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#023 Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight vs. Insomnia

Download MP3 In today's episode Nate and Austin compare Christopher Nolan's best and worst rated films, The Dark Knight (2008) and Insomnia (2002), respectively. Austin and Nate both miss Robin Williams speak for everyone when they agree that Inception is the greatest movie ever made. Check back next Sunday at 7pm PST where we will compare Howard Hawk's Rio Bravo (1959) and Red Line 7000 (1965), his best and worst rated films. Also check out this behind the scenes footage from The Dark Knight : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po8VJFjWkHk Insomnia Notes Worst Rated PLOT : Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen. Ratings : IMDb 7.2 | RT 92% C / 76% A Released : 2002 Director : Christopher Nolan (Interstellar, Inception) Writ er(s) : Hillary Seitz (screenplay), Nikolaj Frobenius and Erik Skjoldbjærg (1997 screenplay) Cinematographer : Wa

Ep. 163 of War Machine vs. War Horse: Fantastic Four (Batman Begins vs. The Amazing Spider-Man)

On this episode we talk superhero reboots on film with superhero film expert Matt Brown from the Super Zero podcast and the long running MAMO. We look at the best example of this tall but financially mandated task with Christopher Nolan's BATMAN BEGINS going up against the much loathed Marc Webb's AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. But speaking of being loathed, my co-host Emily Mackay and I recorded our day one responses to the long hated (even before its release) Josh Trank's FANTASTIC FOUR.

Episode 56 of Pop Culture Case Study - Inception and Self-Deception

Hey Mad Max Fans! Check out our episode that brought Tom Hardy into the mainstream! In this episode, Dave takes on a Christopher Nolan epic, Inception.  He also talks to Britt about her memories of it and her own experiences with Self-Deception.  Speaking of self-deception, Dave looks at pain tolerance, the evolutionary advantage of deception, and ethical fading. Listen! Show Notes Fangirl Fixation: 0:03:48 Self-Deception:0:22:09 Inception: 0:36:45 Rate and Review on iTunes! Visit our website!

It Follows episode of War Machine Vs War Horse

On this episode we follow the first 2015 critical sensation IT FOLLOWS with two films that aren’t very much like IT FOLLOWS but have a following theme in WINGS OF DESIRE vs. FOLLOWING and are members of The Criterion Collection. But as you will see in our reviews of these three films, the new horror movie is by far the most deserving of that status. We also shamelessly plug our website Following Films . Oh wait you're already here.