Christopher Nolan - From Best To Worst

From 2000 until 2010, there were few directors who could rival Christopher Nolan. He had a Pixar-like strike rate of awesomeness. Across six films - from Memento (2000) to Inception (2010) - he did incredible things. He made us think backwards, rebirthed an iconic character, made the greatest superhero movie of all time, gave us remarkable performances from the likes of Robin Williams and Heath Ledger, and took us into a dream inside a dream inside...

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War For The Planet Of The Apes

(M) ★★★★Director: Matt Reeves.Cast: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Karin Konoval, Amiah Miller, Terry Notary, Ty Olsson, Michael Adamthwaite, Gabriel Chavarria.Woody wished his sunnies had wipers.WHEN it comes time to talk about the greatest trilogies of all time, the new Planet Of The Apes films need to be in the discussion.That's not to say they're better than the original Star Wars trilogy or Lord Of The Rings or Toy Story, but...

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Dunkirk

(M) ★★★★Director: Christopher Nolan.Cast: Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy, Aneurin Barnard, Tom Glynn-Carney, Barry Keoghan, Jack Lowden, James D'Arcy.The queues for coffee at music festivals are always out of hand.There are few modern blockbuster directors who conjure up the "what will they do next?" intrigue and anticipation quite like Christopher Nolan.Even after the disappointments...

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REWIND REVIEW: The Devil & Daniel Johnston

(M) ★★★★Director: Jeff FeuerzeigHistoric photo or modern-day hipster pushing the archaic sound format revival too far?The downfall of the talented artist is a common story throughout the history of popular music.It's by equal turns sad and fascinating, and the resulting docos are car crash stuff - we can't look away, whether its Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Ian Curtis, Syd Barrett, Michael Hutchence, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin,...

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Baby Driver

(MA15+) ★★★★½Director: Edgar Wright.Cast: Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Eiza González, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Jon Bernthal, CJ Jones."Third floor, cool stares, ladies' and men's sizes."It takes a lot of effort to be effortlessly cool.I don't know this from personal experience (because I am super uncool) - I read it somewhere (see?).But if you need proof of the amount of work that goes into being unfathomably hip (does that still mean...

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Spider-Man: Homecoming

(M) ★★★★Director: Jon Watts.Cast: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Jon Favreau, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Zendaya, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei.Spider-Man ruled the jungle gym.SO Spidey is back where he belongs - sitting in the Marvel Cinematic Universe alongside the likes of Iron Man and his fellow Avengers.(Sony still own the film rights to Spider-Man and are desperate to keep their golden goose but can't figure out how to get it laying again,...

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REWIND REVIEW: Tokyo Story (1953)

(PG) ★★★★★Director: Yasujirō Ozu.Cast: Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, So Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake, Kyōko Kagawa, Eijirō Tōno, Nobuo Nakamura, Shirō Ōsaka."I'm gonna whack that kid so good when he rides past again."SOME films sneak up on you.When talking about Tokyo Story, that's not just a summation of how the simplistic plot or deceptive pacing of Ozu's gentle examination of the widening generation gap in...

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The House

(MA15+) ★★★Director: Andrew Jay Cohen.Cast: Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Jason Mantzoukas, Ryan Simpkins, Nick Kroll, Rob Huebel."I love it when we blow each other, honey."POP quiz: What was the last genuinely funny live action comedy starring Will Ferrell?It's probably The Campaign, back in 2012, which was under-rated. But if you were one of the many who missed that one, you'd have to go all the way back to Step Brothers, which was almost a decade...

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