Tag: Blade Runner 2049
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‘Command Z’ Review: Steven Soderbergh Travels Back In Time To Amuse With 2023 Cultural Satire About Our Impending Doom
Just as the global pandemic seemed to profoundly accelerate the demise of movies and theatergoing—something we all cynically assumed would happen, but hell, not that fast! Not so soon! culturally, our internal clocks all have an impending sense of doom that seems to be ticking faster than ever. Climate change is something we presume will…
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‘Restore Point’ Review: Impressively Slick Czech Sci-Fi Thriller Is Ready For the Big Time
You have to admire the moxie of authors and filmmakers who set their science-fiction spectaculars in the very near future, essentially confronting viewers with what may seem a pretty outlandish forecast for their own lives. Those that pull it off present us with possibilities resonant enough to ponder, even when they’re too far-fetched to actively…
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Robin Wright, Christine Vachon to Be Honored at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
U.S. actor Robin Wright will be awarded the President’s Award at the 57th Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s closing ceremony. In honor of Wright, it will screen “The Princess Bride.”Wright is best known for her performance in Netflix series “House of Cards.” She earned three Golden Globe nominations and a win in 2014. She earned five…
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Blade Runner 2099: What We Know About The Limited Series For Prime Video
No matter how much time passes, “Blade Runner” consistently holds up as not just one of Harrison Ford’s best films, but one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time. Forty years after Ridley Scott’s 1982 masterpiece debuted, it still feels fresh, relevant, and looks incredible.Which is why you’d think Hollywood would have milked it…
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Evil Dead Rise Review: The Classic Horror Franchise Roars Back To Bloody Life [SXSW 2023]
Remember when Warner Bros financed an expensive “Blade Runner” sequel and everyone assumed it would eliminate the sharp, interesting edges of the original movie to deliver something more accessible and mainstream — and then they went and made “Blade Runner 2049,” the most “Blade Runner” movie imaginable? Well, something must be in the water at…
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Denis Villeneuve’s Favorite Movies: 29 Films the Director Wants You to See
[Editor’s note: The following was first published in February 2021 and has been updated multiple times since.]Denis Villeneuve has emerged as one of the most visionary directors working in the Hollywood studio system thanks to a string of critically acclaimed films such as “Prisoners,” “Sicario,” “Arrival,” and “Blade Runner 2049.” That’s saying nothing of Villeneuve’s…
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Dave Bautista Would Lead a Denis Villeneuve Film ‘for F*cking Free’ After ‘Dune: Part Two’
Dave Bautista thinks his acting career is just getting started, but he has already collaborated with an impressive roster of directors. After ascending to movie stardom through his role as Drax in James Gunn’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” films, he went on to work with the likes of Denis Villeneuve, Taika Waititi, and Rian Johnson.The…
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Denis Villeneuve Pushed Jake Gyllenhaal’s Acting To The ‘Verge Of Chaos’ While Filming Enemy
Denis Villeneuve rarely misses. The director has a penchant for crafting thrillingly intricate character studies, incorporated in a range of films from “Prisoners,” to “Blade Runner 2049.” However, his 2013 psychological drama, “Enemy,” is perhaps Villeneuve’s most psychologically dense work, which takes on an extremely Kafkaesque tint and is more concerned with the subconscious, as…
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Batman, Transformers, and More Get New Posters for Thought Bubble 2022
Thought Bubble, the annual comics convention and art festival in North Yorkshire, England, gets underway this weekend, and with it comes some brand-new exclusive movie posters designed by artists from around the industry. This year, they’re unveiling five new posters that put a different spin on the style of a pair of classic films and…