Let us set aside Ridley Scott’s ridiculous comments about Blade Runner 2049, Star Wars, his handling of Kevin Spacey, and the fact that Fox has dumped his Alien: Covenant sequel and focus on his latest picture, All the Money in the World. The film is “based on a true story” and stars a wonderful Michelle…
Ridley Scott’s iconic sci-fi classic Blade Runner is one of those motion pictures where its legacy and lore nearly outweigh the finished product itself. Notice I said nearly. This is an all-consuming piece of cinematic art, a film that blew my mind open as a kid, and has continued to haunt and fascinate me as…
Tonight’s feature presentation is Ridley Scott’s Matchstick Men, which easily makes my personal top five from Scott, and now that it’s a Netflix streaming option, I hope more people check it out. The cinematic sleight of hand on display in this film is remarkable. It’s so stylish in a very subtle way; I love it…
Black Hawk Down, which was released in 2001 in the shadow of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A tragic anti-war film that manages to celebrate the warrior spirit that only a select few possess while eschewing stodgy and needless politicizing, this film dared to look at a deeply compromised and misguided American military excursion with necessary…
Easily one of Ridley Scott’s most ambitious movies, 1492: Conquest of Paradise is not without its flaws, but also, not without its merits, most of which stem from the enormity of the physical production; had the script been more historically accurate then we might have had one of the greatest epic adventures of all time….
After being plucked from the battlefields of WW2 Europe (Saving Private Ryan) and reawakened on a faraway ice world (Interstellar), Matt Damon is back and in need of rescue once again. Stranded on the red planet after a surface evacuation goes wrong, Mark Watney (Damon) must use all of his mechanical and botanical prowess to…
