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Review: Ridley Scott Returns to the Colosseum in Gladiator II, a Sequel With Little New in the Arena

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  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 21, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Alien: Romulus Revives a Classic Franchise with a Fast-Paced, Beautifully Violent, Lived-In New Story

    Set 20 years after the original Ridley Scott-directed Alien, Alien: Romulus centers on a much younger but no less grungy group of characters who escape their mining colony home/prison planet […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 16, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix Bring Napoleon and His Battles to Screen, Without Much Regard for the Man

    Napoleon Bonaparte has been featured in films for nearly 100 years (going back to Abel Gance’s 1927 Napoleon, which clocked in at about 5.5 hours), but I can’t remember a […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 21, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: An Epic yet Shallow Production, House of Gucci Handily Captures the Era—and the Family Dysfunction

    House of Gucci

    It’s either a crime drama, a comedic commentary about the filthy rich, or an anarchic takedown of the ruling classes by the working class. Or a bloated combination of the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 24, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: First Screenings at Chicago International Film Festival Feature Ties to City, State Plus Sneak Previews

    Harold Washington

    The first full day of screenings at the Chicago International Film Festival features a number of impressive films ready to be discovered, including several with Chicago ties. From a thriller […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • October 14, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Visually Interesting with a Curiously Intriguing Story, Zone 414 Channels Ridley Scott Sci-Fi

    Zone 414

    As far as I’m concerned, the perfect blend of science fiction and film noir will and always will be Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. Mine is hardly an original thought, but […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 2, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Studio Mogul’s Career, Life and Influence Seems Endless (and Endlessly Impressive) in Laddie

    Laddie

    Alan Ladd Jr. was born into show business, as a certain percentage of those who work in the film industry are. They use their familial connections to work their way […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 28, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Time Warp‘s Second Installation Highlights Horror and Sci-Fi Classics

    Time Warp Vol 2

    Following last month’s first in a three-part documentary series on the history of some of the most famous cult films in history, Time Warp, Vol. 2–Horror and Sci-Fi is another […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 19, 2020
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Underwater Gets Right to the Action, Kristen Stewart Leading the Way

    Underwater

    I spent most of director William Eubank’s (The Signal) newest film, Underwater, on the verge of really liking it, waiting for that one original element to push me over the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • January 10, 2020
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Timely All The Money in the World Crackles with Great Performances

    In many ways, it’s a shame that a certain percentage of the audience going to see All the Money in the World will do so out of some sort of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 22, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review , Uncategorized

    Film Review – Alien: Covenant, Feels Like An Autopsy of Ridley Scott’s Original Masterpiece

    In Ridley Scott’s 2012 foray into the Alien universe, the prequel Prometheus, the mission was to find the origin of humankind. But with his latest work, Alien: Covenant, Scott reveals […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 18, 2017
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