For decades, the major debate raging around Ridley Scott’s classic sci-fi opus, Blade Runner, was whether or not Harrison Ford’s Deckard was actually one of the replicants he was supposed to be wrangling (Scott said “yes”, Ford said “hell no!”). Then the Blade Runner sequel got announced, and all of sudden it was “who cares if Deckard is a human toaster …
I write a bunch of these news stories a day, so I always have to keep the creative juices flowing. Now this is sometimes no easy task, I’ll have you know, which is why I’m so grateful when a movie like The Counselor comes along. You see, to get you to check out this new trailer – which comes packed …
While the name of Ridley Scott may have been all that was necessary for me to put up with an army of noisy popcorn munchers a decade ago, the truth is that the famed director has lost a lot of his street cred due to a series of just okay-ish films. That being said, he would have to put in …
So what’s next for director Ridley Scott? Prometheus may have had the logic of a tinfoil microwave burrito, but it was still a movie that was damn-well made, while tripping other genres with Gladiator and Robin Hood. Seems that for once, his next movie is going to be set in the present. And it’s got one hell of a cast …
There’s been a lot said about Prometheus around here – a lot – and most of what was said by me was that while I found director Ridley Scott’s long awaited 2012 return to sci-fi to be an uneven film with the dumbest smart people you’ll ever see, I had hopes for redemption from the planned sequel. A sequel that then seemed to …
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Despite enjoying quite a bit of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, there were a couple of scripting brainfarts that really marred what could have been a great movie for me. Noelle though, was of the opinion that the entire movie was a gigantic cloud of celluloid flatulence, and for that, and people who shared her opinions, the internet was damn near broken …
Just earlier today we reported about how Warner Bros is urgently looking to get Academy winning director Ang Lee behind the camera on their gritty Moses biopic, Gods and Kings, after original director Steven Spielberg LET HIS PEOPLE (and directing deal) GO! The reason for their urgency was the development of a competing Moses biopic from director Ridley Scott titled Exodus. …
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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