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Movie reviewers are blown away by Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker in Batman: The Dark Knight due for release in 2 weeks. There’s talk that Heath Ledger found dead in his apartment from an accidental drug overdose earlier this year, may receive an Oscar nomination for the 2009 Academy Awards to be held in January next year.

Says co-star Christian Bale who stars as Batman, “Heath has done a phenomenal enough job that I would not be surprised (if he won).”

Only seven actors have received posthumous Oscar nominations, including Spencer Tracy for 1967’s Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner and James Dean, who was nominated twice after his death for 1955’s East Of Eden and 1956’s Giant.

The latest Mike Myers comedy The Love Guru has had a disastrous weekend opening taking just US$14 million. The Love Guru which did some forced and rather unfunny plugging on the American Idol finale results show also stars Jessica Alba and Justin Timberlake.

Another slapstick comedy which is a remake of the 60’s spy spoof, Get Smart starring Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway, did much better with US$40 million.

M. Night Shyamalan’s latest movie The Happening is getting many bad movie reviews not just from movie critics but everyday Joes. Here are some comments about this apocalyptic thriller.

“When a movie’s best bit arrives during the closing credits, we’re all in trouble.”

“A better title for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening would be Nonsense. It’s like an amusement park ride that has no reason for being - and no meaning - besides visceral excitation. Only difference is that The Happening isn’t fun.”

“The true disaster on display in The Happening is Shyamalan’s career hitting rock bottom.”

“Other than its ripe possibility for mockery, I cannot think of anything that makes the film really worthwhile.”

Think I’ll be skipping this one.

The new movie Wanted starring Angelina Jolie has been called a ripoff of the ground-breaking action movie The Matrix. Based on a comic book, Wanted also has 360 degree special effects first pioneered in The Matrix and the protagonist, played by James McAvoy, is similar to The Matrix. According to the movie’s official synopsis, Wanted “tells the tale of one apathetic nobody’s transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice”.

If the movie trailer is anything to go by, Wanted looks like fun!

Wanted is directed by the same Russian director who did the rather interesting Day Watch: Things I Learnt From The Movie Day Watch.

In 3 days, The Incredible Hulk took in an incredible $54.5 million over the weekend at the box office. This despite (or because of) news that the star of the The Incredible Hulk Edward Norton refuses to promote The Incredible Hulk.

Kung Fu Panda fell to second place with an impressive $34.3 million, M. Night Shyamalan’s new thriller The Happening debuted at three with $30 million. At four is the Adam Sandler comedy You Don’t Mess With The Zohan and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is at five.

Star of the new The Incredible Hulk movie, Edward Norton refuses to promote The Incredible Hulk movie because of a fallout he had with Universal and Marvel. This is incredibly diva-istique behaviour considering that he had a hand in changing and writing the screenplay.

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This is M Night Shyamalan’s latest movie The Happening movie trailer which is a paranormal, sci-fi thriller in which a family must survive a global environmental crisis. Starring Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel, The Happening follows the couple through an apocalyptic landscape where they must escape from airborne neurotoxins that cause violent deaths as hysteria grips the planet. If you care about internet buzz for The Happening, it’s negative - of course.

Fantasy film The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian has knocked Iron Man off the top spot at its debut weekend, with $55 million in ticket sales. However, this is still disappointing when compared to its predecessor, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe,” which sold $65.6 million in North America in its debut weekend in December 2005. But Disney expects the PG-rated movie, based on the C.S. Lewis fantasy series, to ride high through the coming Memorial Day weekend where The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian will go head to head with Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.

A third Narnia movie, “”The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” is set for release in the summer of 2010.

It seems the negative online buzz for Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull was greatly exaggerated. Audiences at Cannes at its Sunday night premiere gave it a 3.5 minute standing ovation. According to Variety, the Indiana Jones movie made 19 years after the last one, received a “reaction of respect given to a film, appreciation for the film’s craftsmanship and its nostalgic sensibility and style.” Although hardcore critics were not as enthusiatic, Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull did not receive the brickbats that “The DiVinci Code” got.

A sequel to the 2001 cult hit movie Donnie Darko is being made. Titled S. Darko, Daviegh Chase reprises her role as Donnie’s younger sister where the story picks up seven years after the first film when little sister Samantha Darko and her best friend Corey are now 18 and on a roadtrip to Los Angeles when they are plagued by bizarre visions. There will be no Donnie “but there are meteorites and rabbits.” Wow…it already sounds like a shiteous movie!

The mostly cgi movie Speed Racer has officially bombed at the box office. Its weekend ticket sales were only around $23 million compared to unexpected hit Iron Man which took in over $50 million over the weekend and so far has made over $177 million. This despite that $200 million dollar Speed Racer is written and directed by the Wachowski brothers. Who? They be the creators of The Matrix monster movies. Goes to show that showbiz is highly unpredictable.

The Batman sequel The Dark Knight movie trailer was revealed recently adding to the continued buzz for the movie which was thrown much earlier into the spotlight by the untimely death of Heath Ledger who plays the Joker. In one of his last interviews, he mentioned how the role drained him: Heath Ledger said Joker role caused sleep problems.

The latest superhero movie Iron Man passed the crucial $100 million mark at the box office to ensure that a sequel will be made.