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The Dark Knight **** – Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace; starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman; directed by Christopher Nolan; directed by Christopher Nolan; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale, Illinois Centre 8 in Marion and the Grand Theater in Du Quoin.
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Ledger's Batman villain has Oscar shot
LOS ANGELES - Jack Nicholson's Joker was a blast. Heath Ledger's Joker is as dark and anarchic a figure as Randle McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," the role that brought Nicholson his first Academy Award.
'The Dark Knight' review
This "Dark Knight" is much more than simply "Batman 2.0." It's a re-tooling, a re-load of the franchise Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale revived three summer's ago.
Take a stab at horror film knowledge
Anyone who has amassed a cemetery-sized amount of horror film knowledge can finally prove that those late nights watching Freddy or Jason slaughter promiscuous teenagers was leading to something.
'Space Chimps' doesn't live up to animated competition
Space Chimps *½ – Rated G; animated, featuring the voices of Kristin Chenoweth, Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Patrick Warburton, Stanley Tucci, Kristin Chenoweth; directed by Kirk Di Micco; opening Friday at Grand Theater in Du Quoin, Illinois Centre 8 in Marion and University Place 8 in Carbondale.
'Mamma Mia!' an exuberantly goofy mess
Mamma Mia! ***½ – Rated PG-13 for some sex-related comments; starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski, Stellan Skarsgard; directed by Phyllida Lloyd; opening Friday at Illinois Centre 8 in Marion and University Place 8 in Carbondale.
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