So I tried to go see the new Batman flick this weekend. No luck. It's sold out for the next 3 weeks at the local I-Max theater, and sold out for the next 5 days at the local 24-screen multiplex where it's playing 58 times a day. 

Holy summer blockbuster.  Entertainment Weekly is reporting The Dark Knight did $155.3 million this weekend, the biggest opening in box office history.

Christian Bale is making a repeat performance as Batman, and he is the best of all the move Batmen. But the Batman party belongs, of course, to the late and great Heath Ledger, who kicks bat butt as the Joker. You can see the deep dark brilliance of the performance even in the trailers.

This is the weekend the Cult of Heath Ledger was born.

And yeah, I'm back. My blog burnout has healed.