Post Tagged with: "Christopher Nolan"

by / on March 4, 2013 at 1:06 pm / in News

JUSTICE LEAGUE RUMORS

Let the speculation begin… The big news today out of Warner Brothers (or, you know, wherever rumors like this spread from) is that Christopher Nolan is coming back to headline the Justice League movie as a producer and possibly bringing [...]

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by / on August 2, 2012 at 3:00 pm / in Classic Reviews, Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

MODERN CLASSIC COLUMB: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012)

“Ah you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn’t see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!” [...]

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by / on July 27, 2012 at 8:36 am / in Everything Else

WHY I LOVE BATMAN

I know, I know… you’re tired of reading about Batman. Well, bear with me for just a few minutes (you know, depending on how fast you read…). I have a good feeling about this one. I grew up a huge [...]

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by / on July 24, 2012 at 3:00 pm / in Editorials, Everything Else

OUT OF THE DARKNESS

“Our knowledge has made us cynical,
our cleverness hard and unkind.
  We think too much and feel too little.  
More than machinery we need humanity; 
more than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness.” -Charlie Chaplin Like everyone else, I have my own [...]

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by / on July 23, 2012 at 9:30 am / in News

THE BOX OFFICE REPORT: JULY 22

Despite a pledge by Warner Bros. that the Box Office tallies from this past weekend would not come out with respect to the families affected by the tragedy in Aurora, the New York Times posted some very brief information regarding [...]

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by / on July 21, 2012 at 3:00 am / in Editorials

THE KNIGHT IS OVER

I’ve written at great length in the past about my feelings about Batman, The Dark Knight, comic books movies and being an adult fanboy in general.  I’ve talked so much about how The Dark Knight Rises would be the end [...]

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by / on July 20, 2012 at 5:00 am / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

Conclusions are the hardest thing to pull off. To be satisfactory, a conclusion must adequately call back to and sum up all that came before it, while laying new ground for future dwellers. All conclusions must be emotional, heartfelt, and [...]

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by / on July 19, 2012 at 3:00 pm / in Classic Reviews, Reviews

MODERN CLASSIC COLUMB: THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)

You know… You know what I’ve noticed? Nobody panics when things go “according to plan.” Introduction As a sequel to Batman Begins, Nolan completely changes the dynamic without adjusting it too dramatically. Indeed, Gyllenhaal is much playful in the role of [...]

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by / on July 17, 2012 at 3:00 pm / in Editorials, Everything Else

GRAND DELUSIONS

At the risk of becoming the resident grouch (I’m taking Pete Townshend and his total dislike of everything he or anyone else has ever done as my model), I’m going to complain.  Again.  I’m going to make unsubstantiated claims about [...]

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by / on July 12, 2012 at 3:00 pm / in Classic Reviews, Reviews

MODERN CLASSIC COLUMB: BATMAN BEGINS (2005)

“Now, you think because your mommy and your daddy got shot, you know about the ugly side of life, but you don’t. You’ve never tasted desperate…” Introduction I can imagine that the selected quote is not the first one which [...]

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