My last excuse for not doing a new Film After 11 podcast episode was that the family and I all went on vacation and had no time to record one, so we ran a rerun instead. I fully expected to come back prepared to watch a new movie with one of my sons and record… Read More Film After 11 Podcast | Ramblings on Ridley Scott + The Martian (2015)
Disaster in space seems to be a theme we’re working through in the Film at 11 podcast at the moment, at least in recent episodes with my son Joseph. Moving on from Apollo 13, this week we tackle Ridley Scott’s adaptation of the sci-fi bestseller The Martian, in which Matt Damon plays an astronaut stranded… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 32 | The Martian (2015)
If the financial failure of Blade Runner in 1982 posed a serious setback for the director, his next feature project, Legend, was the film that broke Ridley Scott. Although his career would recover and he’d go on to be nominated for several Oscars over time (some of dubious merit, if you ask me), the film’s… Read More No Light without Darkness | Legend (1985) Arrow Video Limited Edition Blu-ray
In the decade between its disastrous theatrical failure in 1982 and the more triumphant reception of its 1992 Director’s Cut, Ridley Scott’s science-fiction masterwork Blade Runner endured as a cult item with a small but loyal fandom. The film’s fortunes started to turn around with the accidental discovery of an unfinished workprint version screened as… Read More You Were Made As Well As We Could Make You | Blade Runner: Workprint Cut (1982) Blu-ray
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