Batman Begins
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Robert Downey Jr. wanted to play Scarecrow in Batman Begins
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Rutger Hauer, legendary star of Blade Runner, dies at 75
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Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy hits the road with 70mm IMAX theater tour
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Honest Trailers skewers Batman Begins for Dark Knight's many crimes
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Batman Begins' reviews and reception, 10 years later
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Christopher Nolan on The Dark Knight Rises in Film Comment
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'The Dark Knight Rises'
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Inside Hollywood's best stunts
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Batman Begins
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EW reviews four new ''Batman'' releases
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''Charlie'' tops the weekend box office
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''Charlie'' should have a sweet weekend at the box office
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''Fantastic Four'' clobbers the competition
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''Fantastic Four'' will take on Tom Cruise
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''War'' is Tom Cruise's best opening ever
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Despite opinions on Tom, moviegoers will go to ''War''
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''Batman Begins'' ends another weekend at No. 1
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''Batman Begins'' will spread its wings in week two
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''Batman'' begins its run at No. 1
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Dark ''Batman'' has a bright future in sales
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Get both sides of ''Batman'''s The Joker
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Batman Begins
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Has movie sanitizing gone too far
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Can Christopher Nolan make Batman fly?
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Batman Begins
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Superman meets ''Batman'' on ''Smallville''
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We're dying to see ''Batman Begins''
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DC adapts Marvel's approach to moviemaking
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First look at ''Batman Begins''
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Meet the all-star cast of 2005's ''Batman Begins''
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Who's making deals in the week of Feb. 27, 2004
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Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe to be ''Batman'''s villain
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Katie Holmes may join ''Batman'' cast
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Christian Bale is the new Batman
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Batman: Which young hunk should play him?
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Wolfgang Petersen to direct ''Batman vs. Superman''
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On the Bat Burner