Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

Um, A Bunch of PlacesA train. Mombasa. A warehouse. A plane. A bunch of insane dreams. Listing off the settings in Inception is as hard as listing the movies that Meryl Streep has been Oscar-nomina...

Layers, like an Ogre Have you ever stopped for a minute and asked yourself how sleep can be "deep"? It may just be an analogous way of thinking about sleep, but Nolan seems to take it pretty litera...

Action, Science Fiction, HeistActionIt's kinda hard to miss all the action going on. Every single level, from reality to Limbo, has shooting involved, and sometimes lots of it. There's also lots of...

Inception isn't just a name of a movie; it's a word. According to good ol' Merriam Webster it means, "an act, process, or instance of beginning."Sounds simple enough, but what does it mean in conte...

Top Us OffLet's be real; while there are a lot of deep, interesting things going on in the movie, what people care most about is the ending. That ending.It's pretty apt that the movie concerned wit...

PG-13Inception is a tricky movie when it comes to violence. A lot of people are killed: Cobb and Eames are basically running around shooting them like fish in a barrel. The thing is, though, they'r...