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‘Prometheus’- the ‘Alien’ prequel on Netflix

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, DVD, Netflix, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 11/21/2023 Sean Axmaker

Ridley Scott returns to the ‘Alien’ universe with this visually magnificent odyssey with a weak script and a cosmic backdrop.

Ryan Gosling stars in the sequel to the sci-fi cult classic, Denis Villeneuve directs

‘Blade Runner 2049’ – Ryan Gosling as next-gen replicant on Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Max, Mystery, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD 10/01/2023 Sean Axmaker

Denis Villeneuve builds on the science fiction movie landmark for a sequel set 30 years later, a futuristic detective story as art movie tone poem starring Ryan Gosling as a next generation Replicant.

‘Blade Runner: The Final Cut’ – the definitive version of a visionary film

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Essential Viewing, National Film Registry, Science Fiction, Sight & Sound 100 Greatest Films of All Time, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, SVOD, Tubi 03/14/2023 Sean Axmaker

Ridley Scott’s visionary reworking of Philip K. Dick’s novel may have flopped when it was released but it has become a science fiction touchstone and has colonized the imaginations of writers, directors, and die-hard fans of science fiction.

Russell Crowe is ‘Robin Hood’

!Featured, Action, adventure, Blu-ray, DVD, historical, Hulu, Netflix, Streaming Movies 11/10/2022 Sean Axmaker

Ridley Scott directs this muscular action adventure that reimagines the classic English tale with a new origin story, costarring Cate Blanchett and Oscar Isaac.

Harvey Keitel and Keith Carradine star in the directorial debut of Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott’s ‘The Duellists’ on Amazon Prime Video

!Featured, adventure, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, literary adaptation, Streaming Movies, SVOD 05/01/2018 Sean Axmaker

“The duelist demands satisfaction. Honor for him is an appetite.” The Duellists (1977), the feature debut of Ridley Scott, begins in 1800, “the year Napoleon became ruler of France,” with an early morning duel in a dewy green meadow where French military officer Gabriel Feraud (Harvey Keitel) runs his opponent through and then busies himself […]

‘Alien: Covenant’ – the prequel continues

!Featured, Blu-ray, DVD, horror, Science Fiction, SVOD, thriller 03/05/2018 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

You may recall Prometheus with both awe and astonishment, a film with astounding moments of beauty and horror and brilliance bumping up against stupidity and sloppiness and half-baked ideas. Alien: Covenant (2017), the second film in the Alien prequel series, takes place a decade after the events of Prometheus (2012) and continues writing the xenomorph […]

Matt Damon is 'The Martian' in the science fiction drama directed by Ridley Scott

‘The Martian’ on Blu-ray and DVD

!Featured, Blu-ray, Blu-ray review, DVD, Science Fiction 01/25/2017 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

The Martian (2015), winner of two Golden Globe Awards and nominated for seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Actor for Matt Damon), is the rare science fiction drama that is actually built on applied physics and engineering and organic chemistry and where survival depends on creative problem solving and teamwork across millions of miles. […]