The Dark Knight THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Eric Roberts, Monique Curnen, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Jai White, Nestor Carbonell, Cillian Murphy, William Fichtner, Edison Chen, Patrick Leahy, Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister and Nicky Katt. Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Distributed by Warner Brothers.  152 minutes.  Rated P

Gil Kenan GIL KENAN MAKES A MONSTROUS HOUSE by Brad Balfour What a break for first-time feature animation film director Gil Kenan. After Executive producers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis saw his live-action/animated horror-fantasy short, The Lark he was awarded the directing seat for Monster House – and now is nominated for a Best Animated Feature Oscar. The story goes something like this: three kids DJ (Mitchel Musso), Chowder (Sam Lerner), and Jenny (Spencer Locke) d

Happy Endings HAPPY ENDINGS (2005) Starring Lisa Kudrow, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Steve Coogan, Jesse Bradford, Bobby Cannavale, Jason Ritter, Tom Arnold, David Sutcliffe, Laura Dern, Sarah Clarke, Hallee Hirsh, Eric Jungmann, Kim Morgan Greene, Rayne Marcus, Caker Folley, Amanda Foreman, Johnny Galecki and Ray Liotta. Screenplay by Don Roos. Directed by Don Roos. Distributed by Lion’s Gate Films.  128 minutes.  Rated R. The title of Happy Endings does not refer to everyone living

Adaptation. ADAPTATION. (2002) Starring Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Jay Tavare, G. Paul Davis, Cara Seymour, Stephen Tobolowsky, Gary Farmer, Curtis Hanson, David O. Russell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Judy Greer, Ron Livingston, Brian Cox, Catherine Keener, John Cusack and John Malkovich. Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman. Directed by Spike Jonze. Distributed by Columbia  Pictures.  114  minutes.  Rated R. The mind of Charlie Kaufman is no