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Ridley Scott
October 7, 2017
Christian Lorentzen
Blade Runner 2049
,
Never Let Me Go
, and the Longing to Be Human
Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel is a quieter dystopia than the "Blade Runner" movies, but its stakes are just as lethal.
March 24, 2017
Tim Grierson
Life
: Extraterrestrial Monsters Die Hard
This efficient, "Alien"-indebted sci-fi thriller makes the most out of some well-worn horror tropes.
November 16, 2015
Jeet Heer
Ridley Scott and George Lucas have regressed to producing fan fiction of their earlier works.
December 12, 2014
Brook Wilensky-Lanford
Ridley Scott's 'Exodus' Proves the "Bible Movies" Trend Is Nonsense
October 24, 2013
David Thomson
Cormac McCarthy's Disastrous Hollywood Debut
June 11, 2012
David Thomson
David Thomson on Films: The Inane Pomposity of 'Prometheus'
July 15, 1985
David A. Bell
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