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 [...]
Note: Having only see Memento, Batman Begins, and The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan isn’t exactly a filmmaker with whom I’m terribly familiar. So I thought that it would be an interesting exercise to go back and watch all of the films he directed as part of my preparation for Inception, a movie which, if the [...]
Originally written and posted on November 12, 2008. Role Models To be a successful comedy in this day and age requires a few key things. First, there’s the obligatory romantic drama that has to resolve if it’s a central aspect of the film from minute one, or magically develops and resolves itself because these clichés [...]
Originally written and posted on August 22, 2009. Inglourious Basterds Reviewing any Quentin Tarantino film is difficult, partly due to the dichotomizing nature of his work, and partly because it can feel as if a degree in film is necessary in order to land any legitimate criticisms against him. Indeed, there are times when the [...]