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Review: Tenet once again shows that Christopher Nolan is ahead of his time

Movie Review | Matt Looker | 31st August 2020

In case anyone still hasnâ€™t realised it yet, Christopher Nolan loves time. He loves it soooo much. He wants to marry time and have sweet little pocket-watch babies. He wants to go to prison so that he can â€™doâ€™ time. Because if heâ€™s not telling an entire film in reverse chronological order like in Memento, or revealing multiple flashbacks within flashbacks like in The Prestige, heâ€™s creating a story in which three separate narratives that run over distinctly different time periods all unfold simultaneously, like in Inception and Dunkirk. Time is Christopher Nolanâ€™s life, and he is having the best of it. Which is why Tenet can easily be seen as the most Christopher Nolan film that Christopher Nolan has made so far - it brings this particular favourite theme of his into sharp focus. Frankly, Itâ€™s about time.

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What are the six best movies?

Movie Feature | Ali Gray | 29th August 2017

As a film fan, I often wonder what the best films are. Which ones are best? Which ones do people like? Are some films more liked than others? You have to admit, it's interesting. Films, I mean. Some are great, but others are just brilliant. Some are bad but most are okay. It's a wide spectrum. But what if there was some sort of ranking of the films? In order of quality. That's what I'm going to try right now. What are the best movies? Let's find out. What are the best ones. (Films)?

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The Shiznit's Not Unlistenable Podcast: Dunkirk

Movie Feature | Matt Looker | 24th July 2017

Our latest podcast episode is now live! But then you already knew that, because it has automatically appeared in your feed thanks to you subscribing the first time. ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

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Dunkirk

Movie Review | Matt Looker | 18th July 2017

I don't want to write off an entire category of cinema, but... war films. They can be a bit heavy-going, can't they? Yes, there are some amazing standouts in this crowded genre, but it can be really hard to muster up the enthusiasm to watch a movie depicting the experience of war, which is basically: it's truly horrifying when not intensely boring. Luckily, things are different this time round, because a) Christoper Nolan films have never not been great, b) it's mercifully short at under two hours, and c) maybe there'll be a twist and the soldiers of Dunkirk will get rescued by Batman?

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New poster released for Christopher Nolan's Dunk Irk

Movie Feature | Matt Looker | 12th December 2016

Critics are already calling it "Inception meets Space Jam".

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Looking forward to the new Batman film, you guys

Movie Feature | Matt Looker | 20th June 2015

Wut even.

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Ranking the films of alternate universe Christopher Nolan

Movie Feature | Ali Gray | 10th November 2014

Listicles! They're terrible. As everyone else concentrates on the important matter of ranking Christopher Nolan's films into an entirely arbitrary order - yes, all nine of them - we thought it would be more suited to the themes of Interstellar if we hopped through a wormhole to rank the films of alternate universe Christopher Nolan.

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Interstellar

Movie Review | Ali Gray | 5th November 2014

As long as Christopher Nolan continues to exist, do we really need Steven Spielberg any more? Ol' King Noles is doing a darn fine job of delivering mega-bucks events movies with small and personal stories at the core; gigantic, universe-expanding motion pictures anchored by daddy issues, the kind which Beardo used to smash out on a regular basis. Interstellar is the latest Chris Nolan project to take a leaf out of Spielberg's playbook - once upon a time it was a Steven Spielberg project after all - and it bears the hallmarks of both directors: it's an ambitious, challenging sci-fi that takes one small step for blockbuster cinema but ultimately remains accessible to all. All the talk of Kubrick and 2001 is light years off the mark: Interstellar is the kind of space odyssey that has only shameless, monolothic entertainment on the agenda.

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Top 10 films of our lifetime #7: Inception

Movie Feature | Matt Looker | 18th September 2014

I've always considered the post-film discussion as much a part of the movie-going experience as the actual movie: the initial splurge of reactions, the best bits, the rubbish bits, the standout moments. Inception, with its pre-credits wobbly ambiguity, practically invites a discourse on its finer points, and those discussions are still ongoing today. I consider this to be the best blockbuster of the decade so far and one of the most rewarding works of science-fiction in modern memory. More movies need to be like Inception - Ali.

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(*Family Fortunes fail noise*) BRAAAHHM-BRAHM

Movie Feature | Matt Looker | 10th January 2014

Three years later and someone is still trying to 'solve' Inception.

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