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Wired 14.02: The Dark Knight Returns Bob Kane, who drew the original Dark Knight in 1939, instantly became a celebrity and went on to a film and fine-art career. Neal Adams, who's credited with rescuing the crusader from the high camp of the 1960s TV series, also reinvented the X-Men before parlaying his work into a successful film career that earned him enough to spend his retirement promoting the theory that Earth is expanding. America in 2039 is a police state, individual liberties have been curtailed, and there's a dark sense of impending doom. www.wired.com /wired/archive/14.02/pope_pr.html   (1013 words)

The Dark Knight Returns - The CHUD.COM Message Boards Good glad it didn't because Kurt should be waiting around for this film...the Dark Knight Returns. And the first person to mention Dark Knight Strikes Again gets a slap in the chops. CHUD.COM is no way affilliated with the film C.H.U.D. All rights reserved 1997 - infinity. www.chud.com /forums/showthread.php?t=42816   (461 words)

The Dark Knight Strikes Again - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It is a sequel to Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. DK2 was considered controversial upon its release by some comics fans, as it was considered to be a repudiation of effects that the original Dark Knight Returns had on American superhero comics (the creation of the so-called "grim n' gritty" movement), and a celebration of the surrealist and high-energy eccentricity of the superhero tradition. The Dark Knight Strikes Again can also be viewed as Miller's satire of the very 'grim and gritty' movement which he helped set into motion with The Dark Knight Returns. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Dark_Knight_Strikes_Again   (1343 words)

TIME Magazine: Star Wars Episode II But the writer-producer-director-megamind—who in his spare time runs a film conglomerate that includes the Lucasfilm production outfit, the ILM visual-effects house and Skywalker Sound—says he was always aware of at least one Phantom risk: that Anakin Skywalker, the Jedi knight in training who would evolve into the sinister Darth Vader, was a kid. After seeing a rough cut of the film and reading the script, we can say that Clones seems poised to get the series back on track—and provide an exhilarating two hours of serious fun. Clones is populated with hundreds of computer-generated creatures, from new digital stars like the four-armed diner chef Dexter Jettster to familiars like Yoda, Watto the Junkman—and that vexing critter Jar Jar Binks, around whom the disappointment in Phantom Menace crystallized. www.time.com /time/covers/1101020429/story.html   (914 words)

Moviehole.net - The Dark Knight Returns The new film, which will centre on Michael Knight and his car loving kid, will feature both the classic K.I.T.T mobile and a new set of wheels for Mike Jr. Unlike the "Baywatch" movie - which the singing swimmer confirmed he'll not be involved in - "Knight Rider: The Movie" has a ready-written role for Haselhoff in it. The "Knight Rider" movie has been on the cards for a few years now. www.moviehole.net /news/5625.html   (326 words)

Rotten Tomatoes Forums - FILM REVIEW: The Dark Knight Returns! Director Christopher Nolan, the man behind the critically acclaimed Memento and Insomnia, now returns fans to where the legend began to return the Dark Knight to his beloved glory.... Not since the days of the original Batman feature film adaptation back in 1989 have fans of the Cape Crusader experienced joy with the venerable franchise on the big screen. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city. www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?p=6856300   (454 words)

Mister Faded Glory » The Dark Knight Finally Returns I’ve long fantasized that some enterprising director would make Frank Miller& extraordinary comic novel The Dark Knight Returns into a feature film. The homage to Miller& Dark Knight continues with the updated Batmobile &; as if tugging on my heart, they never refer to it as the Batmobile &; and the vehicle is mostly a speedy tank. Bale was born to play Batman &; one of the most underrated actors on screen, he turns the moody Wayne into the relieved, focused Dark Knight complete with blurry lines and a cold fear that penetrates his surface confidence. www.denofsinandvice.com /jjh?p=119   (1007 words)

