Review: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ a Worthy Successor to Sci-Fi Classic
Warts and all, this visionary piece of science fiction comes close to matching the classic – and divisive – Ridley Scott original
October 6, 2017
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Warts and all, this visionary piece of science fiction comes close to matching the classic – and divisive – Ridley Scott original
The years-later aftermath of a Prague robbery gone wrong is charted in this dark, methodic procedural
This latest film from director Jan Svěrák and writer/co-star Zdeněk Svěrák is their finest since the Oscar-winning Kolja
Christopher Nolan’s latest film isn’t only one of his best; it’s one of the best war films ever to hit the big screen
This downbeat drama from Mohammad Rasoulof is a brilliantly-directed attack on a no-win system that screws over the honest man
Casey Affleck is a bedsheet-wearing ghost in this almost indescribably beautiful film from Ain’t Them Bodies Saints director David Lowery
This true-life story of British explorer Percy Fawcett approaches the obsessive greatness of Werner Herzog’s Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo
The latest film from director Ben Wheatley is nothing more than one long shootout, and it’s an absolute blast
The Oscar-winning drama might be an unusual choice for the Academy, but it’s a admirable one
Hugh Jackman’s ninth, and perhaps last, X-Men film is his best yet
Though divisive, fashion designer-turned-movie director Tom Ford’s second film to date is one of the year’s most riveting experiences
This realistic depiction of an alien visit to Earth is an unsettling Close Encounters for the digital age
Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks stick the landing in this story of the famed “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot, one of the year’s best films
This indie hit about a 17th century family terrified by a mysterious evil is one of the creepiest movies from the past year
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is a brutal and undeniably effective gut punch, and Bay tells this story as no other could
The Big Short attempts to break down the ins and outs of the 2008 financial crisis for those of us who don’t know a CDO from a CDS
The Hateful Eight is “the eighth film by Quentin Tarantino” as proudly denoted by the opening credits
There are a number of routine day-to-day moments in Room that turn inexplicably, quietly devastating. Bring some tissues
The Greatest American Detective comes to Prague in Dinner for Adele, a strange, surreal mystery-comedy from acclaimed director Oldřich Lipský
Mad Max: Fury Road is the craziest $100 million blockbuster ever made, and demands to be seen in the biggest and loudest cinema possible
The Little Man (Malý Pán) is a live-action puppet movie brought to life through the use of marionettes controlled off-screen by skilled puppeteers
Ex Machina is a brilliantly conceived, thought-provoking piece of science fiction that puts its big budget contemporaries to shame
The Duke of Burgundy is both a loving ode to late 60s/early 70s sexploitation helmed by Radley Metzger, and something of greater design
Song of the Sea is an enchanting, magical little fairy tale that does what films do best, enveloping us in its mythology and transporting us to another time and place