Syncopy Archives

Batman Begins (2005)

Rating: ★★★★

Jun 15, 2005Comic-Book Superhero

After Joel Schumacher killed off the cinematic Batman franchise, Christopher Nolan successfully revives it, bringing back the dark, psychologically brooding superhero and telling a Batman origin story

Director: Christopher Nolan

Actors: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, …

Category: Fantasy

15 June 200527 February 2026 by Roog

The Prestige (2006)

Rating: ★★★★

Nov 30, 2006Rival Victorian Stage Magicians

Christopher Nolan directs a beautiful period piece with Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman as rival Victorian stage magicians. The film is an elegantly crafted Hall of Mirrors and illusions, capped by sterling performances from all involved

Director: Christopher Nolan

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, …

Category: Science Fiction

30 November 20065 December 2020 by Roog

The Dark Knight (2008)

Rating: ★★★★★

Jul 18, 2008Comic-Book Superhero

Christopher Nolan brought the cinematic Batman franchise back to life with Batman Begins and here expands it into something amazing. The show is capped off by Heath Leder's towering Academy Award winning performance as The Joker

Director: Christopher Nolan

Actors: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, …

Category: Fantasy

18 July 200827 February 2026 by Roog

Inception (2010)

Rating: ★★★★★

Sep 23, 2010Dream Espionage

Christopher Nolan's The Matrix. Concerning an action theme that invade people's dreams, this is a bold, brilliantly original SF film driven by ideas - a film that succeeds beautifully on all levels

Director: Christopher Nolan

Actors: Leonard DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page/Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, …

Category: Science Fiction

23 September 201017 April 2026 by Roog

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Rating: ★★★★

Jul 19, 2012Comic-Book Superhero

The Dark Knight is a hard act to follow and Christopher Nolan almost does but not quite. The story keeps Batman off-screen for half the film. Tom Hardy's Bane dominates the show, while Catwoman is surprisingly subdued

Director: Christopher Nolan

Actors: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, …

Category: Fantasy

19 July 201227 February 2026 by Roog

Man of Steel (2013)

Rating: ★★

Jun 14, 2013Comic-Book Superhero

Zack Snyder's reboot of Superman leaves you irritated in the first half of the film at its throwing chunks of comic-book canon out the window and the second half bored with the mass destruction orgy that drags on

Director: Zack Snyder

Actors: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 June 20136 August 2026 by Roog

Interstellar (2014)

Rating: ★★★★½

Nov 8, 2014Space Expedition

This could be Christopher Nolan's 2001: A Space Odyssey. But where Kubrick was cold and oblique, this is a 2001 with a heart. A pleasure to see a film rooted in credible science and dealing with high concept SF

Director: Christopher Nolan

Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Matt Damon, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 November 201422 April 2026 by Roog

Tenet (2020)

Rating: ★★★★

Dec 5, 2020Time Travel Action/Temporal Weaponry

After delays, Christopher Nolan’s unique time travel film is with us, a dense challenging work that plays like an intellectual version of a James Bond film

Director: Christopher Nolan

Actors: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Kenneth Branagh, Elizabeth Debicki, …

Category: Science Fiction

5 December 20205 May 2024 by Roog