Here’s my somewhat ridiculously overdue Top Ten Films of 2008, the disappointing sequel to Top Ten Films of 2007. To make up for my tardiness, each one comes with a lovingly hand-crafted haiku summary. I thought the haiku was an original touch, until I realised that sites like this have been doing this sort of [...]
Thanks to my partner Clare for alerting me to the following twisted gem:
From Variety: Batman has a new adversary: Batman. The mayor of an oil-producing city in southeastern Turkey, which has the same name as the Caped Crusader, is suing helmer Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for royalties from mega-grosser The Dark Knight. Huseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of Batman, has accused The Dark [...]
I’m off to see it this evening. Can’t get tickets for the local IMAX, so will have to make do with a regular sized big-ass screen. I’ll let you know what I think.
OK, I’ll stop this now. It’s getting silly. I suspect my geek gland will be working overtime this summer…