Movie Notes: Inception
Synopsis
Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) extracts secrets from unknowing individuals by invading their dreams.
Movie Notes: Revolutionary Road
Synopsis
Set in 1955, Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April Wheeler (Kate Winslet) tire of their safe, suburban life in Connecticut and plan a move to Paris.
Movie Notes: The Aviator
Synopsis
Biopic of Howard Hughes, the reclusive airline tycoon, who moves from early failure to success while morphing into an obsessive-compulsive, paranoid recluse.
Movie Notes: The Departed
In this crime drama (based on Hong Kong movie Internal Affairs) Boston cop Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) wants to take out Irish mob boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a former cop who has been taken under Costello’s wing. But both Billy and Colin are moles working for the other side, and a solid thriller emerges as pieces are bumped off the chess board at an increasing pace.
Movie Notes: Blood Diamond
Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a cynical diamond smuggler who meets photojournalist Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly). They get involved with Sierra Leone native Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) whose family has been torn apart by rebels. The diamonds are sold to fund the violence — the specific conflict is the Sierra Leone civil war of 1999.