[HQ] Movie - The Dark Knight (41 Pics)

The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed and co-written by Christopher Nolan.

Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is part of Nolan’s Batman film series and a sequel to 2005’s Batman Begins. Christian Bale reprises the lead role. The film follows Bruce Wayne/Batman (Bale), District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Assistant D.A. Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal), and Police Commissioner James Gordon (Gary Oldman) and their struggles and journey in combating the new threat of the Joker (Heath Ledger).

The Joker’s identity is left a mystery in the film, while Dent’s transformation from heroic district attorney to disfigured killer Two-Face is presented entirely. Nolan’s inspiration for the film was the Joker’s comic book debut in 1940, and the 1996 series The Long Halloween, which retold Two-Face’s origin. The Dark Knight was filmed primarily in Chicago, as well as in several other locations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong. Nolan used an IMAX camera to film some sequences, including the Joker’s first appearance in the film. Read more …

Emoticons Smyles and More (11 Gift Animated)

The National Telegraphic Review and Operators Guide in April 1857 documented the use of the number 73 in Morse code to express “love and kisses” (later reduced to the more formal “best regards”). Dodge’s Manual in 1908 documented the reintroduction of “love and kisses” as the number 88. Gajadhar and Green comment that both Morse code abbreviations are more succinct than modern abbreviations such as LOL. Read more …

Avatar - The Last Airbender 2009 Official Movie Trailer HD

Teaser trailer for the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan movie based on the the first season of the Emmy-winning animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Starring; Noah Ringer as Aang,
Nicola Peltz as Katara, Jackson Rathbone as Sokka and Dev Patel as Prince Zuko.

The Perseids Meteor Show are Coming

Earth is entering a stream of dusty debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, the source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Although the shower won’t peak until August 11th and 12th, the show is already getting underway.

Brian Emfinger of Ozark, Arkansas, photographed this early Perseid just after midnight on Sunday, July 26th:

A Perseid Fireball

“I used an off-the-shelf digital camera to capture this fireball and its smoky trail,” says Emfinger. “It was a bright one!”

Don’t get too excited, cautions Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office. “We’re just in the outskirts of the debris stream now. If you go out at night and stare at the sky, you’ll probably only see a few Perseids per hour.” Read more …

The Fatality (Thai/Taiwanese) 2009, Poster, Plot/Synopsis and Trailer

Aka : Tok Tra Phee
Year : 2009
Country : Thailand/Taiwan
Language : Thai/Mandarin
Subtitle(s) : English/Traditional Chinese
Film Genre : Horror/Thriller
IMDB : Na

Director : Tiwa Moeithaisong, Kuang Sheng, Lin Tsu Liang, Liang Hung Chih
Cast : Kenji Wu, Pitchanart Sakhakorn, Matt Wu, Somlek Sakikul, Sam Lee

Plot/Synopsis

Somehow, a mentally disturbed 30-year-old man from Taipei finds himself waking up out of a coma in a hospital in a small coastal town in Thailand.
A woman is at his bedside, calling him Assanee. But that’s not his name. His name is Her Sue Yong. And besides, he can’t speak Thai. He leaps from his bed and runs, and the nurses give chase.
In Taiwan, he was a bedraggled, long-haired scavenger. He had a disfigured face. But in Thailand, the skin on his face is smooth and his hair is short. He’s a clean-cut young man with a beautiful wife. And he has a job as a civil servant in a government office. His inability to speak Thai is no problem at work. Heck, there’s even a deaf-mute on the staff. All Assanee has to do is wait for people to hand him forms, and he stamps them. Seems easy enough. Read more …

Tusk Find Offers Clues to Fate of Pygmy Mammoths

The discovery of what appears to be a full mammoth tusk on Santa Cruz Island has excited scientists and may offer a glimpse of California beach life during prehistoric times.

Scientists believe 14-foot-tall mammoths swam out to the Channel Islands from the mainland nearly 20,000 years ago, possibly lured by the sweet smell of island grassland for grazing. Later stranded by rising sea levels, the animals shrank over time to a dwarf version.

If the find is confirmed, researchers hope it will yield further clues about the evolution and eventual extinction of the pony-sized pygmy mammoths.

Dead of Night (V) 2009: Poster, Synopsis, Reviews, and Official trailer

Release Date: January 27, 2009
Director: Dan Curtis, Richard Matheson
Writer: Dan Curtis, Richard Matheson
Starring: Jr. Ed Begley Horst Buchholz Anjanette Comer and Joan Hackett
Studio: Dark Sky Films

Bonus Features Rare outtakes and music cues, 100 minutes of bonus material, English subtitles
Quotes All of the performances are top rate - The Hollywood Reporter

SYNOPSIS

Legendary producer-director Dan Curtis (Dark Shadows, The Night Stalker) presents a thrilling trilogy of spell-binding stories with mystery-horror writer Richard Matheson (I Am Legend, The Twilight Zone): SECOND CHANCE: After buying an antique automobile, Frank (Ed Begley Jr.) restores the vehicle to its original condition. Along with the car, Frank is transported back in time to the year 1926. Based on a short story by Jack Finney. NO SUCH THING AS A VAMPIRE : Alexis (Anjanette Comer), the mistress of an old mansion, is terrified of vampires. When her husband (Patrick Macnee) calls in a friend (Horst Bucholtz) to examine her, a macabre scheme unfolds. BOBBY: On a dark and stormy night, a boy (Lee H. Montgomery), thought to be dead, surprises his despondent mother (Joan Hackett) at the family beach house, bringing her both extreme joy and overwhelming terror. Read more …