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Tag: science fiction

Film / Screen

Blade Runner: The Final Cut

Yet another remastered recut version of Blade Runner. Thirty-something years after the original release, this Ridley Scott sci-fi noir classic holds up astonishingly well both in plot and (even more amazingly) in style. Definitely worth seeing on the big screen. 9/10

Posted 12 years ago April 6, 2015
By Jonathan Turton
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Interstellar

Ambitious sci-fi that’s complicated but beautiful and charming. And lets not forget that rare thing – a totally genuine A-list cameo that’s uncredited. 9/10

Posted 12 years ago November 21, 2014
By Jonathan Turton
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Gravity

Split the room, but even the silly ending doesn’t detract from the superb opening and the feel of the film. It’s as much about the filmmaking as the plot or the characters – and worth seeing in 3D Imax – but as it’s not that long (91 minutes) so it doesn’t matter. Whether Clooney needed… Read More

Posted 13 years ago November 30, 2013
By Jonathan Turton
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Source Code – Tricycle

An action film Groundhog Day with a clever premise that just about works. 7/10

Posted 16 years ago April 10, 2011
By Jonathan Turton
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Film / Screen

Inception

Baffling but cooly brilliant. Suspend belief and just go with it. 8/10

Posted 16 years ago August 9, 2010
By Jonathan Turton
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Avatar 3D – BFI Imax

Quite simply one of the worst films I’ve ever seen. Less style over substance and more concept over coherence. And the concept isn’t that great either. Also possibly worse in 3D. 1/10

Posted 17 years ago March 8, 2010
By Jonathan Turton
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Moon – Soho Hotel

Intelligent, disturbing, and highly unusual sci-fi with more than a tip of the hat to 2001. Excellent. 10/10

Posted 17 years ago September 15, 2009
By Jonathan Turton
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