The Dark Knight" - early reviews
Published 6/28/2008 by Grace at Superhero Profiles
... Batman fever is on! Showing in just a few weeks, Christian Bale’s The Dark Knight… (and shall I say Heath Ledger’s Joker) is getting very good early reviews! The Rollingstone has nothing but praise for every major actor in the movie. ...
Ledger Posthumous
Published 6/29/2008 by Piper (noreply@blogger.com) at EVIL, WICKED, SINISTER, THREATENING, BULGING, ITCHY, IRRITATED, OOZING, BLOOD-SHOT EYE THEATRE
... According to Peter Travers, The Dark Knight is pretty damn good. A thunderbolt that will rip into the blanket of bland we call summer movies, he says. But Travers doesn't stop there. He goes on to say that Heath Ledger's turn as the Joker deserves the first posthumous Oscar since Peter Finch in Network. Actually, he just says that if there's a movement on behalf of Ledger, he wants to be signed up which is only kind of putting yourself out there. ...
An Oscar for Ledger?
Published 7/1/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Mystery Man) at Mystery Man on Film
... Then, Peter Travers of the Rolling Stone, in the Dark Knight’s first review, wrote: ...
Creased or Folded? hecklerspray Tells You the Way it is
Published 7/4/2008 by Chris Laverty at Hecklerspray
What we rate and what we don’t.
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The Dark Knight advance word (strong. Real strong)
Today At Wimbledon on BBC 2 (a nice wind-down way to spend the evening. Pity it wasn’t on against Big Brother)
Debbie King records a pop single (we love her)
Crazy old Werner Herzog (recently featured in a pompous documentary on BBC1. ...
'Dark Knight' Watch: Raves from the Trades
Published 7/7/2008 by Eugene Novikov at Cinematical
... to get a look at the film were pretty squarely in the geek demographic -- which is not any sort of indictment, but just an indicator that they had a very specific perspective on the film. And Peter Travers is... Well, he's Peter Travers. Now, though, come some reviews you shouldn't so readily ignore -- and they're gushy, (almost) unqualified raves. ...
"The Dark Knight" is De Palma plus Coppola plus Kubrick plus Cronenberg?
Published 7/10/2008 by Alison Willmore at IFC: Indie Eye
... Peter Travers: "It's enough to watch Bale chillingly render Batman as a lost warrior, evoking Al Pacino in The Godfather II in his delusion and desolation. It's enough to see Ledger conjure up the anarchy of the Sex Pistols and A Clockwork Orange as he creates a Joker for the ages." ...
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight : 'Rave and Rage and Purge Acting' [Reviews]
Published 7/14/2008 by Richard at Gawker
... is mad-crazy-blazing brilliant as the Joker. Miles from Jack Nicholson's broadly funny take on the role in Tim Burton's 1989 Batman, Ledger takes the role to the shadows, where even what's comic is hardly a relief. No plastic mask for Ledger; his face is caked with moldy makeup that highlights the red scar of a grin, the grungy hair and the yellowing teeth of a hound fresh out of hell. To the clown prince of crime, a knife is preferable to a gun, the better to 'savor the moment.'" [Rolling Stone] ...
"When I'm naked, I look like a bald chicken."
Published 7/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Peter T Chattaway) at FilmChat
... "No, I don't hear it anymore. I mean look, Rolling Stone said, `Oldman is so skilled he makes virtue look exciting,'" Oldman said in an interview with The Associated Press, quoting the magazine's review of "The Dark Knight" from memory. "You know what? That's the best review I've ever had. ... I'll put that on my tombstone. `Makes virtue look exciting.' That's pretty good. ...
The Ravishing Alexandra DuPont Takes A Break From Her Own Ongoing Superheroics To Appraise THE DARK KNIGHT!!
Published 7/18/2008 by Hercules at Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
... you've heard -- he just completely disappears into a performance that feels like a distortion field of tics and unexpected line readings, without pulling any lame "Clown Prince of Crime" schtick. He does damage with pencils and knives and bombs that will probably make even the most hard-core genre hound cringe a little. (I seriously can't believe this movie is PG-13 after the Joker's "disappearing pencil" trick alone.) Rather than pulling out the thesaurus and trying to out-fellate Peter Travers , I'll just name a few of my favorite Ledger moments: (a) The ...
