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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, horror, John, June, Kurt, Mead, movie, retrospective, review, Ridley, Rob, Runner, Russell, Rutger, sci-fi, Scott, Syd, The, Thing, Trumbull, Vangelis, years
2011 Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks, Albert Brooks, Ron Pearlman Words: J. Senior It seems surreal to be talking about Drive, now over a decade on from its original release, as it still feels… Continue Reading “Drive”
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Posted on November 2, 2020
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1980 Director(s): Robert Houston, Kenji Misumi Starring: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Kayo Matsuo, Tokio Oki Words – Nathan Scatcherd. The kind of bloody, balletic Samurai film you rarely see made anymore, Shogun Assassin stands as perhaps one of the finest examples of the Jidaigeki… Continue Reading “Shogun Assassin (1980)”
Category: Cult Corner, In Retrospect, Japan, Reel Steel, World CinemaTags: 1980, 2020, 40th, Akihiro Tomikawa, and, anniversary, Assassin, cinema, classic, Criterion, Cub, cult, feature, film, Japan, Japanese, Kenji Misumi, Lone, movie, release, retrospect, retrospective, review, Robert Houston, Samurai, Shogun, Shogun Assassin, Toho, Tomisaburo Wakayama, VIPCO, Wolf
Posted on January 15, 2020
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1980 Director: Sean S. Cunningham Starring: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, Kevin Bacon, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nelson Words – Oliver Innocent Comprising of eight films between 1980 and 1989 (and a further four entries in the decades that followed),… Continue Reading “Friday The 13th (1980)”
Category: horror, In Retrospect, Reel SteelTags: 13th, 1980, 2020, 40th, anniversary, Bacon, Camp, cinema, classic, Crystal, Cunningham, feature, film, franchise, Friday, horror, Jason, Kevin, Lake, movie, review, Sean, The, Voorhees
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
Posted on January 10, 2018
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1988 – Japan Director – Hayao Miyazaki Words – Christian Abbott Some have called this the gateway film into the works of Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, even Japanese animation itself, and it isn’t hard to see why. This is a film about, and a… Continue Reading “My Neighbour Totoro”
Category: animation, In Retrospect, Japan, Reel Steel, World CinemaTags: 1988, 2018, animated, animation, anime, anniversary, cinema, event, feature, film, Ghibli, Hayao, Japan, Japanese, Miyazaki, movie, My, Neighbour, Studio, Totoro
Posted on November 1, 2017
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At Reel Steel we want to make sure you’re getting the most of your cinematic enthusiasm, so each month we put together our short list of some of the best new releases, from popcorn munching explosion fests to the often weird and wonderful. Take… Continue Reading “Must See Movies: November”
Category: Must See MoviesTags: Alien, anniversary, Batman, Beach, cinema, comics, DC, film, Florida, Justice, League, movie, Predator, Project, Rats, review, Sheffield, The, UK, Woman, Wonder
Posted on October 26, 2017
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1987 Director: John McTiernan Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Richard Chaves, Sonny Landham, Shane Black, Jesse Ventura, Kevin Peter Hall Words – Nathan Scatcherd “If it bleeds, we can kill it.” “I ain’t got time to bleed.” “GET TO THE… Continue Reading “Predator”
Category: In Retrospect, Reel Steel, sci-fiTags: 1987, 2018, action, Alien, anniversary, Arnold, Black, cinema, classic, cult, film, movie, Predator, review, Schwarzenegger, sci-fi, Shane, The
Posted on August 13, 2017
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1982 & 1986 Director: John Carpenter Starring: Kurt Russell Words: Oliver Innocent A veritable titan of horror, John Carpenter is perhaps the most revered of the filmmakers to emerge during that golden period of genre-defining horror films in the 1970s. Carpenter’s films are amongst… Continue Reading “The Thing and Big Trouble In Little China”
Category: Cult Corner, horror, In Retrospect, Reel Steel, sci-fiTags: action, Alien, anniversary, Big, Carpenter, China, cinema, classic, cult, Ennio, film, horror, iconic, in, John, Kurt, Little, Morricone, movie, Russell, soundtrack, The, Thing, Trouble
At Reel Steel we want to make sure you’re getting the most of your cinematic enthusiasm, so each month we put together our short list of some of the best new releases, from popcorn munching explosion fests to the often weird and wonderful. Take… Continue Reading “Must See Movies: August”
Category: Must See MoviesTags: A, anniversary, Atomic, Big, Blonde, Boyega, Carpenter, Charlize, China, cinema, cult, Detroit, film, Ghost, in, John, Kurt, Little, Mara, movie, Oscar, review, Rooney, Russell, Sheffield, Special, Story, The, Theron, Thing, Trouble
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