Batman Begins and the Birth of Christopher Nolan as Blockbuster Auteur Patrick Nabarro June 9, 2020 Analysis, Features, Opinion It’s no coincidence that Tenet will likely be the film leading the charge back into cinemas this summer. Its director, Christopher Nolan, is a staunch defender of the cinematic experience, and perhaps the...
Why Liam Neeson’s Very Particular Set of Skills Should be Put to Better Use Naomi Soanes January 19, 2018 Features, Spotlight As whispers of Liam Neeson’s imminent retirement from action movies started to make its way down the Hollywood grapevine, cries of dismay rang out from audiences who felt unprepared to lose such an action...
How Well Do You Know The Films of Christopher Nolan? Tom Bond July 23, 2017 Quiz The most-anticipated film of the year, Dunkirk, landed on our shores last week, and with it returned one of the best directors around, Christopher Nolan. His ambitious, cerebral filmmaking has wowed...
Music of the Movies: Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer Bertie Archer July 20, 2017 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies July 21 heralds the return of Christopher Nolan. Although the eye-popping spectacle of Interstellar may still be seared onto your retinas, that film, his space-opera, came out in November 2014. Since then,...
A Beginner’s Guide to… Christopher Nolan Carmen Paddock July 19, 2017 A Beginner's Guide To..., Features Few directors are both as respected as auteurs and revered in the blockbuster sphere as Christopher Nolan. The British-American director, writer, and producer burst onto the scene in 1998, when he was merely...
What Are the Best Blockbusters of All Time? 50-41 Eddie Falvey July 10, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 If you thought that the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming or War for the Planet of the Apes was the most important blockbuster event of the summer then you were wrong. We've been debating and voting on our...
Batman Begins: The Caped Crusader’s Early Years Christopher Preston March 31, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Batman and Superman are currently clobbering each other through cinemas around the globe, but where did it all begin? One Room With A View casts the Bat Signal back through time, past the Nolan-noughties, past...
Best Films Never Made #4: Darren Aronofsky’s Batman Patrick Taylor December 8, 2013 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 1 Comment About a year and a half has elapsed since Christopher Nolan’s fabled Dark Knight trilogy reached its conclusion. Such was the success of Nolan’s stewardship of the comic book legend, Warner Bros. was...
Gigli and the Fan Boys: Why Affleck Should Be Given a Chance David Brake August 25, 2013 Analysis, Features, Opinion 1 Comment The internet went to town following Warner Bros.' announcement that two-time Academy Award winner Ben Affleck, aged 41, is to be the new Bruce Wayne in Batman vs. Superman/Man of Steel 2. Social networks were...