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 [...]
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 [...]
Batman Begins Eight years after Schumacher’s “bat nipple” debacle, a reboot of the Batman character seemed well due. And as had been the case with Spider-Man and X-Men, a more acclaimed and educated director than usual was selected to handle the reinvention. Nolan threw out the garish nonsense that left audience’s of the previous two [...]
Originally written and posted on May 21, 2009. Terminator Salvation I have fond memories of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Even though Iron Man has recently supplanted it as the film by which I measure summer blockbusters, it is without question one of the best movies I have ever seen. This isn’t the place to explain [...]