The big story was The Dark Knight, second on the all-time list behind only Titanic. Heath Ledger’s memorable performance as everyone’s favorite villain, The Joker, in The Dark Knight should garner an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor. Who will substitute for the memorable Ledger in the third Batman film? Maybe a rising unknown star would be best with Johnny Depp as the Riddler and another newcomer as Vicky Vale perhaps.
Batman film casting substitute, Maggie Gyllenhaal filled in wonderfully for Katie Holmes as Rachel while Mario Bello’s performance as Evelyn O’Connell in the latest Mummy installment didn’t quite match Rachel Weisz.
Director Guillermo Del Toro got ready for the Hollywood stratosphere with the surprise hit Hellboy II: The Golden Army. With the Hobbit films next, this director looks to give studios plenty of creature comfort for years to come.
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, co-produced by Julia Roberts, Space Chimps, the Mike Myers comedy The Love Guru, X-Files: I Want to Believe and Meet Dave, starring Eddie Murphy, failed to ignite box office fireworks but could expand nicely on home video.
August began with controversial, action-filled comedies like Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder. Cameos from C3P0 and Mace Windu couldn’t save the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars while Kevin Costner couldn’t catch a break, or an audience, in Swing Vote. Traitor and Babylon A.D. finished to the summer season along with box office clunkers like College, The Rocker, and Disaster Movie.
Look for the summer festivities to fill out the rest of this year on the home video circuit (only The Dark Knight and Wanted have not set dates yet at the time of this article).
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