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July 2010

Taking a Break

“All it takes a person to be a better, more interesting, more productive, and more-well rounded human being is for someone to sever their internet connection.”
- Myself, April 28, 2010.

I’d just like to take a moment to announce that I’m taking a break from the internet for about a month. I haven’t been juggling my [...]

Countdown to Inception, Part VII: Inception

Inception
Having watched and reviewed all of Christopher Nolan’s feature length work prior to Inception (his seventh film), I must confess that I feel far more qualified to offer my thoughts on this movie than I would have a mere week ago. This whole project has given me a fair amount of both insight into the [...]

The Final Preparation

Because what good is an overview without a list to go along with it?

I’ll probably never grow out of awful MS Paint manipulations.
I’ll probably never learn Photoshop, either.

The countdown is complete, so now all that’s left to do is watch the movie. Provided I can wake up early enough, I’ll be heading to the [...]

Countdown to Inception, Part VI: The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight
Ever the critical darling thanks to films like Memento and the successful Batman relaunch, it was arguably The Dark Knight that solidified Nolan’s reputation as a commercial darling too. With the release of Inception just two short days away, it would seem as if Nolan has attained the status of a legendary director [...]

Countdown to Inception, Part V: The Prestige

The Prestige
Few movies are capable of diving audiences quite like The Prestige, the sort of movie with no startling defects except for a single miscalculation egregious enough to ruin everything. While beautifully staged and executed with all the theatricality and deception one might expect from a story of feuding magicians, Nolan overestimated just how flexible [...]