Movie reviews: The Dark Knight 40 Articles

by Tyler Langness

The Hollywood hype machine makes it nearly impossible for anything to live up to inflated, lofty expectations in modern filmmaking. If internet, television, and print media coverage weren't enough, factor in legions of rab...read more

by Chuck Hoodak

What would you do if you knew that there was no hope? Would you give in and accept it, or would you fight to make a difference and hope others would be inspired to do the same? These are the issues Batman struggles with in...read more

by Elliot Fogarty

Let me first state one thing before I dive into the review of The Dark Knight: It is, for this reviewer at least, the most eagerly anticipated film of the 21st Century. Having grown up on all things Batman, from the brilli...read more

by Eric Hansen

Batman returns to the big screen in "The Dark Knight," a decidedly gritty depiction of Gotham City and its savior. Gone are the pastel, comic book colors from the Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher, first replaced with serious...read more

by Donald Lind

"Near Perfection Shines in the Dark" Forget the 1960s and the goofy, campy "Pow! Bam!" antics of the series. Forget the bizarre imagery and over-the-top villains that dominated Burton's vision. Really forget Joel Schu...read more

by Chuck Gaffney

Late last night I got to see this year's number 1 movie, The Dark Knight. It sure lived up to its name and to all the hype. As I write this this movie is going down in history with a monumental load of ticket sales that wi...read more

by Dan Cartwright

Is the hype surrounding The Dark Knight warranted? Or is it another film that fails to live up to people's weighty expectations? Could it simply be a case of the film being over-hyped due to an unfortunate, sad and depress...read more

by Ashby Lennard

Why so serious? Indeed. Christopher Nolan's latest Batman offering 'The Dark Knight' has been the most hyped up film of the last few years, marked by the unfortunate death of its young performer Heath Ledger. To move as...read more

by Byron Huguley

2005's ''Batman Begins'' was a successful effort by director Christopher Nolan to bring back the Batman franchise from the dead. After watching the film for myself three years ago, I expected bigger and better things to ha...read more

by Everett Jensen

The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer based on characters created by Bob Kane starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Gar...read more

by Joe Murray

A critic on NPR compared "No Country for Old Men" to a monster movie; to paraphrase, 'perhaps the first monster movie that could very well win an Academy Award.' Such a sea change in film could certainly cast Javier Barde...read more

by Jerry Fitzgerald

In "Batman Begins" director Christopher Nolan reinvented the franchise, by making Gotham a much more grittier and crime ridden metropolis than what Tim Burton had tried to accomplish some twenty years ago. And since the i...read more

by M.C.C. Gogolin

The Dark Knight Review If you want excitement in a small, lifeless Midwestern town what do you do in the breath-robbing heat of summer? You go to the multiplex to see a movie that will take you worlds away from where y...read more

by Katrina Goode

Movie Review: Batman: The Dark Knight This film and the actors in this film went above and beyond the call of duty in my opinion. Heath Ledger delivered the Joker as never before seen. He truly did his homework for ...read more

by Ej Spurrell

So, I decided last night that I was going to go out and catch Batman: The Dark Knight at our local movie theater here in Ladysmith. Allow me to explain just how small our town is. We have one movie theater, with one ...read more

by Michele Mathews

When Heath Ledger died unexpectedly earlier this year, the world lost a great up-and-coming young actor. His role as the Joker in the newest Batman movie, The Dark Knight, is no exception. Ledger proves he was a truly tale...read more

by Manda Carr

Killing off in a main character in a successful series is a gutsy move. The death knell was there, chiming quietly in the background of 'Batman Begins'. The most recent cinema release from Director Chris Nolan, 'Batman: ...read more

by Ivan Henley

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by three separate, yet equally important groups. The police who investigate crime, the District Attorneys who prosecute the offenders, and the Goddamn Batman. T...read more

by Perry Cox

Batman is starting to show signs of battle damage. The general wear and tear of being the Caped Crusader has stopped his alter ego Bruce Wayne from having anywhere near a normal life. It is therefore with some enthusiasm t...read more

by Andrew Hamill

''Godfather meets the Empire Strikes Back'' This movie is in danger of becoming the greatest story about good versus evil, EVER, to be told on film! In other words its flawless and even though I think it will be knocked...read more