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Remembering Ridley Scott’s BLADE RUNNER

A time of replicants, spinners and off-world colonies Ridley Scott‘s Blade Runner takes place in 2019. While the reality of Scott’s film hasn’t come true, we do have enough elements in our present to show that things have changed and the [...]

September 10, 2021

Notebook Reviews: BLADE RUNNER

Ridley Scott – 1981 Ridley Scott‘s Blade Runner is a visually superb piece of science fiction. It looks stunning, but there’s an emotional void at the film’s core – something which might come from Philip K. [...]

April 2, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling & Denis Villeneuve On The Set Of BLADE RUNNER 2049

Director Denis Villeneuve made a valiant attempt at following-up Ridley Scott’s iconic Blade Runner with 2017’s Blade Runner 2049. Ryan Gosling is K, a Blade Runner whose investigation leads him to Harrison Ford’s in-exile Deckard. The [...]

November 8, 2020

2020 BFI London Film Festival Review: POSSESSOR

Written and directed by Brandon Cronenberg, Possessor is a tricksy and complex thriller which takes a potentially commercial concept and gives it an arthouse spin. At times it’s a little too convoluted for its own good, but this sci-fi [...]

October 18, 2020

Trailer For Short Sci-Fi Drama/Thriller COGNITION Starring Andrew Scott & Jeremy Irvine

Produced and directed by Ravi Ajit Chopra, Cognition is a short dystopian sci-fi drama/thriller about a son confronting his past trauma. Starring Andrew Scott and Jeremy Irvine, Cognition was filmed on location at the Battersea Power Station [...]

September 24, 2020

Celebrate 30 Years Of Paul Verhoeven’s TOTAL RECALL With A New 4K Restoration

Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall is a gloriously pulp adaptation of the Philp K. Dick tale, We Can Remember It For You Wholesale. The 1990 film features Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime and some glorious special effects and a brilliant Jerry [...]

September 4, 2020

Notebook Reviews: TOTAL RECALL

Paul Verhoeven – 1990 Total Recall is a first rate science fiction action movie from Dutch director Paul Verhoeven. Sure, some of the effects might be a little dated in the CGI era, but they were great for their time and they still hold-up. [...]

August 27, 2020

Will We Dream Of Electric Sheep? 2019: The Year Of BLADE RUNNER

Here we are in 2019 – year of Blade Runner. A time of replicants, spinners and off-world colonies. While the whole reality of Ridley Scott’s dystopian sci-fi hasn’t come true, we do have enough elements in our present to show that [...]

January 1, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Nicolas Cage Dials It Back And Goes On The Run In THE HUMANITY BUREAU

Everyone’s favourite gonzo actor, Nicolas Cage takes us into a dystopian futuristic wasteland in sci-fi thriller, The Humanity Bureau. Sidestepping a theatrical release, this Philip K. Dick style thriller sees Cage play a bureaucrat who goes on [...]

June 18, 2018

Review: BLADE RUNNER 2049 Is A Disappointing Delayed Dystopian Sequel

Heavy Spoilers Below Any follow-up to Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner was going to be an uphill struggle, nonetheless the signs looked good when Scott returned to godfather the production as Executive Producer, while original screenwriter Hampton [...]

October 7, 2017