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Revisiting The Dark Knight in IMAX

Jason Gorber — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:00:51 +0000

On Saturday, April 20th, Warner Brothers, IMAX and Christopher Nolan collaborated on a celebration of the Dark Knight trilogy. The three films were screened on large format screens to sold-out audiences, including five venues equipped to handle IMAX 15/70 film prints as per the director’s preferred format. Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and...

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Cannes Journal: ‘2001’ in 70mm

Jason Gorber — Mon, 14 May 2018 19:00:46 +0000

What can be said about one of the most wondrous films ever made? How about that one hated it the first time he saw it? Screened on VHS on a 20″ Trinitron, the only thing I knew about ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ was that the people behind ‘Star Wars’ were obsessed with it. I’d learn...

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Oscar Poll: Best Director 2018

Josh Zyber — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:00:55 +0000

In years past, the Academy closely tied the Best Director Oscar to the Best Picture winner, but that’s not always the case anymore. What’s your prediction for this category? PLEASE NOTE: I am dividing this into two polls. The first is your prediction for which director will actually take home the trophy, regardless of merit....

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The ‘Dunkirk’ 70mm IMAX Experience

Luke Hickman — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:30:42 +0000

After seeing ‘Dunkirk’ on a digital IMAX screen, I gathered a couple friends, hopped in my car and road-tripped over 500 miles one way just to watch it in the rare format in which Christopher Nolan intended it to be seen – 70mm IMAX. I lived to tell the tale. Event films are going the...

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‘Dunkirk’ Review: Anxiety-Inducing Action

Philip Brown — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 17:00:45 +0000

Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk’ has a summer blockbuster release date because that’s the tentpole template within which the filmmaker works. However, as viscerally thrilling and technically stunning as the film might be (and oh lord is it ever), this is also a thoughtful and in some ways even experimental presentation of war. The film is designed...

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‘Interstellar’ Contest Results

Josh Zyber — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:00:29 +0000

I guess we chose a good prize to give away last week. Turnout for our ‘Interstellar’ Blu-ray Collectible Gift Set contest was very strong, and our readers provided tons of hilarious entries. Sadly, only one can win. Let’s find out who that will be! As explained in the original post, we challenged you to provide...

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Contest: Win the ‘Interstellar’ Blu-ray Collectible Gift Set

Josh Zyber — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 12:00:12 +0000

Over the weekend, I popped into Walmart to pick up that retailer’s exclusive Collectible Gift Set Blu-ray edition of ‘Interstellar’. The store had an extra copy on the shelf, and I thought that would make a great contest prize for our readers. Don’t you agree? Let’s give this thing away! In Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi blockbuster...

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SteelBook Alert: Take Your Protein Pills and Put Your Helmet On

Josh Zyber — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:00:11 +0000

As befitting its blockbuster status, Christopher Nolan’s space travel opus ‘Interstellar’ will hit Blu-ray next month in several deluxe packaging options, including at least two different SteelBook cases. Although I’m a big SteelBook collector, in this instance I may choose a different route. While the American and Canadian SteelBooks technically use different images, they’re both...

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Poll: Christopher Nolan – Brilliant Director or Overrated?

Josh Zyber — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:00:49 +0000

With the blockbuster success of his ‘Dark Knight’ trilogy, ‘Inception’ and (presumably) this week’s new sci-fi epic ‘Interstellar’, Christopher Nolan is one of the most powerful filmmakers in Hollywood. He’s also often regarded as one of the smartest and best. But do his movies really live up to their acclaim, or is Christopher Nolan more...

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‘Interstellar’ Review: Flawed Awe

Philip Brown — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:00:24 +0000

In many ways, ‘Interstellar’ is the movie that Christopher Nolan’s most ardent supporters always hoped he would make: a massive, sweeping, thoughtful epic that hits grand themes as hard as it does awe-inspiring imagery and tear-loosening emotion. It’s also the movie his detractors feared he would make: too ambitions, visibly flawed and overly serious to...

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The Trailer Park: Horrible Hero Hunger

Luke Hickman — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:00:16 +0000

Among other things, November will bring us a bunch of sequels, plus one movie that sounds like it must be a sequel but actually isn’t. ‘Big Hero 6’ (Nov. 7) For a few years now, Disney Animation Studios has pumprf out better “Pixar movies” than Pixar. ‘Big Hero 6’ appears to follow suit. All you...

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Weekend Movies: ‘This Is’ What Summer Is All About

Luke Hickman — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:00:39 +0000

Today marks the first of three consecutive weekends that will each feature a pair of potential blockbusters, and I have a feeling that this weekend contains the most entertaining set. Christopher Nolan can do no wrong – and I imagine that’s why Warner Bros. has locked him in to oversee other DC comic book adaptations....

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