In this clip for a documentary series, Heath Ledger's father flips through the pages of the diary that his late son used to prepare for the role of the Joker in The Dark Night. The diary, which says the Joker on it, has a collage of photos: images from Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, clippings of comics, long…
A "portly" individual wearing a Batman costume surprised authorities in the Northern England city of Bradford when he arrived unexpectedly at a local police station to drop off a man wanted for burglary.
Warner Brothers is pulling the trailer for Gangster Squad — you can watch it above — from theaters, thanks to a scene in which a group of men open fire on a movie theater. (The scene starts around two minutes in.) A few months ago, Fox decided to change the title of its comedy Neighborhood Watch to The Watch after…
Still in the number one spot this week, The Avengers earned another $55.1 million, well outperforming Battleship, which took in a measly $25.3 million. That might not sound too bad, but given Battleship's budget, it's pretty embarrassing. In fact, this is the worst domestic opening ever for a film with a budget of at…
For weeks, I've been reminding you all that The Avengers is on the horizon — it doesn't take a box office psychic to realize a film of this magnitude will do well. And wouldn't you know, The Avengers' Friday take was $80.5 million, making it the second biggest Friday opening of all time. (Number one remains Harry…
Which movies have been illegally downloaded the most? If you said "a bunch of mediocre sci-fi/fantasy blockbusters," well, you're wrong! It's, actually, "a bunch of mediocre sci-fi/fantasy blockbusters and, also, The Hangover."
Bills receiver Steve Johnson lifted his jersey to reveal his undershirt in a touchdown celebration Sunday. The shirt said "Why So Serious?" Maybe The Dark Knight was playing on the team bus.
We're sorry to say, it's happening. Cult leader, killer, all that. Also today: a movie studio is more powerful than a country, the new Batman movie is just recycling the old title, and Darren Aronofsky loves robots.
Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince opened on 3,003 screens nationwide at midnight and hauled in $22.2 million, shattering the previous midnight screening record of $18.5 million set by The Dark Knight. [LA Times]
Sick of trying to decide which of the five Best Picture nominees will win in your Oscar pool? Well, now you'll get to decide between ten! Yes, in a move to attract more ratings, the Academy is widening the race.
Kim Ledger had plenty to do yesterday on his long flight to the Oscars, starting with an acceptance speech no one quite expected him to deliver on behalf of his son Heath.
The fanboy crusade to earn The Dark Knight a Best Picture Oscar nomination may have failed, but one fan hasn't lost faith in the potential of Batman people-power.
As much as Warner Bros. would love for Christopher Nolan to begin working on a follow-up to The Dark Knight, like, yesterday, new reports reveal that his plans for a Bat-sequel are being put off.
Just because Heath Ledger was a favorite to claim this year's Best Supporting Actor Oscar since before The Dark Knight even opened, that doesn't mean he can't use a gentle, posthumous awards-season studio nudge.
All of a sudden Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle's "love letter" (ugh) to Mumbai, is the frontrunner to take the top award at next month's Academy Oscars Awards for Movies and Things. Bet on it!
Aaron Eckhart: Hey, maybe Two-Face had a twin! Anyone? [MTV]
All the major movie awards nominations, with the exception of those for the Oscars, have been announced. So we can make a pretty good guess about what will get nods come January 22nd.
A mysterious show known as the 2008 People's Choice Awards was broadcast Wednesday on CBS, selecting The Dark Knight, 27 Dresses, Will Smith, Reese Witherspoon and others among its many honorees.
The Producers Guild of America just announced its five Best Picture nominations. So which films made the cut, and which found no endorsement with this leading Oscar indicator?
Among the year-end movie surveys bombing the landscape, few offer as rewarding a reality check as the one recapping 2008 as the Year of the Sucker.
