Tag: Ridley Scott
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Movie Review ~ Gladiator II
Movie Review Gladiator II 7/10 The Facts Synopsis: After his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead Rome, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look to his past to find strength to return the glory of Rome to its people. Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph…
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Movie Review ~ Napoleon
Movie Review Napoleon 8/10 The Facts Synopsis: A look at the military commander’s origins and swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine. Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, Ben Miles, Ludivine Sagnier, Matthew Needham,…
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Movie Review ~ House of Gucci
Movie Review House of Gucci 5/10 The Facts Synopsis: When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel their legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately…murder. Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Al Pacino,…
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31 Days to Scare ~ Alien (1979)
31 Days to Scare Alien (1979) 10/10 The Facts Synopsis: After a space merchant vessel receives an unknown transmission as a distress call, one of the crew is attacked by a mysterious life form and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun. Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt,…
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Movie Review ~ The Last Duel
Movie Review The Last Duel 8/10 The Facts Synopsis: In 1386, Marguerite de Carrouges claims to have been raped by her husband’s best friend and squire Jacques Le Gris. Her husband, knight Jean de Carrouges, challenges him to trial by combat, the last legally sanctioned duel in France’s history. Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Jodie Comer,…
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Movie Review ~ All the Money in the World
Movie Review All the Money in the World 5/10 The Facts Synopsis: The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom. Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Michelle Williams, Kevin Spacey, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg,…
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The Silver Bullet ~ Alien: Covenant
Synopsis: The crew of the colony ship Covenant discover what they think is an uncharted paradise, but it is actually a dark, dangerous world, whose sole inhabitant is the synthetic David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. Release Date: May 19, 2017 Thoughts: Anticipation was high back in 2012 when director Ridley Scott’s mysterious…
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The Silver Bullet ~ Morgan
Synopsis: A corporate risk-management consultant has to decide and determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being’s life that was made in a laboratory environment. Release Date: September 2, 2016 Thoughts: Though I feel like I’ve seen this overall plot before (as recently as 2015’s Ex Machina), Morgan has a lot of positives going…
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The Silver Bullet ~ Equals
Synopsis: A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated. Release Date: TBD 2016 Thoughts: Director Drake Doremus gave us a wonderfully realized love story in 2011 with Like Crazy so I’m hoping that Equals is, well, equal to the class and sophistication of that earlier film. I’m getting a real…
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Movie Review ~ The Martian
Movie Review The Martian 10/10 The Facts Synopsis: During a manned mission to Mars, astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit…
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A 10/10 is a bold call, but your comparison to Oppenheimer really won me over — Yamazaki putting the human…
This just knocked it out of the park for me and any movie I see twice in the theater in…