New Releases, 9 December 2008

It's a blockbuster New Movie Tuesday, people, each and every one a bona fide gem...

THE DARK KNIGHT
This one's a little bit indie, you might not have heard of it. Small, low-budget sequel to a little film that nobody saw, about a bat superhero or something I guess
http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-07-16/film/heath-ledger-dark-knight/

MAN ON WIRE
Great doc about Phillipe Petit, a tight rope walker who did his act covertly, between the twin towers of Manhattan in the mid 70s. Played T/F and won Jury prize at Sundance
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/reviews/la-et-wire8-2008aug08,0,5767367.story

HORTON HEARS A WHO!
Lively adaptation of the classic children's book by James Joyce
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/movies/bal-to.horton14mar14,0,3230050.story

LOST Season 4
Don't miss the Lost Bloopers on the extras disc, which are somehow even more confusing than the show
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2008/01/30/DDAFUO57I.DTL

THE QUARE FELLOW
Irish classic from '62, based on a Brendan Beehan play about condemned convicts and, because it's Irish, plenty of tragic sorrow
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117794244.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0

TAKVA
A man's fear of GOD threatens to erode his sanity as he deals with a newfound materialism in Turkey!
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=review&reviewid=VE1117931745&cs=1&p=0

SLEEPERS
Barry Levinson film from '96, with Brad Pitt and DeNiro and Kevin Bacon and Dustin Hoffman and who's Jason Patric and why's his name big on the cover?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1997/04/04/DD72047.DTL

Have a great week everybody!