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Christopher Nolan doesn't make bad films. That's precisely what makes The Odyssey so disappointing — it isn't a failure of ambition, it's a failure of restraint. I say this as someone who considers Inception the high-water mark of modern blockbuster filmmaking — a film that earned its complexity, its practical effects, its refusal to hold the audience's hand. The Odyssey wants that same credit, but it's chasing the signature rather than the substance. Somewhere between Inters

There's a particular kind of magic that happens when a restaurant decides to stop showing you the menu and start showing you what it can actually do. That's what happened at Nobu Singapore, on a night that was meant to celebrate my brother-in-law Seb's birthday and ended up becoming one of the more memorable meals of my year. The plan going in was simple enough — book Nobu, order well, make it a proper celebration. What we didn't plan for was a quiet word with a chef I've com