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Ridley Scott
November 20, 2023
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: Accidentally a Comedy?
It’s a portrayal so undignified that I almost expected ABBA’s “Waterloo” to play over the credits.
October 7, 2017
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
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
Ridley Scott and George Lucas have regressed to producing fan fiction of their earlier works.
December 12, 2014
Ridley Scott's 'Exodus' Proves the "Bible Movies" Trend Is Nonsense
October 24, 2013
Cormac McCarthy's Disastrous Hollywood Debut
June 11, 2012
David Thomson on Films: The Inane Pomposity of 'Prometheus'
July 15, 1985
The Triumph of Asian-Americans

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