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Blade Runner 2049
Few things separate a forgettable night of scrolling from a night you actually remember, and “Blade Runner 2049” (2017) lands firmly in the second camp for a specific kind of viewer. That reputation, as it turns out, is well earned. The marketing leaned on the line “The key to the future is finally unearthed.” —…
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Star Wars
Not every film needs to reinvent its genre to be worth your time, and “Star Wars”, an action and adventure and science fiction entry, proves the point. It is the kind of film that tends to outlast whatever else came out the same year. “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….” That…
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The Empire Strikes Back
There is a reason “The Empire Strikes Back” keeps coming up in conversations about action and adventure and science fiction filmmaking since its 1980 release. It is easy to see why it keeps getting recommended long after its initial release. Everything the film wants you to feel is right there in its tagline: “The Star…
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Aliens
Not every film needs to reinvent its genre to be worth your time, and “Aliens”, an action and science fiction and thriller entry, proves the point. That reputation, as it turns out, is well earned. Everything the film wants you to feel is right there in its tagline: “This time it’s war.” Much of the…
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Ex Machina
Every so often a film shows up that seems built for exactly one mood, and “Ex Machina”, released in 2015, is one of those titles. It is easy to see why it keeps getting recommended long after its initial release. “There is nothing more human than the will to survive.” That is the tagline, and…