As some critics discovered recently, most notably the two Davids (Edelstein and Denby) but also Keith Uhlich over at the House Next Door, writing reviews can sometimes be a risky enterprise. It’s a testament to the Dark Knight hype machine that there were insults and even death threats from people who hadn’t even seen the [...]

  In the year of summer blockbusters being dominated by comic book movies, the one that cast the biggest, darkest shadow was Nolan’s sequel to the rebooted Bat franchise. And as much as you may have found Iron Man surprisingly good, The Incredible Hulk surprisingly better or Hancock surprisingly original, nothing will prepare you for how just how [...]

It seems that all anyone can talk about, whether or not they’ve seen the film seems incidental, is how great Heath Ledger’s performance is as The Joker in The Dark Knight and how it is definitely an Oscar worthy performance, with anything less than Best Supporting Oscar come next February will be nothing but a [...]

The quality’s not fantastic, but what exactly is it you want from us? Constant perfection? For God’s sake we’re only human! Anyway, while this probably seemed like a good idea at the time, after the first 20 seconds or so it just gets kinda annoying and you’d wish they hadn’t bothered cos you just wanna see [...]

Following on from last week’s brilliant, if a little too 9/11-alike Bat-poster, comes a barrage of most delectable delights for the eyes. First off the bat (oops, sorry) is Batman on his new Batpod. Its pretty cool, but reminds us a little too much of that scene in Ghost Rider: Next up is Bats again, but he’s [...]