Here’s the trailer for the new Punisher movie starring Ray Stevenson as Frank Castle (‘cause those last two attempts to adapt the comic character to the big screen were son awesome?!). Julie Benz, Wayne Knight, Doug Hutchinson, and Dash Mihok also star. Check out the official site. The film is scheduled to hit theaters on December 5th.
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Guess what folks, it’s theme week time! With the release of The Dark Knight our week-long celebration of bringing you all different flavors of Bat-goodness comes to an end! If you missed a post or two, including our reviews for the new film, simply check inside for links to all of the Bat-Week posts!
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“Some men just want to watch the world burn.”
“You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”
Christian Bale returns to the role of Bruce Wayne, and his pointy-eared alter-ego Batman. The sequel takes place months after the end of Batman Begins. Batman and Lt. Gordon (Gary Oldman) have been busy squeezing the Gotham mob, and with the help of the golden-haired District Attorney, Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), they hope to make real changes in Gotham.
However, there’s a new player in town. A psychotic mystery man named the Joker (Heath Ledger) who, after robbing them blind, offers his services to Gotham’s crime families to kill the Batman.
There’s so much to discuss. And I haven’t even mentioned the love triangle between Bruce, Harvey and Rachel (Maggie Gyllenhaal, taking over the role Katie Holmes played in Batman Begins) or the in-fighting among the mob, or the cops on the take. Whew! The film is a bit long at 152 minutes, however it’s also chocked-full of plot; there’s barely a wasted moment. This is the Batman movie fans have been clamouring for. I’m betting good money that more than one fanboy will wet himself.
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The British stage show based on Swedish pop music comes to American theaters. Well, you don’t see that every week. The long-running international musical has made more than a few quid since its premiere in London in 1999. Just how successful? It’s the 17th longest running Broadway show of all-time (beating out little muscials like Sound of Music, The Music Man, and My Fair Lady). It’s been adapted in eleven different languages and has grosssed and estimated $2 billion worldwide.
On a small Greek island Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is preparing for her wedding to Sky (Dominic Cooper), but something is missing. Sophie has been raised on the island by her loving mother Donna (Meryl Streep), former lead singer of Donna and the Dynamos who now owns and runs a small villa on the island. Sophie loves her mother and her life, but she has always been kept in the dark about the identity of her father.
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The return of Bruce Wayne’s (Kevin Conroy) lost love (Dana Delany) to Gotham and the arrival of a new mysterious villain are the ingredients to what is, at least so far, the best Batman film ever made.
Taking pieces from both Frank Miller’s Barman: Year One and Mike Barr’s Batman: Year Two this animated flick gives us a new villain for Batman to fight and ghosts from the past which must be confronted. The best scenes of the film involve the flashbacks of Bruce Wayne weighing his new feelings for Andrea (Delany) versus the vow he made to his parents. Of all the Batman movies made Mask of the Phantasm does the best job of capturing the continually tortured soul of Bruce Wayne on screen.
Also included are flashbacks scenes of Bruce Wayne’s first night out as a vigilante, with missed success (something missing from Batman Begins) and a look back at the first moment Bruce Wayne donned his famous costume in one of the best Batman scenes ever. Neither Tim Burton nor Christopher Nolan have given us anything as perfect in this simple shadow non-reveal reveal of Batman’s first appearance.
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