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1982 Directors: Ridley Scott, John Carpenter Words: Oliver Innocent. . 1982 was a milestone year for American popular cinema, with a slew of future classics dominating the box office. Steven Spielberg was the undisputed king with his family-friendly E.T. the Extra Terrestrial achieving the… Continue Reading “Blade Runner & The Thing; one day in 1982.”
Category: In Retrospect, Reel Steel, sci-fiTags: 1982, 2022, 25th, 40, 40th, anniversary, Blade, Bottin, Carpenter, cinema, Douglas, feature, film, Ford, genre, Harrison, Hauer, Homepage, horror, John, June, Kurt, Mead, movie, retrospective, review, Ridley, Rob, Runner, Russell, Rutger, sci-fi, Scott, Syd, The, Thing, Trumbull, Vangelis, years
Posted on October 24, 2021
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2021 Director: Denis Villeneuve Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Stellan Skarsgård, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling Words – C.J. Abbott When it was first announced Denis Villeneuve would tackle Dune, expectations were immediately at cosmic levels.… Continue Reading “Dune”
Category: Reel Steel, sci-fiTags: 1965, 2021, Adaptation, Arrakis, Bardem, Bautista, Brolin, Chalamet, cinema, Dave, Denis, Dune, feature, Ferguson, fiction, film, Frank, Herbert, Homepage, Isaac, Jason, Javier, Josh, Mamoa, movie, novel, Oscar, Rebecca, review, sci-fi, science, Skarsgard, Stellan, Timothee, Villeneuve, Zendaya
Posted on October 18, 2020
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2020 Director: Brandon Cronenberg Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean Words – Nathan Scatcherd Considering his lineage, it’s no surprise that Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor adheres to certain adjectives: nightmarish; gruesome; visceral and yet strangely delicate, its explosions of… Continue Reading “Possessor”
Category: horror, Reel Steel, sci-fiTags: 2020, Abbott, Andrea, Bean, Brandon, Christopher, cinema, Cronenberg, feature, film, genre, horror, Jason, Jennifer, Leigh, Middleton, movie, POSSESSOR, review, Riseborough, sci-fi, Sean, Tuppence
Posted on August 28, 2020
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2020 Director: Christopher Nolan Starring: John David Washington, Elizabeth Debicki, Robert Pattinson, Kenneth Branagh, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Caine, Clémence Poésy, Fiona Dourif, Himesh Patel Words – Daniel McMonagle 2020 has been one of the cruellest years for cinema on record. Unlike many films rescheduled,… Continue Reading “TENET (spoiler-free review)”
Category: Reel Steel, sci-fiTags: 2020, Branagh, Caine, Christopher, cinema, David, Debicki, Elizabeth, feature, film, Himesh, John, Kenneth, Michael, movie, Nolan, Patel, Pattinson, release, reverse, review, Robert, sci-fi, spoiler-free, TENET, Time, Washington
Posted on February 3, 2020
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1954 Director: Ishiro Honda Starring: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Fuyuki Murakami, Sachio Sakai Words – Rebecca Kirby. It took fifty years for the original, uncut version of Ishiro Honda’s “Godzilla” (or Gojira) to receive an official release for western audiences.… Continue Reading “Godzilla (1954)”
Category: In Retrospect, Japan, Reel Steel, sci-fi, World CinemaTags: 1954, Akira, Atomic, cinema, creature, feature, film, Godzilla, Gojira, Honda, Ishiro, Japan, Japanese, kaiju, monster, movie, nuclear, retrospective, review, symbolism, Tokyo
Posted on January 15, 2020
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1987 Director: Paul Verhoeven Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Ronny Cox, Daniel O’Herlihy Words – Nathan Scatcherd In today’s increasingly terrifying, existentially crippling, corporate-controlled, bought and sold disaster of a world, Paul Verhoeven’s viscera-splattered satirical masterpiece feels like it could… Continue Reading “Robocop (1987)”
Category: In Retrospect, Reel Steel, sci-fiTags: 1987, action, cinema, classic, feature, film, movie, OCP, Paul, Peter, review, Robocop, sci-fi, thriller, Verhoeven, Weller
Posted on December 21, 2019
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2019 Director: J.J. Abrams Starring: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Kelly Marie Tran, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Greg Grunberg, Shirley Henderson, Billie Lourd, Dominic Monaghan, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams,… Continue Reading “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (spoiler-free review)”
Category: Reel Steel, sci-fiTags: 9, Adam, Anthony, Billy, Boyega, Carrie, cinema, Daisy, Daniels, Dee, Disney, Driver, episode, feature, film, Fisher, Force, Free, George, Hamill, Ian, Isaac, IX, J.J. Abrams, Jedi, John, Kylo, Lucas, Mark, McDiarmid, movie, of, Oscar, Ren, review, Rey, Reylo, Ridley, Rise, saga, Skywalker, spoiler, spoiler-free, Star, The, Trilogy, Wars, Williams
Posted on October 26, 2019
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Director: Richard Stanley Starring: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Q’orianka Kilcher, Tommy Chong, Madeleine Arthur, Julian Hilliard, Brendan Meyer Words – Carly Stevenson Adapted from the H.P. Lovecraft short story by cult director Richard Stanley, Color Out of Space is a stunning spectacle of cosmic… Continue Reading “Color Out of Space”
Category: horror, Reel Steel, sci-fiTags: 2019, 2020, Adaptation, book, Cage, cinema, Color, Colour, cult, feature, February, film, H.P., horror, HP, January, Lovecraft, Mandy, movie, Nic, Nicolas, novel, of, Out, rage, release, review, Richard, Space, Stanley, Story, UK
Posted on August 25, 2019
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1982 Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah Words – Nathan Scatcherd Unquestionably one of the greatest and most influential sci-fi films of all time, Blade Runner takes on a whole new dimension this year, specifically… Continue Reading “Blade Runner”
Category: In Retrospect, Reel Steel, sci-fiTags: 1982, 2007, 2019, Androids, Blade, cinema, classic, cult, Cut, Daryl, Deckard, Dick, Do, Dream, Electric, feature, fiction, film, final, Ford, Hannah, Harrison, Hauer, K, movie, music, November, of, Phillip, replicant, review, Ridley, Runner, Rutger, sci-fi, science, score, Scott, Sean, Sheep, soundtrack, The, Vangelis, version, young
1979 Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, Harry Dean Stanton, Bolaji Badejo Words: Nathan Scatcherd Living as we do in the year 2019, it’s difficult to imagine the sheer force Alien must have had… Continue Reading “Alien: 40th Anniversary”
Category: horror, In Retrospect, Reel Steel, sci-fiTags: 1979, 2019, 40, 40th, 4k, Alien, anniversary, cinema, classic, creature, Dean, Ellen, feature, fi, fiction, film, forty, franchise, Giger, Harry, horror, HR, Hurt, John, movie, Nostromo, original, release, restoration, retrospect, retrospective, review, Ridley, Ripley, sci, sci-fi, science, Scott, Sigourney, Space, Stanton, Weaver, years
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