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The Dark Knight July 21st, 2008 - Slava Kuperstein | Theatre Release | Comments: 93

Has any franchise adapted into the world of film gone through more indignities than Batman? In 1989, director Tim Burton brought a version of the Caped Crusader to the silver screen, creating a highly stylized and atmospheric world which, although praiseworthy and masterful in its own right, set the tone for a franchise which went on to be a disappointment for over 15 years. The fact of the matter is, while Burton’s Batman and Batman Returns films were artful, they completely missed the true darkness that is the Batman universe. The subtleties of the dynamic between Batman and Bruce Wayne, their faults and flaws, the very nature of good

Meet Dave July 18th, 2008 - DeMarco Williams | Theatre Release | Comments: 3

There’s a moment in this one when an unassuming earthling (Elizabeth Banks) asks the droid bearing a striking resemblance to Axel Foley to give his full name. The little people living inside the decoy, specifically the captain (Eddie Murphy) and No. 3 (Gabrielle Union), didn’t plan on anything beyond a first name, so they scramble to the internet to find something. No. 3 stumbles upon some oddly-named site called Google. Hehehehe. She offers the most common name in the world: “Dave Ming Chang.” Okay, we’ll wait for you to stop laughing… …If you didn’t chuckle at that one, there’s a small chance you will at anything else

Hancock July 11th, 2008 - DeMarco Williams | Theatre Release | Comments: 13

Though he probably nailed down “The Biggest Movie Star in the Galaxy” title with recent turns in The Pursuit of Happyness and I Am Legend, Will Smith knocks out the Tom Hanks and Brad Pitt corners once and for all with this one. Say what you will about either, but there isn’t another man alive who can convince American families that watching a superhero curse, drink and put a man’s head up another man’s anus is nothing but wholesome fun. While we’re on backsides, Hancock has no problems with you knowing he’s a real asshole. (You won’t want to actually say that term around him though; he hates

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