O
GARY OLDMAN
 THE
DARK KNIGHT: Christian Bale,
Gary Oldman, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Cillian Murphy, Morgan
Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Caine, William
Fichtner, Eric Roberts (Written and directed by Christopher Nolan;
Warner Bros.) Batman (Christian Bale) and good-guy lawman James
Gordon (Gary Oldman) have got trouble, BIG trouble, right here in
Gotham city. And the biggest part
of the big trouble is The Joker, a lethal lunatic brought memorably
to life by Jack Nicholson in the 1989 Batman extravaganza. This
time, the sicko is played by Heath Ledger, the charismatic actor
who recently died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.
If you flipped for “Batman Begins” (2005), chances are
that “The Dark Knight” will please you, since it too
has been helmed by that film's director, Christopher Nolan, and
many cast members are doing encores. Katie Holmes, however, does
not return as delectable Rachel Dawes. That role, we’re pleased
to say, has been inherited by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Opens
7/18/08
CLIVE
OWEN
 DUPLICITY:
Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti,
Tom Wilkinson, Tom McCarthy, Oleg Stefan, Rick Worthy, Denise O’Hare,
Kathleen Chalfant, Khan Baykal, Wayne Duvall (Written and directed
by Tony Gilroy; Universal) Julia Roberts and Clive Owen, who sizzled
memorably as an oversexed couple in Mike Nichols’ “Closer,”
will turn up the heat again, this time in Tony Gilroy’s “Duplicity.”
Gilroy, the classy screenwriter who made a smashing directorial
debut with “Michael Clayton,” gives Roberts and Owen
a chance to spar in the boardroom and snuggle in the bedroom as
a pair of corporate competitors who are having a hot top-secret
affair. Just wait till Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson, the industrialists
who’ve been paying them big bucks to make war, not love, find
out. Opens 3/20/09
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