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Legendary Dennis O’Neil on writing and editing Batman comics! (1997 Interview)

Reaching way back to 1997 to re-post this interview with one of the classic Batman... more

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Comic Book Mafia #29: Comic Book Martial Arts

CB uses moves from comic books as his battle with the General finishes one way or another.

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Audition Tape for Batman 3

This guy wants to be the Joker real bad.

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Why So Serious ; JOKERart

Art with a dark inspiration -... more

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The Joker returning for the next Batman movie? Doubtful!

In an interview to Empire magazine, Director Christopher Nolan have made it clear that... more

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Iron Man 2, Mother And Child, & Harry Brown - The Rotten Tomatoes Show

The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30... more

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Top 5 Comic Book Movies

These days, it seems like all it takes to make a hit action film is a good comic book... more

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Batman and The Joker

There must have been a Superhero rollerblading competition somewhere.

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Investigating 'the Vegas Hustle' (Includes interview and first-hand account)

Digital Journal's Jay David Murphy walks the Las Vegas Strip and exposes the... more

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"One of the finest games available on the current-generation of hardware". - Batman:Arkham Asylum

8-Way Movement TV gives Batman: Arkham Asylum the critique treatment in this video review.

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"Dark Knight" Faces Rough Road to Awards

Will The Dark Knight get any respect from the Academy Awards and other seasonal cinematic salutes?

A strong argument can be made that Dark Knight was the best, most effective and most powerful film of the year. The flick ran away with the year's box office title and will take shot at Titanic's all-time record when it re-enters theaters in January.

Reviewed almost universally well by critics around the world, Christopher Nolan's epic not only proved to be one of the best sequels of all the time -- easily surpassing Batman Begins in popularity and box office gross -- it transcended the comic book/superhero movie genre en route to becoming a gritty crime drama. Including an immortalizing performance by Heath Ledger as The Joker that should bring accolades from somewhere, Dark Knight achieved that rarest mix of artistic and financial success.

There are other contenders to Batman's claim on quality control's top shelf -- especially Milk, Slumdog Millionaire and Gran Torino. In fact, the American Film Institute Top Films of 2008 serves as a program to aid movie fans in identifying the award season players.

But it's more than just stiff celluloid competition that could keep Dark Knight grounded at award time. Other, less cinematic, elements play into the movie's award chances.

Genre-based box office smashes don't fare well come award time. Most of the time, audience-friendly blockbusters can't carry the aesthetic water needed to earn them. There are exceptions, including The Silence of the Lambs, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, that burn through ticket receipts and steal away with statuettes. But the likes of Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jaws will be remembered as masterpieces that Oscar ignored.

Dark Knight seems to have the critical buzz needed for an award-worthy pedigree. That leaves Hollywood's politics as the film's archenemy come nomination time. Somehow -- while it's very unlikely Nolan or co-writer David Goyer intended such an effect -- Dark Knight garnered a reputation as a conservative movie.

Finally, Batman himself has been compared to President George W. Bush -- the unpopular enforcer protecting an angry public from a monstrous foe.

All of this was heaped on Dark Knight long after it was conceived, written, directed, edited and released. It was never intended as a political film but as a crime-based, psychological morality play. With high-quality, yet more Hollywood-friendly political films like Milk out there, Dark Knight may have to settle for being the biggest smash hit of all time.Will The Dark Knight get any respect from the Academy Awards and other seasonal... more