Catholic Film Reviews

 The Dark Knight (2008)
directed by Christopher Nolan
reviewed by John Murphy
“The night is always darkest just before the dawn,” says Harvey Dent, District Attorney of that embattered metropolis, Gotham City. The dawn seems distant yet. Only a faint sliver of light lines the horizon in The Dark Knight; a bruising, brooding masterpiece that remaps the landscape [...]

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The Prestige is a smart and stylish mind game. Directed by Christopher Nolan, best known for the ingenious narrative gambit of Memento (the story’s told backwards) and for the psychological complexity he brought to the Batman franchise with the Bale-starring Batman Begins, the Prestige is an enjoyable brain-bender/puzzle movie – smarter than your average popcorn flick, [...]

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