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Film Review: Following ‘The Dark Knight,’ Nolan’s ‘Inception’ is a Mind-Stupefying Masterpiece
Chicago – After thinking it’d take “a couple months” to ink, director Christopher Nolan (of “The Dark Knight” fame) took eight years to painstakingly write the “Inception” script. And you can tell. It’s his first pure masterpiece.

Rating: 5.0/5.0

The curiously cast film stars the I’m-trying-to-be-badass Brody as he attempts to fill the more authentic shoes of Arnold Schwarzenegger from 1987’s “Predator”. “Inception” is a rare summer blockbuster that lives up to the hype and bucks the typical formula. Like “The Usual Suspects,” you can’t miss a second or you’ll fall behind.

Still, considering the hype for his “The Dark Knight” in 2008 (which arguably featured the most aggressive and successful viral networking campaign of all time), “Inception” went beneath the hype radar as compared to that monolithic blockbuster.

Read Adam Fendelman’s full review of “Inception”.

Almost exactly two years after “The Dark Knight” hit theaters and obliterated box-office records,...
See full article at HollywoodChicago.com
  • 7/15/2010
  • by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
  • HollywoodChicago.com
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Chicago Passes to VIP ‘Inception’ Screening With Dinner, Drinks
Chicago – Exclusive! In our latest VIP edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 admit-one passes up for grabs for our own movie theater screening of “Inception,” which is one of the most-anticipated films of 2010 from the director of “The Dark Knight”! Even more, these VIP passes even come with a free dinner at the theater and free drinks, too!

“Inception” from writer and director Christopher Nolan stars a star-studded cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, Michael Caine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy, Magnus Nolan, Claire Geare, Tai-Li Lee, Lukas Haas, Pete Postlethwaite and Dileep Rao.

This screening is on Monday, July 12 in the west suburbs of Chicago. From 6 to 7 p.m., winners will be treated to a reception with complimentary cocktails and passed appetizers. At 7 p.m., local winners will be the first to see “Inception” and will be treated to complimentary in-theater shared dinner plates,...
See full article at HollywoodChicago.com
  • 7/7/2010
  • by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
  • HollywoodChicago.com
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