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The Dark Knight Rises: And I Sit Down To Review It

The summer's big old buzzy Dark Knight Rises has risen up at two hours and 44 minutes, and I'll be on CNN International tomorrow to talk about. But let me give you a little preview of my thoughts.

Air-Tight Security Around New Batman Film

Normally, reviews and mentions of a movie are embargoed by the film studio until a few days before the opening, but in the case of The Dark Night Rises, participating press have been warned by Warner Brothers to not tweet, review, or mention the film in any way until opening day (July 20)! There is ... More >>

Jesus Christ On Screen: Who Played Him The Best?

It's the ultimate role because you get to be holy and look good yet suffer for your craft, all with the promise of a return engagement. And a lot of terrific actors have attempted to nail the role. Your divine choices:

Oscars Live Blog: Finally, Some Attention for Our Nation's Celebrities

​Tonight, we'll be covering the 84th Annual Academy Awards, live from a computer. Stay here on Runnin' Scared for exclusive insight and commentary from a Hollywood insider who has seen THREE movies this year (not including a two-part episode of The Mentalist that looked pretty big-budget). Who ... More >>

What a Production: Nanjing Massacre as Showstopper in Flowers of War

"Occupy Wall Street" Exploitation Examined By Olbermann and I

​On last night's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith and I chewed over the weird way TV and movie cameras have been diving onto Occupy Wall Street, from the Real World casting notice looking for activists to the alleged Dark Knight Rises flirtation with marching extras.

Who Should Play Bin Laden?

​You know, in the inevitable movie. Which is more than inevitable because Kathryn Bigelow had already started casting it before the guy was tossed dead into the water. So as long as the project has already been green-lighted, here are my top choices for the part:

The Fix is a Website About Addiction; Happy New York Times Paywall Day!

​First of all, if you click on this, you will have wasted one of your 20 monthly free New York Times articles on something about white male bloggers. That's because in addition to a new website about addiction from Radar founder Maer Roshan, which went up with little-to-no build-up, today is a ... More >>

Oscars 2011: Live Blogging the Awards Show

Courtesy ABC​And now for the awards portion of the evening! Full disclosure: the three of us have seen only five of the Best Picture nominees. Not that it matters. So:

Mexico City Cannibals Prowl for Snacks in We Are What We Are

The Oscars Will Be More Boring Than Dirt

​Is there any living being alive -- even a slug -- who doesn't know by now that the same four people who've won every acting award in tarnation are going to win the Oscars too? Yes, as sure as silk, Colin Firth will be stoic, Natalie Portman will cry, Christian Bale will have bulging eyes, an ... More >>

Year in Film: The 2010 Voice Film Critics' Poll

The results are in

The Fighter Feels Rigged

Presenting: the Top 5 Mel Gibson Internet Creations

​Mel Gibson's recently leaked rants are gross and terrible, for sure. But they've also allowed the Internet to put its creative energies to good use -- right? Here are the top five instances of proverbial lemonade that the Internet has made out of Mel Gibson's racist lemons.

What's Up With Airport Security?

​So you have to flush away half your toothpaste before boarding while also making sure to dramatically discard your highly dangerous bottle of water, but if you show up carrying a handful of "firecrackers," you're escorted right in with bells on?

Tom Cruise Inspired American Psycho!

​So it turns out Christian Bale had a fabulous inspiration for his skin-crawlingly creepy character in the movie version of American Psycho--namely toothy married man Tom Cruise!

CMJ, Day Two: New York Says Hello--and Then Goodbye--to OJ da Juiceman

"This guy's on the internet," says DJ Green Lantern, by way of introducing Atlanta's Pill--a curious diminution for a rapper whose best songs ("Trap Goin' Ham," or you know, "We Outside") are very much about being nowhere near anything like a computer. Anyway, it's not like being on the internet ... More >>

This Week in the Voice

Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson. Harlem, the world. Greg Tate. Michael Jackson. Bed-Stuy. Jean Grae. Michael Jackson. Gary, Indiana. Jessica Hopper. The Village Voice Michael Jackson Archives. We all know about the Albany Coup and how bad it makes everyone look. But who really benefited ... More >>

Save Yourself! (From McG's Terminator)

What a drag.

New Pool Party Brings Out The Cuties!

And finding people who, surprisingly, aren't all wet.

SEEING STARDUST

A film that runs on excess

Dark Knight Even More Cursed

Advice to Madonna, Lindsay, Katie, and Meth Addicts

Stay away from clowns! Just continue to be ones yourselves. (And other Dear ABBA suggestions.)

Daily Flogger 7/29/08: Cancers on the body politic

Batmess! Badman? Christian Bale's Arrest!

Somebody Bail out Christian Bale

Things I Learned Watching I'm Not There

So Close, and Yet So Far

The intimate pleasures and necessary detachments of Toronto 2007

Still Waiting for That Train

James Mangold remakes a classic western for our ADD times

Man Down

Dramatizing an earlier doc, Werner Herzog takes his hero worship Hollywood

Two Hot to Handle

I talked to Dancy, but Christian bailed. Paris Hilton got out, too.

'Harsh Times'

A Whimsical Stand Against Corporate Animation

Sex and the Single Squaw

Cape and Scowl

Batman and sobbin': Orphan grief and existential questions in a grim franchise retake

King of the Castle

In Hayao Miyazaki's latest delivery, dreams of destruction overcome defective dubbing

Play It to the Bone

Shadow of the thin man: Bale's method madness and goth-grunge ambience yield net loss

NY Mirror

Feeding Frenzy

Stunts, moguls, buffed-up people, and sharks—fitting for a film festival at a ski resort

Michael Atkinson's Top Ten

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Where There's Smoke

Love and Other Catastrophes

Atrocity Exhibitions

NY Mirror

Domestic Troubles

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Metroland

Velvet Crush

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