******3,000 YEAR-OLD TROJAN HORSE-SIZED SPOILERS!****** On the surface, writer/producer/director Christopher Nolan (“Interstellar,” “Oppenheimer”) is a cross between Ridley Scott (“ALIEN,” “Blade Runner”) and David Lean (“Lawrence of Arabia,” “Doctor Zhivago”); sharing their love of grand spectacle and pioneering visual effects, with a knack for attracting all-star casts who earn their paychecks. With his career marked…
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“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” (2024) roars and rampages, and gets bloody satisfaction…
*****HIGH-OCTANE SPOILERS!***** The “Mad Max” films have long been an uneven mix, with George Miller’s 1979 original being a late-but-imaginative entry into 1970s high-octane exploitation films (his nihilistic answer to “Two Lane Blacktop” or “Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry”). Beginning with 1981’s “Mad Max 2” aka “The Road Warrior” (as we knew it in the States),…