Movie Reviews and Previews The close cast of The Dark Knight Rises Tracking for The Dark Knight Rises is very, VERY strong. Here we go. Can it challenge The Avengers? Right now they’re saying at least $185 million and it just might give Marvel a go to get to $200 million even though TDKR is not 3D. But why fight? Everyone By Lainey • Jul 19, 2012 12:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cate, Christian, and Imogen shooting As I wrote last week, I am really, really enjoying seeing Christian Bale working on a movie where he can resemble himself, at least physically - no weight loss or gain, no mask, no period costumes, in modern street clothes without any transformational assistance to get into character. Here he By Lainey • Jun 14, 2012 11:59 am
Gary Oldman Christian Bale’s emotions Um, Christian Bale and Natalie Portman look SUPER HOT as a couple, right? I’m so excited to see him look like himself in a movie - not scowling, not dying, not drug-addicted and emaciated but ordinary, and smiling. Anyway, about last night at the Movie Awards - in case By Lainey • Jun 04, 2012 04:00 pm
Quiveration Bale + Bentley This is my gift to you today, before you take off early for the Easter long weekend. You’ve seen The Hunger Games, right? How great was it to see Wes Bentley, back, healthy, and happy? Hot, right? And how great is it to see Wes Bentley messing around on By Lainey • Apr 04, 2012 11:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Get out of the way You build for the summer at Christmas. Which is why the studios have been rolling out trailers for all their summer blockbusters. Today, the big one arrived: The Dark Knight Rises. I don’t think Michael Caine could have delivered that line with any more emotion. Right off the top By Lainey • Dec 19, 2011 01:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Christian Bale vs China Christian Bale has been in China promoting The Flowers Of War. I’ve written about the film here and here, the “first time a domestically-funded Chinese movie has placed a Hollywood actor in a leading role” with the transparent intent for the Chinese film industry to go aggressively global, much By Lainey • Dec 16, 2011 12:10 pm
Christian Bale JGL as a cop Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Christian Bale were in New York today shooting scenes for The Dark Knight Rises. Bale’s Bruce Wayne (as his tricked out car is getting towed) walks behind JGL’s John Blake, a cop, obviously, though internet fanboys still haven’t figured out if he’s a By Lainey • Oct 28, 2011 12:24 pm
Christian Bale Christian Bale's Floppy Hair Christian Bale was photographed with his wife and daughter at LAX yesterday en route to New York to continue work on The Dark Knight Rises. Really like the longish floppy hair he’s got going on right now. Hot. As always Bale has been keeping a low profile, almost never By Lainey • Oct 26, 2011 12:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews China & Bale for Oscar? Last December I wrote about Zhang Yimou’s Thirteen Women of Nanjing - click here for a refresher - starring Christian Bale in the first domestically-funded Chinese film with a Hollywood actor in the lead role. The film has been renamed The Flowers of War and China is hoping it By Lainey • Oct 20, 2011 05:35 pm
Style Oh hello Bruce Wayne While Ali Lohan’s busy trying to turn her face into Anne Hathaway’s, the real Anne Hathaway, inspired by Sabrina, was at work on the set of The Dark Knight Rises in LA. I love the name Sabrina. More people should be called Sabrina. Anne does Audrey a lot By Lainey • Sep 08, 2011 09:50 am
Media Manipulation Oscar campaigning Pt 4: Personal Appearances Written by Sarah This is a final part of a four part series. Click here for part one. Click here for part two. Click here for part three The subtlest and grossest aspect of the Oscar campaign is personal appearances and the sort of f*ckery stars on the campaign By Lainey • Jan 24, 2011 03:43 am
Assy Style Are you wearing that to the Oscars? Christian Bale seems to be into wearing only training jackets during promotion for The Fighter. Here he is, all dressed up, arriving at the Writer’s Guild of America for a screening of The Fighter the other day. Dude, we get it, you’re Method. The Director’s Guild of By Lainey • Jan 10, 2011 08:15 am
Christian Bale Bale’s the lock? Last year Christoph Waltz was a lock on Best Supporting Actor. This year the category, at least at this stage in the game, appears to belong to Christian Bale with Geoffrey Rush the closest contender. Bale has taken the NBR and he just took the DC Critics. By all accounts By Lainey • Dec 07, 2010 06:16 am
Quiveration Missing Christian It’s been too long since Christian Bale was at the movies. Almost a year actually. Public Enemies last summer, right? This summer will be Bale-less as his next feature with Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter, doesn’t yet have a confirmed release date. Bale is slated for the third Batman By Lainey • Jun 16, 2010 08:47 am
Christian Bale Christian and the Peas A rare sighting of Christian Bale last night with his daughter and wife Sibi leaving the Black Eyed Peas concert in LA. Bale is currently enjoying some free time, having recently wrapped on The Fighter. He is confirmed for Batman 3, the final installment of Christopher Nolan’s interpretation but By Lainey • Mar 31, 2010 05:48 am
Quiveration Johnny Depp charms Chicago Of course he did. He’s Johnny Depp. And he’s wonderful. He was wonderful last night in Chicago at the premiere of Public Enemies with co-stars Christian Bale and a rather subdued Marion Cotillard. Christian, per usual, was with his beautiful wife Sibi. She’s even more so in By Lainey • Jun 19, 2009 03:23 am
