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Topic: The Dark Knight Rises

(L-r) TOM HARDY as Bane and CHRISTIAN BALE as Batman in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ action thriller “THE DARK KNIGHT RISES,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. TM and © DC Comics (Ron Phillips)

Hardy's Bane performance: "Brando-esque"

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
The tweet from Donald Trump's campaign put his head on Thanos's body (MARVEL/Twitter/@TrumpWarRoom)

Trump ad compares president to Thanos

Matthew Rozsa
(L) Christian Bale in The Dark Knight Rises (2012). (R) JOAQUIN PHOENIX as Joker in Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and BRON Creative’s “JOKER,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Warner Bros. Entertainment/Niko Tavernise/)

"Joker" will not play in Aurora theater

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty/Illustration by Salon)

How latest Trump ad panders to alt-right

Matthew Rozsa
Heath Ledger as The Joker in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

"Dark Knight" trilogy gets IMAX marathon

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Christian Bale (Getty/David Livingston)

Bale: Trump acted like I was Bruce Wayne

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Matthew McConaughey in "Interstellar" (Melinda Sue Gordon/Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.)

Chris Nolan's grand space epic

Andrew O'Hehir
James Holmes, left, and defense attorney Tamara Brady appear in district court in Centennial, Colo. for his arraignment. (AP/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti)

Associated Press
James Holmes, left, and defense attorney Tamara Brady appear in district court in Centennial, Colo. for his arraignment. (AP/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti)

Dan Elliott
James Holmes, left, and defense attorney Tamara Brady appear in district court in Centennial, Colo. for his arraignment. (AP/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti)

P. Solomon Banda, Dan Elliott

Fake "murder" to promote movie

Daniel D'Addario
Anne Hathaway holds her Oscar for winning Best Supporting Actress at the 85th Academy Awards. (Reuters/Mike Blake)

Oscar's most polarizing star

Daniel D'Addario
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-842245p1.html'>Featureflash</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Film critics: NRA pimps?

Andrew O'Hehir
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Associated Press

Alex Halperin
"The Walking Dead"

Samuel Sattin - The Weeklings
YouTube screenshot

Too soon!

Jacob Sugarman

Is Batman to blame?

Andrew O'Hehir
(iStockphoto/Patrick Heagney)

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Nolan's evil masterpiece

Andrew O'Hehir

Dark Knight's jerk defenders

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Christian Bale in "Batman Begins"

Does "Batman" hold up?

Andrew O'Hehir