Film Review: Interstellar

I always look forward to Christopher Nolan’s films; his big-budget spectacles are thought-provoking, result in thorough discussion and analysis by viewers, such as the end of “Inception” and the tightly-woven web he created in “The Prestige.” From a review perspective, his films are also difficult to discuss without spoilers, but I’m always up for a …

Review: The Dark Knight Rises

Editor’s Note: The review is mostly spoiler free, however, as always with movies like this, we recommend you see the film prior to reading this review. The Dark Knight Rises is director Christopher Nolan’s third visit to the characters and universe of Batman and Bruce Wayne, and according to the director, his last. Christian Bale …

Editorial: Rebooting Batman? Again?!

Well, Hollywood has once again excelled in making me scratch my head in confusion.  Just when I thought they couldn’t get anymore redundant in filmmaking, they go ahead and remake Spider-Man after only 4 years since the last one.  Well, that is idiotic enough, but now the plan is to remake Batman, and the last one hasn’t even come …

Bale Talks Batman

In an interview with Total Film, Christian Bale apparently has said that ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ will be the last time he dons the batsuit. “I believe, unless Chris [Nolan] says different, this will be the last time I’m playing Batman.” He also tells the site that he knows as little as possible about his …

7 Essential Blu-Ray Titles

So, you’ve got a blu-ray player, now what? With some help from some friends (and Sam who is also a friend), we’ve put together a list of essential, must own blu-ray titles. We tried to mix it up with old and new, so take a look, and feel free to chime in with your own …

“The Dark Knight” Clears $1 Billion

While it got the cold shoulder were the Oscars are concerned, “The Dark Knight” is doing quite fine, thank you very much. Warner Bros. has announced that Christopher Nolan’s movie has earned $1,001,082,160 worldwide. It is only the fourth movie to cross the 1 billion line.  (The others are “Titanic,” “Lord of the Rings: The …

LA Film Critics Names ‘Wall-E’ Top Film

In one of the first best-of lists of the year, the Los Angeles Film Critics have named Pixar’s ‘Wall-E’ the best movie of 2008.  ‘The Dark Knight’ was named runner up.  Danny Boyle was named best director for ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ while Christopher Nolan was named runner up. In case you think it was a case …

Close Up: Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan is arguably one of the most interesting and talented directors to emerge in the past ten years. His films have received both commercial and critical praise, and his latest, ‘The Dark Knight,’ has been receiving so much praise, and is poised to be the biggest hit of the summer. Nolan, a graduate of …