The Dark Knight (***½)
I am not a Batman fanboy. I am usually bored and confused by films based on comic books (calling them “graphic novels” is the ultimate in geek denial). If I recall correctly, I have enjoyed one, or maybe two, of the films in this franchise, but not to any great extent. I couldn’t really pick Heath Ledger out of a lineup and don’t really recall anything he was in before his untimely passing.
I had also gotten tired of hearing all the hype about this installment, and about the amazing, Oscar-worthy performance by Heath Ledger. I went in skeptical, to say the least.
I walked out a believer.
Heath Ledger gives a miraculous performance as The Joker. The character is completely original, although I kept expecting him to come across as Nicholson (either in The Shining or as The Joker) or as
The Crazies (***)
2001:A Space Odyssey and the iPad (or is it tamPod?)
Can We Stop Airline Terrorism?
Sherlock Holmes (***)
Paranormal Activity (***)
The Ruling Class (****)
Zombieland (***½)
The Informant! (***½)
Moon (***½)
Extract (***)
Asian Cajun Bar and Grill (***½)
Review of the BT Longhorn Saloon & Steakhouse (***½)
Wonderful Weagle
A Day in the Life of a Typical American, or how I learned to stop worrying and not be hypocritical about
District 9 (***½)
Just over a year ago we purchased a Westinghouse 47″ LCD HDTV (Model TX-47F430S) from Best Buy. This model is priced at the cheaper end of the spectrum, but it seemed to fit our requirements (reasonably good picture, reasonably cheap, from a trustworthy brand name).