Director Ridley Scott has a lot on his plate at the moment. He’s currently out and about doing press rounds to promote The Martian, starring Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on… Mars, which was very well received following its screening at the Toronto International Film Festival; and it’s a timely return to form for the legendary director because he’s also …
According to The Guardian, who references a “supposed” interview with FilmFutter, director Ridley Scott spoke about connecting the Prometheus saga with his original 1979 classic sci-fi horror Alien. (I myself do not read German and so can’t speak to the credibility of this article). Prometheus of course started life as an Alien prequel, then Scott claimed that it had evolved into …
Prometheus. A silly prequel with some superb technical work done to make it such an odd film. There’s no denying that Prometheus dropped the ball in quite a few departments, but when it came to world-building, the film was actually damn good at that. So good in fact, that I’d like to see a sequel, which would be a second …
Once upon a time, Ridley Scott was one of the best and most beloved filmmakers in Hollywood. The Blade Runner and Alien director has seen a huge slump in later years though, from the bland Robin Hood to the much derided The Counsellor to the divisive Exodus: Gods and Kings and of course the movie that launched a thousand “just …
So far this year we’ve been treated to one of the best science fiction movies ever in the form of Ex Machina, a thought provoking movie that explores identity and the human condition. Superbly acted, brilliantly paced and with enough twists and turns to leave even the hardest roller-coaster veteran green to the stomach. I think only one of those elements is really going …
Back in June, the first trailer for director Ridley Scott’s The Martian popped up, delivering a rather solid and condensed punch of info detailing that Matt Damon would need to science the sh** out of Mars in order to survive being stranded on that planet. But that trailer was missing something. And that something, was Jimi Hendrix. Here’s the latest …
The acclaimed literary works of science-fiction visionary Phillip K. Dick has been inspiring Hollywood for decades. Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Paycheck, A Scanner Darkly, Next, The Adjustment Bureau and more have all come from stories he penned. Due to Dick’s layered storytelling and big ideas though, several of his works have often been thought of as unfilmable and …
Space! The final frontier! Unless you’re director Ridley Scott that is. I’ll be the first person to admit that the end result of his last cosmic flick, Prometheus, was pretty much a cluster-fudge of incredibly stupid moments in sci-fi. That being said however, Scott still directed a film that looked beautifully stupid. Technically, it was a fantastic piece of cinema. …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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