Source As build up towards the release of Christopher Nolan’s 10th full feature increased, there were a lot of lists flying around the twitterverse - In what order of preference do you put Nolan’s films? It’s an extremely difficult question to answer. Nolan’s a director whose films can reach out to a very wide audience. If you’re after spectacle and story then you tend to have both in abundance, but if you’re keen to delve deeper and be challenged, then Nolan’s happy to give the brain a workout too. He’s right up there for me, and I think I have always appreciated his love of film and respect of the craft. He will use practical effects over CGI wherever possible (go and find a clip of Joseph Gordon-Levitt jumping round that spinning Inception corridor now), and hates 3D, believing instead in the traditional and more immersive (in my opinion) experience of projecting a film on the biggest screen possible. Due to the additional cost, we only tend to pay up for an IMAX screening
Source As with much of my education, I have The Simpsons to thanks for introducing me to Planet of the Apes (see also, The Shining, Rear Window, 2001: a Space Odyssey, and The Fugitive). In the episode ‘A Fish Called Selma’, Troy McClure attempts to resurrect his acting career by marrying Selma Boucier and starring in ‘Stop the Planet of the Apes. I Want to Get Off!’, singing his way through a stage musical interpretation of the sci-fi classic. From ‘Dr. Zaius’ to ‘You Finally Made a Monkey Out of Me’ via break-dancing apes, it’s absolute genius. And now that will be stuck in my head for the rest of the day. It’s a brilliant spoof, but did mean that I wasn’t all that shocked when it came to the twist at the end of the 1968 film itself. It’s a twist that so many people are aware of (not least because its plastered across the front of the DVD case!) that its easy to forget just how brilliant and shocking it must have been upon release. That Charlton Heston had actually b