Christopher Nolan
Film Review: ‘Man of Steel’ is Strong, But Not Completely Heroic
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 14, 2013 - 3:35pm.CHICAGO – Place the Superman legend into the hands of director Zack Snyder (“Watchmen”) and storyteller/producer Christopher Nolan (“Dark Knight”), and old Supes is bound for a makeover in “Man of Steel.” When it works, it’s adds to a legend’s richness. When it doesn’t, it is less than hero.
Film Review: ‘Man of Steel’ Soars Visually But Lacks Humanity
Submitted by BrianTT on June 12, 2013 - 8:24pm.CHICAGO – From the CGI-heavy attack on Krypton that opens Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” to its soaring finale, I had the same reaction -– where’s the “Man half? Snyder’s attempt to reboot the Superman legacy with the loving assistance of David Goyer and Christopher Nolan of “The Dark Knight” fame gets the superhero part but misses the humanity at the core of this legendary character.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Pairs of Passes to ‘Man of Steel’ With Henry Cavill From ‘300’ Director
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on June 2, 2013 - 7:38pm.CHICAGO – Highly anticipated! In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 25 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to one of 2013’s most highly anticipated films: “Man of Steel” with Henry Cavill!
Blu-ray Review: Stellar Release For Epic ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Submitted by BrianTT on December 5, 2012 - 9:06am.CHICAGO – While a new Oscar bait release hitting theaters every week at this time of year as we work our way through films like “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Django Unchained,” and “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” it’s easy to forget that one of the films long-considered a likely Oscar player came out months ago.
Blu-ray Review: ‘The Dark Knight Returns’ Works From Great Source But Lacks Soul
Submitted by BrianTT on October 2, 2012 - 1:28pm.CHICAGO – Is it possible that not all comic books are ones that can be adapted? Couldn’t some of them only really work on the page where the reader can fill in the grit and grime of a dark story like Frank Miller’s “The Dark Knight Returns” in ways that a literal reading in animated form just can’t do? You see what i’m getting at. I love the source material for “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns — Part 1” and there are enough interesting ideas that survived intact the journey from page to screen but the adaptation of Miller’s work doesn’t hold a candle to just reading the original.
Film Review: Influential Filmmakers Discuss Digital Revolution in ‘Side by Side’
Submitted by BrianTT on September 13, 2012 - 9:00am.CHICAGO – We are at the tipping point of a technology that has been used for a hundred years to capture the moving image. Shooting on film is going away as more and more filmmakers use digital technology to tell their stories. How does this change the art form? Is it a creative new landscape or the death of something important?
Film Review: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Gives Fans Epic Conclusion to Beloved Trilogy
Submitted by BrianTT on July 19, 2012 - 12:03pm.CHICAGO – With “The Dark Knight Rises”, Christopher Nolan epically follows through on most of the themes he set up in “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight” with amazing technical skill and an ambitious sense of scope. No one can deny the effort and intensity of this closing chapter of the most acclaimed superhero saga in the history of film.
Film Review: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is Glorious Epic of Heroic Proportions
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 18, 2012 - 9:36am.CHICAGO – Sound the gong for one of the best films of the summer, as “The Dark Knight Rises” delivers an awe-inspiring blockbuster on virtually every level of storytelling and performance. Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and director Christopher Nolan create grand, metaphoric and visionary cinema.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 10 Pairs of Guaranteed Movie Passes to ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on July 17, 2012 - 10:45pm.CHICAGO – In our latest epic trilogy conclusion edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 10 admit-two guaranteed movie vouchers up for grabs to 2012’s most-anticipated film: “The Dark Knight Rises,” which is filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s epic conclusion to his Batman trilogy!
Exclusive Slideshow: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Tumbler, Bat-Pod at Chicago Tumbler Tour
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 25, 2012 - 4:42pm.CHICAGO – Along with our exclusive video of the official “The Dark Knight Rises” Tumbler being revved to the max at the film’s Tumbler Tour in Chicago on May 25, 2012, feast your eyes on HollywoodChicago.com’s exclusive photos of the Tumbler and Bat-Pod!

