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The prestige
Cast: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, David Bowie, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo
Director: Christopher Nolan

A tale of two Victorian-era magicians who spark an influential opposition that builds into an increasing battle of tricks and a voracious eagerness to uncover the other's trade secrets. Dueling magicians (Jackman, Bale) steal secrets from each other, injure illusions, casing each other for crimes and unintentionally cause tragedy to go down in an ongoing feud that makes their lives depressed for years. Makes the Paris Hilton–Nicole Richie thing look like the puny, dum-dum feeling of resentment match it actually is. Or was, rather.

Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) were once friends as trainee magicians in the late 1800s, but that all ruined when a hazardous shift on Alfred's part led to the loss of Robert's then wife (Piper Perabo). They have since gone their disconnect ways, but they're by no means far from each other's minds. Following Alfred’s mind-bending "Transported Man" act, Robert’s longing of one-upping his opponent turns into a fascination. Robert sends his supporter/lover (Scarlett Johansson) over to Alfred's camp to depiction his secret, while he himself travels to meet discoverer Nikola Tesla (David Bowie), whom he commissions to build the same machine that, he believes, is being used by Borden in his act.

Jackman and Bale are both enormously brilliant. Of the two, Bale fares improved with a more coated performance, but there is often fascinating chemistry between both. Caine, reappearing next to his Batman Begins costar Bale is perceptibly game for a motion picture about magic in 19th century London, and--surprise, surprise--acts accordingly. In a supporting role, Johansson, perpetuating her own magic ploy of only appearing to be cinematically ever-present, finally nails that overseas accent she’s been honing for a while now.