Roundup

Look What the Web Dragged In: We Are All Phil Davison

Today we want to show you only one item we found, dewy and new, on our cyber-doorstep this morning. That’s what we want to do, but we won’t. Still, this item and the man in it are very much of the moment. And it proves that when Will Ferrell created the indelible SNL character Read More

Box Office Breakdown: Inception Steals Millions

As it turns out, people do still see live-action movies in theaters! Here’s a breakdown of the top five.

1. Inception: $60.4 million (new)

For an original film that runs for nearly two-and-a-half hours and doesn’t lend itself to selling lunchboxes or toys, a $60 million opening is anything but a disappointment. To wit: Inception Read More

Opening This Weekend: Inception! And Something Else

It’s the weekend you waited months for — The Sorcerer’s Apprentice comes out! Oh, and a little something called Inception too. Here’s a handy guide to the new releases.

Inception

What’s the story: For his follow-up to The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan assembled an ensemble of GQ-ready men (Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Tom Read More

Q&A

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

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