Man versus machine versus man-machine

26May09

Terminator Salvation—directed by McG and written by John D. Brancato and Michael Ferris—throws us into the heat of the future war between the machines and the human survivors of Judgment Day. In 2018, the prophesied savior of humanity, John Connor (Christian Bale), must lead the Resistance into the heart of Skynet while protecting the real [...]

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Tags: anton yelchin, bryce dallas howard, christian bale, de-aging like xavier and magneto, jadagrace, moon bloodgood, sam worthington, somebody else is naked and it's not as sexy, terminator salvation, the "I'll be back" works, yum naked bale

Hearts, magic, and crazy ladies with shovels

01May09

I’m usually not one for anime, but every once and awhile I’m pleasantly surprised. Last July’s Gotham Knight made this Batman geek happy; when a friend offered to let me borrow Howl’s Moving Castle, I figured even if the movie didn’t impress, Christian Bale’s voice-acting would. Little did I know how much I would love [...]

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Tags: anime, billy crystal, blythe danner, christian bale, howl's moving castle, jena malone, josh hutcherson, lauren bacall

GEN week-in-review: 1-2-09

08Feb09

See what articles I wrote for the Girls Entertainment Network this week, and check back at the end of each week for more GEN updates.

I’ve been a bad bloggess this week with the total lack of posting! Gah!

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Tags: christian bale, Dragon Prince #4, terminator salvation

Nitpickers, gather ye ’round

05Aug08

I just read a good article on Newsarama.com about Batman. Well, about his voice, actually. And I wanted to get some fellow moviegoers’ input on this.

It’s kind of hard to miss the dramatic change in Christian Bale’s Bat-voice in Nolan’s sequel, The Dark Knight. In Batman Begins, at least, it was extremely cool. Playboy Bruce [...]

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Tags: batman begins, christian bale, kevin conroy, the dark knight

The Dark Knight lives on

27Jul08

This is crazy! The Dark Knight refuses to say die. This movie is still holding strong after nine days.

According to /Film, TDK is expected to gross $77 million this weekend—half of what it made last weekend, the biggest opening on record. Damn.
If so, the film will have grossed $315 million by Monday, surpassing the total [...]

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Tags: batman, christian bale, christopher nolan, david goyer, jonah nolan, the dark knight