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more about #defamer more comments → limber: "In some way, I'll figure out later, we can claim this was a moral victory. " Never give up! Never surrender! more » bess marvin, girl detective: well there's your problem. titantic as the worst film ever made? talk about non-funny hyperbole. more » Mike Jahn: I don't know if I can take one more SciFi iteration of the Hero's Quest. Didn't Joseph Campbell die? That said, I will probably embrace the movie for... more » phlox✔: Avatard!!!! more » drunkexpatwriter: I just saw a sneak preview of it and it is beyond amazing. I've never seen anything even visually close to it. The entire audience was silent during ... more » kithkin: I'm hoping 3 is Kristen Bell but Christina Applegate makes sense too. But really! Veronica Mars! more » manchops: Okay. So where's the apology for your item "Why do they keep putting Sandra Bullock in Movies?" you ran a few months ago? Ummm, because she's the hig... more » LolpantsofArabia: I'm still going to see it tomorrow. And I still expect it to suck. more » KikiCanuck: If you can patent sex positions, I think that Kenan Thompson should think about doing it for The Jabberwocky. more » KikiCanuck: I'm not sure whether I am more disturbed by the idea of Avatar not sucking, or by the adoption of the Royal We in this post. more » cpjones: I still have no desire to see it. more » Baroness: "..our dread on memories of Titanic — which we still hold was the worst film ever made .." If you honestly think that Titanic was literally the wor... more » Niko Bellic: It looks like the trailers for Avatar are set to become the worst trailers in the history of trailers. There is not a single person who liked the tra... more » Mo MoDo: Somebody drank the blue colored Kool Ade. more » BullfightsOnAcid: Richard, I really thought your Avatar bashing was very extreme. Defamer has always been full of cynicism but you were dancing on the Avatar grave befo... more » -
#hollywood
New Harry Potter Officially a Juggernaut
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] -
#chchchanges
Academy Awards Widening Best Picture Race to 10 Films
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. More » -
#oscars
Oscar Tug-Of-War Pits Ledger Versus Ledger
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. More » -
#thedarkknight
Petitioner Halfway To Assuring You Never See The Joker Onscreen Again
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. More » -
#thedarkknight
Batman's Next Flight Now Years Away
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. More » -
#oscars
How To Best Campaign For a Dead Oscar Nominee? Don't
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. More » -
#awards
Something Called 'People's Choice Awards' Praises 'Dark Knight,' '27 Dresses'
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. More » -
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#awards
PGA Noms Boost 'Dark Knight' At Other Films' Expense
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? -
#boxoffice
'Twilight,' Dark Knight' Disappoint After Adjustment For Inflation, Reality
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. -
#awards
Warners' PR Cedes Control of 'Dark Knight' Oscar Campaign to Fans
The Dark Knight may yet receive its January re-release, but it hardly seems to matter with the Oscar-season fan-offensive presently — and unofficially — being mounted in the blockbuster's name. -
#christophernolan
WGA Hopes You Won't Remember Who Directed 'The Dark Knight'
When we received an awards consideration copy of The Dark Knight last week, there was clearly something missing — or, to be more accurate, censored with black felt-tip pen. -
#goldenglobes
Golden Globes Jilt 'Milk,' 'Dark Knight'; 'In Treatment' Leads TV Noms
No looming strike will slow down this year's Golden Globe Awards, nominations for which were announced this morning with a few mildly head-cramping surprises. -
#thedarkknight
'X-Files' Producer Accuses 'Dark Knight' of Hogging Fanboys, Box Office For Itself
The co-writer and producer of last summer's X Files: I Want to Believe has a theory about why the film flopped with $21 million — one you might expect from someone who writes about aliens, but which surprises nevertheless.
