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1983 Director: David Cronenberg Cast: James Woods, Debbie Harry, Peter Dvorsky, Jack Creley, Sonja Smits, Leslie Carlson, Julie Khaner Words: Adam Janicki. Throughout the 1980s David Cronenberg had one of the best directorial runs in science-fiction horror cinema. Videodrome (1983), the second of these… Continue Reading “Videodrome”
Category: Cult Corner, horror, In Retrospect, Reel SteelTags: 1983, 2023, 40th, 80s, anniversary, Baker, body-horror, cinema, Cronenberg, David, Debbie, Deborah, feature, film, Harry, Homepage, horror, movie, retrospect, retrospective, review, Rick, sci-fi, technology, Videodrome
Posted on September 10, 2022
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2022 Director: David Cronenberg Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Nadia Litz, Tanaya Beatty, Lihi Kornowski, Welket Bungué Words: C. Abbott – “Surgery is the new sex.” A line that feels quintessentially David Cronenberg. It punctuates the very heart of his… Continue Reading “Crimes of the Future”
Category: horror, Reel Steel, sci-fiTags: body, cinema, Crimes, Cronenberg, David, feature, film, Future, horror, Howard, Kristen, Lea, Mortensen, movie, of, review, sci-fi, Seydoux, Shore, Stewart, The, Viggo
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
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, 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 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 November 15, 2019
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2019 Directors: Chris Bavota, Lee Paula Springer Starring: Jillian Harris, Heston Horwin, Matt Keyes Words – Nathan Scatcherd A sci-fi gallows comedy dealing with family trauma and co-dependence – with a Cronenbergian twist – Dead Dicks is a sharp and moving feature. When down-on-her-luck… Continue Reading “Dead Dicks”
Category: horror, Reel SteelTags: 2019, cinema, comedy, Dead, Dicks, feature, festival, film, horror, international, movie, review, sci-fi
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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