Bright Nights for IMAX and the Dark Knight

While it's true the movie summer session has already produced incredible box office successes with Iron Man and Indiana Jones, the epitome of cinema-fare is yet to come, in the shape of the cape and cowl. By all early accounts Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (the sequel to the excellent Batman Begins film) is surpassing even its most lofty cinematic expectations.

Oscar talk for a comic book movie? This genre of filmdom typically rates from the very good (X-Men 2, Spider Man 2, Begins, Iron Man...) to the downright awful (Elektra, Daredevil, Spiderman 3...), but for a movie about a man dressed in a bat costume fighting a villain based on a playing card to be compared with the greatest sequels in film history, that is something else. If it is said with realistic ambitions of a Best Picture Oscar nod, this is not only chilling, but deserves the general movie goer's full attention. From early reviews and viewings, Nolan created a masterpiece with this Batman film, and Heath Ledger's Joker portrayal will be talked about for a generation and then some. Sadly the actor will be unable to reap the praises bestowed upon him as his death months ago from an accidental overdose shocked the entertainment community.