U.S. producer Joel Schumacher wants to make a TV series version of St. Elmo's Fire, the movie that helped ignite his career, another producer says. Dan Bucatinsky said 1985's St.

By Jonathan Romney THE BIG TICKET Long gone are the camp portrayals of Batman and his various enemies - Heath Ledger's terrifying Joker is way too dark for the kids Film The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan 152 MINS, 12A It was Tim Burton who supposedly brought the darkness back to Gotham City, but in retrospect, Burton's 1989 Batman wasn't all that Stygian.

By Blake Hannon, St. Joseph News-Press, Mo. Jul. 18--In case it hasn't been drilled into your head, the highly-hyped film "The Dark Knight" opens today.

By Michael Machosky, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Jul. 17--Saving Gotham City, that's nothing. Batman might have to save the summer. Sure, it's only mid-July, but the usual summer blockbusters seem to have worn out their welcome exceedingly early this year.

For movie fans everywhere there is no film more highly anticipated this summer than "The Dark Knight." For this most recent big-budget installment of the hugely popular Batman franchise, ReelzChannel(R), the only cable/satellite network dedicated to "Everything About Movies, 24/7(TM)," will become "Everything About 'The Dark Knight,' 24/7" as it devotes its original programs across the network July 11-20 to showcase one of the most successful movie franchises ever.