Posts Tagged ‘Ridley Scott’
Film Review – Sputnik
On the surface, Sputnik (2020) has similarities with other science fiction films involving humans coming into contact with non-Earth beings. Hailing out of Russia, its approach will call to mind Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) or maybe Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival (2016). What the writing (Oleg Malovichko,…
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Film Review – Pokémon Detective Pikachu
I’ll admit to you now, dear reader, that the world of Pokémon is a world that means very little to me. Oh sure, I was well aware of the games, tv shows, and animated movies growing up, but I never attached myself to the property…
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Film Review – All the Money in the World
The grandson of the world’s wealthiest industrialist and oil tycoon is kidnapped. Instead of paying the ransom though, the tycoon hires his best business negotiator to barter with the kidnappers into lowering the ransom. It’s a good setup and with the zeitgeist hovering around the…
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Film Review – Blade Runner 2049
An eye opens and a world is reflected. A wide landscape filled with white towers, surrounded by an expanse of agriculture. From its opening frames, Blade Runner 2049 is making statements that it is both beholden to its predecessor and going to be something of…
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An Appreciation – Blade Runner: The Final Cut
My admiration for Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982) did not come immediately. It came about slowly, in bits and pieces, over a long stretch of time. When I first saw it, I knew that it was important, but also felt there was something holding me…
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An Appreciation – Blade Runner
An Introduction to Dreaming About Sheep I was 11 years old when I saw a trailer for Blade Runner. Sitting in the living of our family home, watching something on the now defunct Seattle TV station, KSTW channel 11, when the trailer came on during…
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Film Review – Alien: Covenant
To watch Alien: Covenant, you might want to prepare by watching a couple of videos released prior to opening day: Meet Walter and the prologue. Both will enlighten the experience of watching the film and may fill in some gaps. As far as the prologue…
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Film Review – Life
In director Daniel Espinosa’s latest movie Life, a crew of astronauts aboard the International Space Station must struggle to save their own against an invader from Mars. The scenario is by no means unique, new, or something you haven’t otherwise already seen, unless you don’t…
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