Christopher Nolan Director's Collection (Blu-ray)

Nine-disc set includes: Memento (2000)In Christopher Nolan's tricky, time-jumping thriller, an insurance investigator by the name of Leonard (Guy Pearce) tries to find his wife's killer, but is hampered because an injury he suffered in the attack left him with anterograde amnesia and without short-term memory. Using photos, notes, and clues tattooed onto his body, Leonard frantically tries to identify the murderer, and, at the same time, figure out what part a self-professed close friend (Joe Pantoliano) and a barmaid (Carrie-Anne Moss) play in the mystery. 113 min. BW&C/Rtg: RBatman Begins (2005)Christopher Nolan's reinvention of the Batman saga follows Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale), enraged by parents' murder, to Tibet, where he trains with a ninja clan led by the mysterious Ra's Al Ghul. Returning to Gotham, Wayne takes on the mantle of the Dark Knight and, with the help of stalwart butler Alfred (Michael Caine) and honest cop Sgt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), wages war on the city's lot of criminals. With Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Morgan Freeman, and Cillian Murphy. 140 min. C/Rtg: PG-13The Prestige (2006)The increasingly bitter rivalry between two early-20th-century stage magicians (Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman), an obsession fueled by a tragedy in the men's shared past, leads to a deadly quest for success... and vengeance. Nothing is as it seems in "Memento" director Christopher Nolan's dazzlingly suspenseful, time-twisting drama. Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, and David Bowie as scientist Nikolas Tesla also star. 130 min. C/Rtg: PG-13The Dark Knight (2008)With Gotham City held in the grip of organized crime, Batman (Christian Bale), Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), and D.A. Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) vow to clean up the streets. But their plan doesn't allow for the Joker (Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winner Heath Ledger), a psychotic, clown-faced criminal whose unbridled chaos results in Dent's transformation into the disfigured, dual-minded Two-Face. Christopher Nolan's blockbuster follow-up also stars Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman. 153 min. C/Rtg: PG-13Inception (2010)Director Christopher Nolan's mindbending sci-fi thriller stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a corporate spy whose ability to gain information from peoples' subconscious by infiltrating their dreams has made him a fugitive from the law. But he gets a chance to wipe his criminal record clean when he's hired by a wealthy businessman to sabotage a rival's company by implanting an idea instead of stealing one, an act believed to be impossible. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, and Michael Caine also star. 148 min. C/Rtg: PG-13The Dark Knight Rises (2012)Eight years after Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) hung up his cape and cowl, Gotham City's crime rate is at an all-time low. That is, until a powerful terrorist leader called Bane (Tom Hardy) arrives to hold the entire city hostage. Now, it's up to Batman, Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman), young cop John Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and the sleek and sexy Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) to bring Bane down. Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman also star in the final chapter in Christopher Nolan's successful saga. 165 min. C/Rtg: PG-13