The Dark Knight

Getting ready to watch The Dark Knight in preparation for seeing The Dark Knight Rises sometime this week. Batman Begins is still my favorite Batman film, though. The Dark Knight just isn't as good as Batman Begins. I don't think so anyway. What do you think? And Christian Bale is my all time favorite Batman/Bruce Wayne. He's the only actor to play him who 1. makes a distinct difference between the two and 2. he's the only actor who hasn't portrayed Bruce Wayne as themselves, there's a definite character there.

And I'm really impressed with the cast Christopher Nolan assembled for Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, with the exceptions of Katie Holmes and Maggie Gyllenhaal, both of whom suck. Aaron Eckart I thought was a very weak Harvey Dent/Two-Face. And what is up with casting Anne Hathaway as Catwoman? The few movies I've seen her in she wasn't that good, and she's certainly not sexy as Catwoman should most definitely be.

I'm seriously considering going to see Dark Shadows. Big fan of the show; used to rush home from school to catch reruns on Sci-Fi. But the trailer has me concerned. Looks cool and all, but fear it may end up being kind of stupid. Wait, what am I talking about? Tim Burton and Johnny Depp: it's going to be awesome!

Looks like Amanda Bynes is the latest former child star to fall from grace. The 26-year-old actress who once headlined Nickelodeon's "The Amanda Show" and co-starred with Jennie Garth on sitcom "What I Like About You" has been arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence in West Hollywood, California. The sheriff's department there says it was about 3 a.m. Friday when an L.A. County Sheriff's deputy "was stopped at the intersection of Robertson Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard preparing to turn right onto Santa Monica Boulevard when a black BMW driven by actress Amanda Bynes attempted to pass the right of the radio car, colliding with the right rear quarter panel of the radio car." Although officials report there was only "minor paint transfer to both vehicles," the damage was done: Bynes was taken to jail and released on $5,000 bail mid-morning.

This isn't the first time Bynes has had a brush with the law. Gossip Cop, which first reported the arrest, noted that just last month Bynes was pulled over by talking on her cell phone without using a hands-free device while driving, then sped away from the police officer. TMZ is reporting that its cameras caught Bynes as she "appeared to be extremely intoxicated" while getting behind the wheel as she left Hollywood hot spot Greystone Manor on St. Patrick's Day.

Before any of these incidents, Bynes was raising eyebrows with the candid comments she was espousing in her Twitter feed. You'll remember she briefly retired from acting in June 2010. "Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem," she wrote. "If I don't love something anymore, I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it. I know 24 is a young age to retire ... I've never written the movies and tv shows I've been a part of. I've only acted like the characters the producers or directors wanted me to play." She changed her mind a month later, when she wrote "I've unretired." The former teen queen also posted provocative photos, like one showing her from the waist down and flashing a belly ring.