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Gerard Butler has been named the best British actor in Hollywood in a poll by DVD rental service LoveFilm, beating a number of high-profile stars, including Christian Bale and Kate Winslet. Gerard Butler has been named the best British actor in Hollywood. The Scottish hunk - who is best known for playing King Leonidas in '300' - beat a host of stars, including Christian Bale and double-Oscar winner Daniel Day Lewis to win the title in a poll of more than 1,000 UK film fans by the DVD rental service Lo  

CHRISTIAN Bale will only make another Batman movie if his pal Chris Nolan directs it, it has been claimed. According to reports, the British actor is poised to make a third Batman movie — but has told film bosses that without Nolan — who directed 2008's Dark Knight – he won't be putting on his cape and cowl again. "A new Batman movie is set to go into production in 2010 but Chris is not on board yet," reveals a Hollywood insider.  

These are Roger Ebert's mini-reviews (unless otherwise noted) of some of the films currently playing in the Quad-Cities. "The Blind Side" (PG, 126 minutes). Flirts with terminal cuteness, but wins us over with a lump-in-the-throat real-life story, one of Sandra Bullock's better performances, and charismatic newcomer Quinton Aaron.

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs   -PG

 

The actors and plot of the film Reign of Fire sound like pure win. It's got Butler. It's got Bale. It's got a post-apocalyptic world destroyed by dragons.  

Hey, at least it wasn't the "Twilight" kid! That was the false People magazine Sexiest Man Alive cover making the rounds yesterday. Nope. Turns out it's Johnny Depp, who has already been SMA and probably didn't want it the first time.  

These are Roger Ebert's mini-reviews (unless otherwise noted) of some of the films currently playing in the Quad-Cities. "2012" (PG-12, 158 minutes).  

I generally enjoy surprises, but not when they're like this.  

AFM* fun continues with the first images and full synopses for All Good Things starring Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst, Pirhana 3D starring Elisabeth Shue and Richard Dreyfuss, Shanghai starring John Cusack and Ken Watanbe, and The Fighter starring Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, and Amy Adams.  

One of the most critically acclaimed new TV shows of the fall season, "Community" unexpectedly reached out to the ever growing and exceedingly powerful comic community last week with its Halloween episode, entitled, "Introduction to Statistics."