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How The Creator Became Gareth Edwards’ Love Letter to Sci-Fi Movies
Gareth Edwards’ new film, The Creator, is filled with nods and winks to all of your favourite sci-fi movies: Star Wars, 2001, Aliens, Blade Runner, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, you name it. Some filmmakers might be coy about that fact, but Edwards is 100% unapologetic about it. “I thought this might be the last…
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River Is Japanese Groundhog Day, But Everyone Is Bill Murray
It’s been 12 hours since I watched River. I’ve seen three movies in the meantime, all of which I loved, and yet I still can’t stop thinking of River. It’s that good, that funny, that smart, that just plain awesome. It’s a flat-out phenomenal sci-fi comedy that everyone should see. River begins with a simple,…
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Netflix’s Tomb Raider Will Show Lara Croft’s Journey from Survivor to Legend
During its “Drop 01″ livestream event, Netflix unveiled the first official look at its Tomb Raider anime, The Legend of Lara Croft. The show was originally announced back in 2021 and marks the first new piece of Tomb Raider media since the 2018 reboot movie starring Alicia Vikander. Set in the same continuity as Crystal…
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So Unreal Uses Movies To Illuminate Our Tech-Driven Lives
Before the world premiere of So Unreal at Fantastic Fest 2023, the programmer said one of the reasons they loved this particular movie was because they love movies about movies. That got my attention. I too enjoy movies about movies and so, right away, I was excited about what was in store. Even then, what…