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THE DARK KNIGHT
RUNNING TIME 152 minutes
WRITTEN BY Christopher and Jonathan Nolan
DIRECTED BY Christopher Nolan
STARRING Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Some folks take metaphysical pleasure from the New Batman Philosophy According to Christopher Nolan: that good and evil lurk side by side in everyone, including Batman. But in my opinion, every Batman movie is about only one thing: action hero (the caped crusader with wings) vs. bad guys (everyone else). Writer-director Nolan’s Batman Begins, with its surreal and mystical mumbo jumbo about playboy Bruce Wayne’s beginnings, remains the worst Batman movie I’ve ever seen, although the comic-book addicts disagree.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/bat-future#comments Arts & Culture Movies Aaron Eckhart Batman Christian Bale Gary Oldman Heath Ledger Maggie Gyllenhaal Michael Caine Morgan Freeman The Dark Knight Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:41:12 -0400 Rex Reed 71870 at http://www.observer.com Joke’s On Us: Nolan’s Noir Is Gloomy Echo of New York in 2008 http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/joke-s-us-nolan-s-noir-gloomy-echo-new-york-2008

THE DARK KNIGHT
RUNNING TIME 152 minutes
WRITTEN BY Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan
DIRECTED BY Christopher Nolan
STARRING Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman

Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, from a screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, based on a story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer, is, of course, ultimately from a series of comic books published by DC Comics, with the creation of the Batman character attributed to Bob Kane. In the world of comic-book superheroes, the Batman franchise has specialized in the most eccentrically colorful villains. I still remember Michael Keaton’s Bruce Wayne/Batman character looking out of the corner of his eye at Jack Nicholson’s clownish antics as the Joker in Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman, the second such cinematic transfer after Laslia Martinson’s 1966 Batman, with Adam West reprising in a campy fashion his hit television role.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/joke-s-us-nolan-s-noir-gloomy-echo-new-york-2008#comments Arts & Culture Movies Aaron Eckhart Batman Christian Bale Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman Heath Ledger Maggie Gyllenhaal Michael Caine The Dark Knight Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:35:00 -0400 Andrew Sarris 71868 at http://www.observer.com No Caine Do! http://www.observer.com/2008/no-caine-do

FLAWLESS
Running Time 105 minutes
Written by Edward Anderson
Directed by Michael Radford  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/no-caine-do#comments Arts & Culture Movies Michael Caine Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:22:41 -0400 Rex Reed 66899 at http://www.observer.com Bat-Riddles Solved! Yawn, Not Really http://www.observer.com/node/50973 I guess I should try to like-or at least understand-some of the summer schlock that pours up from Ho  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/50973#comments Arts & Culture Christian Bale Hayao Miyazaki Michael Caine Morgan Freeman Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Rex Reed 50973 at http://www.observer.com Eight Day Week http://www.observer.com/2004/eight-day-week-10 Wednesday 21st "They can be so messy, noisy and temperamental," said Susan Chamberlain, speaking no  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/2004/eight-day-week-10#comments Arts & Culture Manhattan Michael Caine Sephora USA Inc. Susan Chamberlain Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:00:00 -0400 Noelle Hancock and Jessica Joffe 49150 at http://www.observer.com Bah, Humbug! Bad Santa Renews Xmas Spirit http://www.observer.com/node/48482 Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa , from a screenplay by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, is the funniest send-  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48482#comments Arts & Culture Belleville Billy Bob Thornton Michael Caine Terry Zwigoff Sun, 14 Dec 2003 19:00:00 -0500 Andrew Sarris 48482 at http://www.observer.com Of Murdoch, I Write (Not Rupe): Author Inspires Anti-Youth Yowl http://www.observer.com/node/48190 Back when I was a spotty-faced youth, it was the grown-ups who got all the respect: the attention an  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48190#comments Media Elizabeth Taylor Iris Murdoch Michael Caine Susannah York Sun, 19 Oct 2003 20:00:00 -0400 Simon Doonan 48190 at http://www.observer.com