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Yes, we heard the news. The 28 years old actor was currently finishing post production of his Joker part in new Batman movie, Dark Knights. We noticed him for the first time in 1999’s 10 Things I Hate About You (as Patrick Verona).

Then he obtained leading role as Sir William Thatcher (a.k.a Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein of Gelderland) in 2001’s A Knight’s Tale. Not really a good movie though, but luckily he got several better role in 2001’s Monster’s Ball (as Sonny Grotowski) and 2005’s The Brothers Grimm (as Jacob Grimm).

The most noted play of his was in Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain. He played Ennis Del Mar who had forbidden love with guy pair, Jack Twist (played by Jack Gyllenhaal). He was nominated in Academy Awards because of the role.

May he rest in peace.

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It is 2008 now, there are lot of movies to watch this year, but why don’t we headed back and look at the list of best movies in 2007, my version of course. The 2007 was hilarious with several sequels. To name a few, they are Spider-man 3, Pirates of Caribbean 3, Fantastic Four 2, Die Hard 4, Ocean Thirteen (the second sequels of Ocean Eleven), and not to forget Bourne Ultimatum (the finale of Bourne series).

Most of them are great, compared to their previous, except for Spider-man 3, which I found flaws and boring than the second one. But I have to admit that the movie I crowned as the best movie in 2007 is Pixar’s Ratatouille. The story is about a rat, named Remy who is able to flavor and combine good taste of ingredients to create great food.

The name ratatouille itself came from “touiller,” which means to toss food. It was originally a poor farmer’s dish, prepared in the summer with fresh summer vegetables. The plot is clean, unpredicted, and smooth. The acting, well since it is a 3D cartoon, is stunning. Great job for Pixar crews. Hopefully, the next Wall*e won’t be the a blooper since it is directed by the person who was created Oscar winner, Finding Nemo.

The next movie, besides those sequels I mentioned above are 300, Transformers, and I am Legend (based on novel by Richard Matheson). All of them are great, also scored lot of money in blockbusters. So what’s your picks in 2007?

Haven’t watched this fantastic mouse adventure movie? Don’t worry, you can buy it via Amazon.

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Epic-genre version of Scary Movie now has a sequel. First entitled Epic Movie, the sequel, due to the poor review of the previous series, changed the franchise title into Meet the Spartans. Parodying many movies, this movie still take focus on muscle men of Spartan’s 300.

Other than that, Meet the Spartans makes joke to dozen of movies, TV series, and bunch of celebrities. On the list, even not yet released movie, Cloverfield. Of course, when you look again to the title, it resembles Ben Stiller’s Meet the Parents. Also you may want to see the parody version of American Idol last season controversy, Sanjaya Malakar.

Among the starring, we can see the “performance” of Baywatch babe, Carmen Electra. Don’t forget that she once appeared in first series of Scary Movie as cameo. Hopefully, she does not show up just as an eye candy, as we expect this movie not as corny as we usually predicted.