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...really. This villain, as conceived by Nolan and his scriptwriter brother Jonathan and incarnated with chilling authority by Ledger, is not the elegant sadist of so many action films, nor the strutting showman played by Jack Nicholson in Tim Burton's 1989 Batman. He isn't a father figure or a macho man. And though he invents several stories about how he got his (facial and psychic) scars, he's not presented as the sum of injustices done to him. This Joker is simply one of the most twisted and mesmerizing creeps in movie history...
...previously sympathetic character.) But kids would have trouble following the movie, let alone understanding it. For teens and adults, it's a strap-yourselves-in trip, handsome and assured as only a big-budget picture can be. (Part of it was shot in the IMAX process, which lends the action scenes a startling clarity and depth.) And for reassurance, Nolan brings back old friends from Batman Begins: Michael Caine as Bruce's butler Alfred and Morgan Freeman as Fox, who takes care of Bruce's toys...
...than Sorry Thanks for the great article on surviving a disaster [June 23]. I have been a pilot since 1951, both in the military (retired lieutenant colonel, U.S. Air Force) and as an aerial photographer. I believe I am still alive because I have always had a plan of action when things go wrong. When I now fly commercial, I am disappointed that no one other than myself pays attention to the flight attendant. I also read the emergency instructions on the card. I look for the nearest emergency exit and tell my wife, "In case of an emergency...
...much like a BP subsidiary, resisting expansion beyond Russia to avoid stepping on the British firm's toes. Instead, the Russians want an independent CEO, and a culling of BP staff seconded to the Russian venture. AAR, led by Mikhail Fridman, TNK-BP's chairman, has even threatened legal action after its calls for more influence came to nothing...
Campus environmentalists lauded Faust's decision, with former Environmental Action Committee Co-Chair Mitchell C. Hunter ’09 saying that he was "extremely pleased" with the announcement...