One of Ridley Scott’s most unabashed and unforgettable of entertainments—a road movie that’s never about the end of the road.
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Thelma & Louise (1991)
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Voyage of Time (2016)
The philosophising of Malick meets the ephemeral beauty of nature in this imperfect shortened IMAX version that shows how the Universe first started, and subsequently life on Earth.
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West Side Story (2021)
Spielberg, in his first-ever musical, hits it out of the park with this dynamic and compelling remake of the 1961 original, featuring a revelatory performance by Rachel Zegler.
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Tragedy of Macbeth, The (2021)
Although not exactly emotionally resonant, Joel Coen’s adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s seminal texts is as dark and brooding as they come, a unique balance of theatrical artifice and cinematic vision.
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Shrek (2001)
Two decades on, this Oscar-winning, Cannes Palme d’Or-nominated (!) animated delight remains as energetic, refreshing and meaningful as ever.
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House of Gucci (2021)
Scott’s work is an odd beast of melodramatic excesses—a largely lumbering biopic yet cold and campy enough to just about work as an unintended ‘tragicomedy’.
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Blade Runner (1982)
One of the greatest sci-fi films ever made, this is a masterpiece of mood setting, existential themes and unforgettable images.
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Matrix Resurrections, The (2021)
This is the worst ‘Matrix’ by miles—a tediously talky, muddled mess of meta-recursive ideas that dilutes the mythology that made the trilogy, flawed as it may be, such a blast.
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Alien (1979)
Of all the science-fiction horror movies ever made, Ridley Scott’s significant cultural touchstone of a film might just be the greatest.
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Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
The tick-the-checkbox fan servicing approach is a mixed bag—the nostalgising can be oddly satisfying but the storytelling ironically feels regressive in the very construct designed to entertain a range of creative possibilities.
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