Christian Bale

Dammit, Jim, Doctor Bones Is a Rock Band, Not a Pop Group

The Dark Knight Rises Is an Awe-Inspiring but Cumbersome Affair

Holy Playlist, Batman! Seven Songs in Honor of The Dark Knight Rises

It's safe to assume that if you're going to the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises tonight, you've already seen Batman Begins and The Dark Knight a few times this week (or you plan on watching about 10 hours worth of Batman movies today). You've washed your lucky bat-underwear and opened you ... More >>

Relationship of Fools

Your Guide to Highly Anticipated Summer Films

AndyTalk: What Bedbugs and Stinky Feet Have to Do With Your Food -- The Awful Truth About Cilantro

Cilantro and its distinct flavor are to food (and food blogs) what abortion, immigration, and gun control are to a presidential election.

The Flowers of War: Making a Spectacle Out of Tragedy

Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life and Seven More Music Flicks That Don't Suck

A scene from A Heroic Life​I didn't make it out to the French pop spectacular at FilmBar on Saturday night, but the pics posted on Facebook got me super-pumped to catch Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life. Non-documentary or concert films are tough to pull off (those are, too) but when a movie ... More >>

Frankie Muniz 911 Call Remix by Phoenix's Deejay Diesel

​Phoenix's Deejay Diesel has put together a smooth, funky and funny remix of English singer-songwriter Florrie's song "Call 911" featuring audio from Frankie Muniz's somewhat scary 911 call ("I'm a celebrity!"). It's good stuff, inspired in part by all those hilarious Christian Bale remixes, as yo ... More >>

Calexico's "Kimberpalooza" Show Will Be a Treat for Phoenix

The Fighter: The Micky Ward Story Falls Through the Ropes in a Too-Familiar Film

Cheetah Chrome Talks Dead Boys, Dissing Devo, and His New Band Batusis

​ Cheetah Chrome and Sylvain Sylvain are considered founding fathers of punk rock, as original members of Rocket From the Tombs and The Dead Boys, and New York Dolls, respectively, but the two are far from mellowing out with their age. Their new project, Batusis, roars and rips with just as much f ... More >>

Disturbed Releasing Video Game: You're Trapped Inside the (Batman) Nuthouse Listening to Disturbed

How's this for a video game plot: You're trapped in an asylum that looks a lot like the asylum from the first flick in the Batman reboot. In fact, it looks so much like it that they even have The Scarecrow's burlap masks! Anyway, you're in there and weirdo doctors perform awful experiments on you a ... More >>

50 Cent Talks About His Upcoming Album, The Power of YouTube, Losing 50 Pounds for an Acting Gig, and Why He's Always The One Shooting

​Ten years ago, 50 Cent was laid up, recovering from nine bullets fired by an attempted murderer sent, rumor has it, by a drug kingpin who'd been offended by a song where he discussed the drug game in his native Queens in too much detail. The shooting, which happened on April 24, 2000, set the re ... More >>

Fiddy’s Biz

What’s the Next Logical Career Step for 50 Cent?

50 Cent: What's His Next Logical Career Step?

Public Enemies: Michael Mann and Johnny Depp Take Us Through the Life and Crimes of John Dillinger

Summer Guide: Coppolla, Mann, Allen, and Tarantino Bring the Summer Flicks

Lindsay Lohan in Steve Nicks’ Life Story?

Terminator Salvation: Don’t See This Film if You Want to Live

Lindsay Lohan in Steve Nicks’ Life Story?

You Do Not Hate Dave Matthews

You Do Not Hate Dave Matthews Band

TV on the Radio on The Colbert Report: Better than the Grammys

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cTV on the Radio - Dancing ChooseColbert Report Full EpisodesFunny Political NewsChristian Bale ParodyJoke of the DayTV on the Radio appeared on The Colbert Report on Monday night to perform their single "Dancing Choose," off their latest album, the cri ... More >>

The Dark Knight: Heath Ledger peers into the void as Batman returns

Summer Guide: The season of big-budget movies uses its brain

Street Kings makes an attempt at gritty cop drama and ends up with Keanu Reeves

New on DVD: Parenthood never looked scarier in the underrated Joshua

Like a Complete Unknown

The changing face of Bob Dylan on film

One of Us Must Know

The elusive Dylan, masterfully considered

So Close, and Yet So Far

The intimate pleasures and necessary detachments of Toronto 2007

Still Waiting for That Train

A classic Western remade for our ADD times

Man Down

Herzog takes his hero worship Hollywood

Now Watch This

Coming soon to an air-conditioned theater near you

Franchise Player

The Year of Living Sequentially

Sequels, prequels, and threequels headline Hollywood 2007

Welcome to the Grand Illusion

Memento director plumbs the depths of magic and loss

Origin of Innocence

Boldly reclaiming Pocahontas from Disney

The Wiz

A beautiful but confounding fairy tale

Bat Cave-In

Origin story has Baleful side

Excess Hollywood

In the season of sequels and Happy Meal toys, '05 may be a pleasant surprise

Ghost in the Machinist

Christian Bale brings gloomy mystery to life

Film Previews

By Luke Y. Thompson and Gregory Weinkauf

Sexual Healing

In Laurel Canyon, a little erotic temptation proves good for the soul

Mutha's Day

De-sexed Shaft update still delivers action, Jackson

Shock Portfolio

American Psycho makes a killing in the market

Good Will Shakespeare

Stellar cast brings A Midsummer Night's Dream down to earth

Quibbles and Brits

Wry Metroland whips life choices into an English lather

Glam Illusion

Every glitter bit helps in Todd Haynes' retro-rock Velvet Goldmine

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