Ridley Scott

NAPOLEON: A Great Humiliation of a Great Man
NAPOLEON: A Great Humiliation of a Great Man

Napoleon feels a lot like its titular character: loudly ambitious to a fault, and it can’t make up its mind on what to be.

NAPOLEON: A Great Humiliation of a Great Man
NAPOLEON Trailer

The film takes a personal look at Napoleon Bonaparte’s origins, and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor.

HOUSE OF GUCCI Forza Gaga
HOUSE OF GUCCI: Forza Gaga

Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci is a biographical crime-drama about the woman who put a hit out on her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci.

THE LAST DUEL: Ridley Scott Attempts Rashomon
THE LAST DUEL: Ridley Scott Attempts Rashomon

The Last Duel is a comfortable return to the medieval genre with tense battle sequences and an urgent takedown of a misogynistic system.

THE LAST DUEL Trailer
THE LAST DUEL Trailer

When no one believes a woman’s accusation, her husband challenges his friend to a duel, the last legally sanctioned duel in the country’s history.

HOUSE OF GUCCI Trailer
HOUSE OF GUCCI Trailer

With three decades of love, betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately murder, we see what a name means, what it’s worth, and how far a family will go.

ALIEN: 40 Years Of Xenomorphs & The Legacy Of Ellen Ripley
ALIEN: 40 Years Of Xenomorphs & The Legacy Of Ellen Ripley

As Alien turns 40 this year, it’s a good time to revisit the original film, examining the legacy that has endured from it.

Rubber Duckies And Killing Kittens: Why Has Mainstream Film Become Fixated on Backstory?
Rubber Duckies & Killing Kittens: Why Has Mainstream Film Become Fixated On Backstory?

With more and more sequels, prequels and spin-offs hitting our screens, Luke Walpole examines the focus on backstory in cinema.

BLADE RUNNER & The Violence Of Civilization

In discussing the role of replicants within the context of the two Blade Runner films, we discover just what is horrifying about a sentient creation that is not allowed their humanity.

BLADE RUNNER 2049: More Misanthropic Than Misogynistic?
BLADE RUNNER 2049: More Misanthropic Than Misogynistic?

While many found the 2017 release of Blade Runner 2049 to be misogynistic, the perceived sexism within the film may be more than meets the eye as the movie turns out to express anxiety about the past and not the future and an avoidance of human society.

Take Two: Rebellion And Evolution In Ridley Scott's ALIEN: COVENANT
Take Two: Rebellion And Evolution In Ridley Scott’s ALIEN: COVENANT

In the latest of our Take Two series, we tackle Alien: Covenant, the Ridley Scott thriller that tried to balance science fiction with philosophical intrigue.

ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD Trailer
ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD Trailer

What Ridley Scott’s team achieved after the Kevin Spacey allegations is truly remarkable – this is the trailer for All The Money In The World.

We Can’t Blame Audiences For BLADE RUNNER 2049’s Failure

Blade Runner 2049 may be acclaimed by critics and cinephiles alike, but why did the general audience fail to love it as much?

ALIEN: COVENANT: Even Ridley Scott Can’t Wade Through A Script This Poor
ALIEN: COVENANT: Even Ridley Scott Can’t Wade Through A Script This Poor

Alien: Covenant takes a valiant attempt at re-creating the magic from the original, but ultimately falters from screenplay to screen.

ALIEN: COVENANT & The Problem With Prequels
ALIEN: COVENANT & The Problem With Prequels

The original Alien left many questions unanswered, which upcoming prequels will address. But do we even need those questions answered?