Movie Dearest MySpace Friend of the Week: Mego Museum

If you were a child of the 70's, then you grew up with the wondrous works of Mego. Dominating the toy business during the disco decade, ...

MD Poll: Movie Dearest's Most Wanted

Bringing in 415 votes, the latest MD Poll -- which asked you to name your favorite summer movie hunk of 2008 -- was the most popular non-Os...

MD Poll: The Boys of Summer 2008

Now that the summer of 2008 is almost past, it is time to reflect on the movies we have seen, the important themes they expressed, the fine ...

Legends of the FAIL, Take 2

Holy bait and switch , Batman!

Reel Thoughts: A Knight to Remember

By the time you read this, I am sure the “Bat-lash” will be in full swing. People will pipe up to say, “ Heath Ledger wasn’t that good,” or...

Film Art: The Joker is Wild ...

... Oscar wild, that is, in this editorial cartoon by Steve Benson .

MD Poll: Christian Soldiers On

Despite a personal scandal making headlines worldwide, Christian Bale easily won the recent MD Poll asking for your favorite Batman. The ...

Johnny Depp: Next Stop, Wonderland?

Well, what do you know: rumor has it that Johnny Depp is going to be the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland . Never saw th...

Reverend's Report from Comic-Con ... in Absentia

At the end of Comic-Con weekend here in Southern California, I hate to admit that I didn't make it down to San Diego for the first time...

Bat Booty

If you want to be as styling as millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne, all you have to do is head over to The Noble Collection™ for their line of...

MD Poll: The Batmen

From vintage movie serials to popular TV series to blockbuster motion pictures, many an actor has donned the cape and cowl of the legendary...

The Latest in Theaters: Batman Besides

Although The Dark Knight is shaping up to be the movie event of the summer (if not the year), there are a lot of other movies opening this ...

Bat-Tube

On the eve of the debut of what sounds like his darkest adventure yet, let us indulge in a little good natured bat-humor aimed at the bat-du...

Awards Watch: The Brokeback Factor, Part 2

In last week's part 1 of "The Brokeback Factor", I speculated that a posthumous Oscar win for Heath Ledger for his performan...

Poster Post: All Part of the Plan

Yes, there has already been about a gajillion posters for The Dark Knight , but this one more then any other captures the dark dichotomy...

Cinematic Crush: Aaron Eckhart

Crush object : Aaron Eckhart , actor. - He made an impressive debut (and won an Independent Spirit Award) as the misogynistic narcissist at ...

Comic Strip Mined

The summer of the superhero is about half over, and so far we've seen the daring exploits of Iron Man, the Hulk and Hellboy, with the b...

Women We Love: Maggie Gyllenhaal

Object of our affection : Maggie Gyllenhaal , actress. - She hails from a show biz family: father Stephen Gyllenhaal is a film director, mo...

Awards Watch: The Brokeback Factor, Part 1

As Variety recently noted , 2008 is now more then half over and, save for a few below the marquee categories, the Oscar race is wide open. O...

The Latest on DVD: Holy Bait and Switch, Batman!

Anyone who glances at the Dark Knight -inspired packaging of the DVD above may be inclined to believe it is the latest of the Batman movies...