Clive Owen - The Sunday Times Here is a gritty tale of knights with greasy hair set in the bloodstained barbarism of the Dark Ages. This film claims that Arthur was a real person (Lucius Artorius Castus) and he existed about 500 years before the Arthur of legend. Watching this film, it’s hard to see what all the fuss and fascination with him is based on. www.murphsplace.com /owen/arthur/uktimes3.html   (841 words)

U2 Feedback - the Dark Knight Returns! The movie is written by David Goyer and Nolan, and will follow the early career of The Dark Knight. Principal photography on the film is expected to begin in early 2004. He has exactly the balance of darkness and light that we were looking for." forum.interference.com /t81837.html   (693 words)

Blogcritics.org: "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" - Review And I guess, in that way, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns was a success. Anyone know the correct term here?) I gave Batman: The Dark Knight Returns a read during my continuing "Let's Give Graphic Novels a Chance" read-a-thon, and here's what I've come up with. These Searchrolls are Blogcritics' custom search engines that return results from their hand-selected sites. blogcritics.org /archives/2004/11/23/143035.php   (589 words)

The Dark Knight Strikes Again #1 [2001] Shaking Through.net: Comics: Review Epics of the size and scope of Watchmen just aren't attempted that often, while the influence of Dark Knight is seen everywhere, both within the comics field (out-of-continuity stories such as Kingdom Come) and without (who can doubt its influence on Tim Burton's first Batman film?). The truth is, of course, that Dark Knight didn't achieve this alone. When Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns first appeared in the mid-1980s, it seemed to spark a transformation in the superhero comic-book genre practically overnight. www.shakingthrough.net /comics/reviews/2001/the_dark_knight_strikes_again_1.htm   (1168 words)

TheFourthRail.com Frank Miller's first Dark Knight series redefined superhero comics, paved the way for billion-dollar film franchises, incalculable spin-offs and more than a few imitators. I was not disturbed the evening I arrived home to find that my wife having a torrid affair with The Dark Knight Strikes Back #1, nor was I upset when she left me and the children to find a new life with it in Jamaica. In short, the first issue of The Dark Knight Strikes Back is nothing short of a miracle of modern publishing. www.thefourthrail.com /features/1201/fightinwords5.shtml   (1125 words)

Classic-Horror Review of Demon Knight (1996) The titular knight both refers to a literal knight-like figure who tries to prevent the demons' bid for universal kingship and is a pun on "night." Both "Demon Knight" and "Demon Night" are titles literally suiting the film. Rather, this is a gritty, claustrophobic film that knows how to frighten and take you on a wild roller coaster ride through a dark and dingy boarding house containing outcasts with attitudes as well as present an alternate history of the universe. I'm not about to argue that Demon Knight should have swept the 1996 Oscars (although I'd like that in an ideal world), but you can't ask for a much more entertaining and satisfying horror film cum amusement park ride. classic-horror.com /reviews/demonknight.shtml   (585 words)

Film as Art: Danél Griffin's Guide to Cinema In this film, Nolan only shows us what the thugs see—a dark, mysterious beast with demonic horns that silently lifts their friends into the air in a flash and drops them, punches them, etc. Here, he is literally a supernatural force, a deadly predator. That the Batmobile (here call the Tumbler) is an amazing, awe-inspiring machine, bringing to mind the towering majesty of Batman’s unstoppable tank in Frank Miller’s graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns. That this might be the first really good comic book film that is plausible and grounded in reality—or at least as realistic as possible for a story about a masked vigilante who has to save a city from a mind-altering villain bent on poisoning the entire water supply. uashome.alaska.edu /~jndfg20/website/batmanbegins.htm   (1973 words)

Amazon.com: The Batman Legacy (Four Film Giftset) (1992): DVD This first film was revolutionary in it's tone and delivery when first released, and it hasn't aged very well, but the page it takes out of Frank Miller's classic Dark Knight Returns helps seperate it from the campy television series, which is why it became the blockbuster it did. This film was a split between critics and fans alike, as the dark tone is pretty much gone and replaced by an uber-campiness, but it's nowhere near as bad as what would follow it. Compiling the first four Batman films, which as a previous reviewer noted both helped resurrect comic to film adaptations and nearly kill them as well, the Batman Anthology is better left on the shelf and the Special Editions of the first two films are the only ones worth purchasing. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004XMS0?v=glance   (2421 words)

