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Why 1980s Science Fiction Is Huge Right Now

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Neil Calloway looks at why dystopias from thirty years ago are the biggest influence on Hollywood… With a new Blade Runner movie opening to rave reviews, a new (and hopefully decent) Terminator film on the way, it looks like 80s science fiction is the way to go if you want to get a movie made […]

Blade Runner 2049 director was “frightened” to take on the sequel

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Imagine being given the task of directing the sequel to a 30 year old classic? That’s a tall order. The film has to be good, but not a retread. It also can’t be too different, or it risks alienating the original fanbase. However, it also needs to be accessible to a modern audience, and every […]

Blade Runner gets an Honest Trailer

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With Blade Runner 2049 set for release this Friday, Screen Junkies has turned to Ridley Scott’s original sci-fi classic Blade Runner for the latest instalment of Honest Trailers; check it out below… In 1982, audiences knew Harrison Ford as the charming, rogue Hans Solo or the charming, rogue Indiana Jones. Now, watch him ditch the […]

The Essential Harrison Ford Films

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In the build up to the release of Blade Runner 2049 [read our review here], Tom Jolliffe looks at the essential films of the key cast, starting with Harrison Ford… A long, varied and fine career has seen Ford become iconic in two franchises in particular (and indeed the upcoming reprise of Rick Deckard could […]

Watch the Blade Runner 2049 anime prequel Black Out 2022

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We’ve seen a couple of prequel shorts for Blade Runner 2049 based on the characters played by Jared Leto and Dave Bautista, and now with just over a week to go until the release of the hotly-anticipated sci-fi we have another, this time in the medium of anime. Below you will find Blade Runner Black […]

Blade Runner 2049 early reactions label the film a “masterpiece”

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The early reactions to Blade Runner 2049 are in and they are overwhelmingly good. Sequel plans to the classic Ridley Scott sci-film were met with a healthy dose of scepticism initially, but as time went on, and with the trust so many have in director of the film Denis Villeneuve, a more optimistic outlook was […]

Cowboy Bebop’s Shinichiro Watanabe directing a Blade Runner 2049 anime prequel

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We’ve already seen a couple of live-action prequel shorts for the hotly-anticipated sci-fi sequel Blade Runner 2049 focussing on the characters played by Jared Leto and Dave Bautista, and now comes word that an anime prequel is incoming from Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo director Shinichiro Watanabe. According to the official press release, the short […]

Dave Bautista is a replicant on the run in Blade Runner 2049 prequel short

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A few weeks ago, Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve unveiled an “in-world” prequel short focussing on Jared Leto’s character Niander Wallace entitled 2036: Nexus Dawn [watch it here]. And now we have 2048: Nowhere to Run, the second of three shorts, this time showcasing Dave Bautista’s replicant character Sapper. Watch it below… SEE ALSO: […]