The Prestige (2006)
2006 Christopher Nolan period thriller with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as rival Victorian magicians destroying each other.
This page collects the films featuring Christian Bale reviewed at Master of Worlds: “The Dark Knight (2008)”, “The Prestige (2006)”, and “Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)”. Each review examines the performance and the role it plays in the film’s larger design, approaching the work as storytelling first. The collection grows as further titles are added.
2006 Christopher Nolan period thriller with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as rival Victorian magicians destroying each other.
Nolan’s 2008 Batman sequel. Bale, Ledger, Eckhart. Ledger’s posthumous Oscar. The film that proved comic book films could be major cinema.
The completion of Thor’s degradation from Shakespearean prince to comedic buffoon. Mjolnir transfers to Jane Foster, Christian Bale’s Gorr wasted. At -100.