Shirley Knight Knight was memorable in THE GROUP (1966), PETULIA (1968), and especially THE RAIN PEOPLE (1969), a probing proto-feminist road film written and directed by a young Francis Ford Coppola. An expert at playing disturbed modern women, Knight trained at the Pasadena Playhouse before making her film debut in FIVE GATES TO HELL (1959). A bright, gifted and outspoken leading lady, she earned early critical acclaim in Hollywood for such films as THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS (1960), but remained dedicated to the theater. theoscarsite.com /whoswho4/knight_s.htm   (289 words)

Batman (1989) - MovieWeb Tim Burton's BATMAN, inspired by Frank Miller's graphic novel "The Dark Knight Returns," is a Gothic, Wagnerian treatment of the Batman mythos that explains the origins of Batman (Michael Keaton) and his nemesis, the maniacal Joker (a ripe Jack Nicholson). But it isn't long before a dark, mysterious caped crusader, who goes by the name of BATMAN, is on their trail and trying to thwart their evil doings. July 21st, 2003: A 35mm short film being made about the caped crusader... www.movieweb.com /movies/film/76/1076/summary.php   (260 words)

The Dark Corner: With the overwhelming success of Spiderman at the box office, there is no doubt that Warner Brothers is readying the Dark Knight (and other DC heroes) to counter attack Marvel's film juggernaut. After years of being absent from Television and Film, it appears that Batman may be ready to return in a big way. The idea of this theory is based on a conversation I had with fellow webmaster Fabio2. ajeewa.tripod.com /tdc/tdc_2002may26.htm   (260 words)

New Batman film adds a dose of reality - MORE MOVIE NEWS AND FEATURES - MSNBC.com In dreaming up “Batman Begins,” the writer and director said that what interested them about the comic book lore most was the physical and emotional process by which a pre-Batman Bruce Wayne transforms into the crime fighting Dark Knight. Eight years after the last screen version failed to impress fans of the Caped Crusader, makers of “Batman Begins” promise action and adventure that could take place in today’s world. Last year, at the giant Comic-Con convention for comic book fans, Goyer was speaking at a seminar and the first question, he said, from fans was: “How can you guarantee this movie won’t suck?” msnbc.msn.com /id/8232293   (917 words)

Movie-List - Reviews - Wimbledon Wimbledon stars Paul Bettany of “Master and Commander” and “A Knight’s Tale” as Peter Colt, an aging tennis star shuffled down to the backside of the tour and Britain’s dark horse for bringing the Wimbledon crown home. The film never lets us know what was going on in her head and think that reluctance distances the audience from Dunst’s character. Wimbledon’s biggest flaw is that it really never makes the audience yearn to see these the characters fall in love. www.movie-list.com /reviews.php?id=wimbledon   (607 words)

Shirley Knight , Celebrity profile, bio, biography Knight's early films include The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and Sweet Bird of Youth for which she received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress. More recently, Knight's Off-Broadway appearances include Necessary Targets and The Vagina Monologues.Knight can currently be seen in the thriller The Salton Sea with Val Kilmer, and next in The House on the Hill, P.S. Your Cat is Dead and the Showtime film My Louisiana Sky. Knight recently starred on Broadway in Horton Foote's The Young Man From Atlanta, for which she was nominated for the Tony and the Drama Desk Award. www.starglimpse.com /celebs/pages/shirley_knight/shirley_knight.shtml   (547 words)

