By Sara Vilkomerson 7/14/10 12:37am

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Blue-Eyed Nolan Regular, Cillian Murphy, Talks the Puzzles in Inception and Making Smart Movies

Prepare to forget all about mopey teenage vampires, Airbenders and whatever animated thing is currently ruling the box office. Perhaps 2010′s most eagerly anticipated film, Inception-Christopher Nolan’s follow-up to 2008′s critical and commercial smash The Dark Knight-will hit theaters on July 16 (cue nerd jubilation). Inception shares DNA with The Dark Knight-similarly dark, moody, gorgeous, Read More

By Rex Reed 7/14/10 12:08am

Can Someone Please Explain Inception to Me?

At the movies, incomprehensible gibberish has become a way of life, but it usually takes time before it’s clear that a movie really stinks. Inception, Christopher Nolan’s latest assault on rational coherence, wastes no time. It cuts straight to the chase that leads to the junkpile without passing go, although before it drags Read More

By Andrew Sarris 1/16/06 12:00am

Who and What I Liked in 2005: Viggo, Violence, Reese, 2046

While I was trying to decide how I would introduce my customary list of the past year’s achievements and non-achievements, I consulted what I wrote last year—and I was struck by how applicable it was to this year. So simply by changing a few numerals, I can repeat last year’s introduction, secure in the knowledge Read More