Inception (2010 Christopher Nolan & scr)

Funnily enough it begins right where our last film left off - on the beach. Nolan's inventive film inhabits the same territory as Gondry's Eternal Sunshine - but lacks that film's heart and invention despite some amazing moments, of which the fight in the corridor is the standout - though it's territory Cocteau presented years earlier (very slow fall of van into river also great). The battle in the snow feels like it's wandered in from OHMSS and could have easily been dumped, contributing to a shorter run time than its 148 minutes.

Won Oscars for Wally Pfister's photography (sorry, still not as good as August's for Portrait of Jennie), sound mixing and editing and special effects. Cast includes Leonardo di Caprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy, Michael Caine (fleetingly), Ken Watanabe, Dileep Rao and Cillian Murphy.

Not nearly as complicated as made out, film has really quite a weak premise and kept making me think of Fantastic Voyage (only the gang are voyaging through dreams, not the human body) and Mission Impossible. Also lacks a sense of humour.