Comic Book Resources - CBR News - The Comic Wire After enjoying both the race and the film, fans of the Dark Knight(TM) can also extend their experience in the form of a full line of merchandise being offered by companies such as Mattel and Team Caliber. Films like "Fantastic Four," "War of the Worlds," "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory," "Star Wars Episode III" and "Batman Begins" will all be competing for the number one position at the box office. In addition, the Detroit Free Press says rumors say that the Batmobile used in the film may make an appearance at the event, but whether or not it will just be on display or will actually take a trip around the oval. www.comicbookresources.com /news/newsitem.cgi?id=5170   (547 words)

The Planet - The Batman LEGO Film - "Batman: Revenge" In this first ever Batman LEGO Film, the Dark Knight protects Gotham City once again from Edward "The Riddler" Nygma, and his henchmen, when the question marked villain escapes from Arkham Asylum. This thread was started to promote the first ever stop-motion animation Batman LEGO Film entitled "Batman: Revenge", which was inspired by "Batman", "Batman: Returns", and "The Nightmare Before Christmas". The Planet > Fan World > Fan Films www.bluetights.net /theplanet/showthread.php?s=8519654dbe3c1255801dac791d0b8024&t=441   (503 words)

Amazon.co.uk: Insomnia [2002]: DVD This is an incredible tour de force from an up and coming young british director, his first hollywood scale film after the brilliant Memento(2000) and the resultant cv landed him the job of resurrecting the dark knight which he did spectacularly in june'05. Insomnia is of course a remake of a Norwegian film starring Stellan Skarsgard, directed by Erik Skjoldbjaerg in 1997 but as much as this may make me a heathen to European film culture, I must confess to having never seen the original. Insomnia carries on the same nolan audio visual experience, he has a gift in melding beautiful imagery to appropriately restrained classical music and his style is seen in all apparently disparate films to date! www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006AGHD   (1470 words)

Moviehole.net - The Dark Knight Returns The new film, which will centre on Michael Knight and his car loving kid, will feature both the classic K.I.T.T mobile and a new set of wheels for Mike Jr. Unlike the "Baywatch" movie - which the singing swimmer confirmed he'll not be involved in - "Knight Rider : The Movie" has a ready-written role for Haselhoff in it. The "Knight Rider" movie has been on the cards for a few years now. www.moviehole.net /news/5625.html   (314 words)

Comics Continuum Comics legend Frank Miller, creator of the groundbreaking Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, pounds out his longest S in City graphic novel to date‹a bare-knuckle barrage of brutal action, dark secrets, and heroic sacrifice. Dark Horse Books is proud to present, for the first time ever, the complete run of John Stanley and Irving Tripp's legendary run of classic Marge¹s Little Lulu comics in convenient, reader-friendly paperback volumes. They¹ve been responsible for some of the most dazzling and awe-inspiring visuals ever put to film, and now the concept artists, behind the Star Wars prequels are bringing their considerable talents to comics. www.comicscontinuum.com /stories/0412/08/dhmarch.htm   (3301 words)

Related: Crispin Glover Is Grendel In Robert Zemeckis Beowulf - Insomniac Mania The performance capture film is based on the Old English epic poem about a knight who slays a monster and becomes king. According to Dark Horizons, Angelina Jolie is considering returning to her world famous role of Lara Croft AKA Tomb Radier for a third movie in the franchise. According to Variety, Robert Zemeckis is going to direct, and produce the film adaptation of "Beowulf". www.insomniacmania.com /fullrelated.php?id=2624   (1594 words)

Dark Horizons: 20th Century Fox 2005 Upcoming Film Slate Set in the 12th century, the film focuses on a young blacksmith who becomes a knight and helps defend Jerusalem against the Crusaders. Dark Horizons: 20th Century Fox 2005 Upcoming Film Slate All film promotional stills/artwork copyright their respective intellectual property holders. www.darkhorizons.com /news04/2005fox.php   (946 words)

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Batman Begins Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham City. Batman Begins is a 2005 American superhero/action film based on the comic book fictional character Batman. The film was first released on June 15, 2005. www.scrup.com /batmanbegins.htm   (716 words)

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