Tag: blade runner
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Classic Movie Review – Blade Runner
A good science fiction movie leaves you thinking about characters and plot. A great science fiction movie leaves you thinking about yourself. Blade Runner is a great science fiction movie because it inspires the viewer to ask a fundamental existential question: am I really who I think I am if my memories are implanted? I…
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Tears in the Rain – RIP to Icon Rutger Hauer
Rutger Hauer sadly passed away July 19th, 2019. Hauer was a character actor best known for genre films. His most famous and beloved role was the replicant (a type of cyborg) Roy Batty in the 1982 movie Blade Runner. If Hauer had done nothing else, he would still be fondly remembered for this performance. It…
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Blade Runner: 2049 review
Blade Runner 2049 was almost an awesome movie. It was a worthy sequel that felt “right”, like settling in after a long break (of actual decades — in both real and movie time) to catch up on old events. Even the new characters seemed to carry echoes of previous incarnations. Hans Zimmer created a track…
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Movie Review – Inception (No Spoilers)
[ No Spoilers for Inception ] Right down the line, from acting to directing to writing to musical score to effects, this movie is top notch. In some cases brilliant. There’s not a weak link to be found. There are very few movies that twist and turn between action and drama with Gatling gun speed…