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 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 [...]
Iron Man 2 When it comes to superhero movies, the popular trend seems to be to turn the protagonist into a brooding and introspective paradigm of justice while giving consideration to the fun of set piece action almost as an afterthought. X-Men portrays a discriminatory allegory, Spider-Man deals with the juggling act of power and [...]
Originally posted on January 4, 2010. Written during the previous week. 2009 was a good year for Hollywood. While the overall calibre of the year’s films on the whole is largely debateable, as per usual, there being nothing particularly good to watch at the local Cineplex is no longer quite the deterrent for movie-going it [...]
Originally written and posted on March 23, 2009. The idea of “bro-mance,” a platonic relationship between male friends, is an idea that a lot of films have been dancing around recently, but has never quite so fully been explored since I Love You, Man. To be fair, a bro-mance usually forms the core of every [...]