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3 Successful Franchise Revivals and 3 Failures

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George Chrysostomou with three successful franchise revivals and three failures… Franchise revivals are an ever present part of Hollywood today. Whilst audiences love sequels, prequels, original properties and reboots, there’s nothing quite as nostalgic as a franchise revival – taking a property from years ago, giving it a fresh coat of paint and selling it […]

Ready Player One pays homage to classic movie posters

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A batch of new posters have arrived online for Steven Spielberg’s hotly-anticipated adaptation of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One which pay homage to The Matrix, The Goonies, The Lost Boys, The Iron Giant, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Risky Business, Back to the Future, Blade Runner, Bullitt, The Breakfast Club, Labyrinth and Beetlejuice; check them […]

Rutger Hauer isn’t a fan of Blade Runner 2049

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Despite receiving a great deal of critical acclaim, Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 certainly has its detractors – not least its own producer (and director of the 1982 original) Ridley Scott, who stated back in December that the sci-fi sequel was “fucking way too long”. Now it seems we can add another Blade Runner alum […]

Denis Villeneuve wanted to keep Harrison Ford’s Blade Runner 2049 return a secret

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Warner Bros. went to some pretty extreme lengths in an effort to keep Blade Runner 2049’s secrets, restricting journalists from revealing certain plot points in their reviews in an effort to “preserve the magic of the film”. However, had it been down to director Denis Villeneuve, we’d have known even less going into the movie […]

Ridley Scott has another Blade Runner sequel ready for development

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Ridley Scott doesn’t hold back, whether that’s the rate at which he churns out films, or the soundbites he’s offering up on the press tour for All the Money in the World. In the time it took you to read that sentence, he’s probably shot an entire movie. The latest Ridley revelation, following the news […]

We’re Now Powered By Nostalgia More Than Ever!

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George Chrysostomou on nostalgia… Upon reading Anghus Houvouras’s piece on why everyone is hating on Ready Player One, a key theme of his argument really hit home – it struck me that there really ise a lot of nostalgia in the current crop of films and TV shows. Now, I know that this has always been present. Every […]

Denis Villeneuve rules out an extended cut of Blade Runner 2049

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This year’s acclaimed sci-fi sequel Blade Runner 2049 clocked in at a meaty 2 hours of 44 minutes – a lengthy running time which has been suggested as one of the reason’s why the film failed to hit big at the box office. However, director Denis Villeneuve’s early “assembly cut” of the film ran for […]

Ridley Scott says Blade Runner 2049 was “f*cking way too long”

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Blade Runner 2049 may have been one of the year’s most acclaimed movies, but it also proved to be one of the biggest box office disappointments, grossing just under $260 million worldwide from a budget of $150 million, plus hefty marketing costs. Director Denis Villeneuve has previously suggested that a lack of familiarity with the […]

Watch two VFX reels for Blade Runner 2049

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Two new VFX breakdown reels have arrived online from Universal Production Partners and Rodeo FX for Blade Runner 2049 which gives us a look at the extensive CG work that went into Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi sequel; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Order Blade Runner 2049 via Amazon US or Amazon UK https://vimeo.com/248318780 Thirty years after the events of […]

Has Film Declined In The 21st Century?

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Tom Jolliffe on whether standards in film have dropped this century… I’ve made passing reference to it before, but the tail end of the year always brings time for reflection, and I’ve often bemoaned the decline in important cinema being made in recent years. This is the stuff of miserable old git conversations in the […]