In 'The Dark Knight', there's a particularly intense scene where Batman confronts the Joker in jail. Throughout the movie, Batman consistently avoids inflicting fatal harm on the Joker, even risking himself in a motorcycle accident to spare the Joker's life. However, in the jail scene, Batman see...

After receiving his second medal for bravery, Exley exits City Hall and walks towards a car parked nearby. Inside the backseat, he bids farewell to Bud White through the car window: Exley: Thanks for the push. The scene suggests that Exley thanks Bud White for giving him the motivation he neede...

At the end of the movie, Lynn, a former prostitute, speaks to Exley, who has received a second award for bravery, as she is about to leave for Arizona with Bud White: Lynn: Some men get the world......others get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona. Why did Lynn compare the outcomes of Exley and Bu...

In the movie Sherlock Holmes (2009) I came across the following sentence: These slabs of sandstone are half a ton each, if they’re a pound, and they’re smashed open from the inside. I don't understand what this "if they're a pound" part means here. Can anybody explain this to me?