Blade Runner 2049
The 1982 film classic Blade Runner, turns 35 this year. Set in 2019, its dystopian future paints a world destroyed by nuclear fallout, most animals and plantlife eliminated and many humans living in off-world colonies. This foreboding view of planet earth that has not yet eventuated…..Not yet. While initially met with mixed reviews and a […]
Stranger Things (spoilers within)
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. ~ Hamlet Act I, Scene V In July 2016, Netflix debuted a new series, Stranger Things, a show which has quickly gained widespread popularity for its pace and character driven plot. Labelled supernatural, horror, science-fiction, the series is less […]
Madness and denial in Shutter Island
The 2010, Martin Scorcese film, Shutter Island explores madness and denial in a film noir style detective thriller. The two protagonists are led on a winding tale of secrets, conspiracy, and double motives. Two US Marshals, Teddy and Chuck [Leonardo Di Caprio and Mark Ruffalo], travel to Shutter Island, to visit Ashecliffe hospital, notable for housing the […]