As we come to an end of our “half-time” report on all things film in 2017, we take a look back at some of the sci-fi spectaculars we have seen so far, whether it’s in a galaxy far, far away, here on earth or in the distant future we have seen it all – and there’s still so much to see.
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Now reports are coming in that Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch will be working with Johansson on the score for the Blade Runner 2049, Villeneuve spoke to Entertainment.ie, explaining a score to rival Vangelis’ original requires more than one man.
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Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
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With the first teaser trailer and images released last month, anticipation has risen even higher for the upcoming (and long-gestating) sequel to Ridley Scott’s classic sci-fi noir Blade Runner in the form of Blade Runner 2049. Now the director of the film, the acclaimed Denis Villeneuve, has been speaking about the film and the levels of expectation upon it.

Speaking to The Canadian Press, the director said: “The level of expectation behind this movie is huge and everybody is waiting…
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When the runtime for Blade Runner 2049 was released, audiences and critics gasped, at 2 hours and 44 minutes Blade Runner 2049 is 44 minutes longer than the Final Cut of the original movie. While 163 minutes is a long time to sit down and stare at a screen, there are definitely longer movies, for example, Transformers: Age of Extinction is 164 minutes. Editor Joe Walker (Sicario, Arrival) says the film was actually four hours at one point.
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Denis Villeneuve can take solace in the fact that he made a critically acclaimed modern classic with Blade Runner 2049. Unfortunately, he can’t call his film a financial success.
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Blade Runner 2049 received rave reviews from critics with Flickreel even awarding it a five star rating. Alas, this didn’t give the big budget sequel the boost it needed at the box office.
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The original Blade Runner wasn’t a financial hit when it came out in 1982, barley making over $25 million during its initial domestic run. Given the cult status the film has gained over the years, though, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Blade Runner 2049 is headed for a strong opening weekend.
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Just as Villeneuve turned in a modern science fiction masterpiece with last year’s Arrival, he’s done the same in Blade Runner 2049.
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It’s marmite time at the multiplexes again this month as legendary filmmaker Terrence Malick returns to the silver screen with his latest opus Song to Song, which concludes the director’s latest phase of work. Starting with 2011’s The Tree of Life, this phase of Malick’s illustrious career has been described as either a work of an artist at the top of his game or pretentious nonsense that drifts off into its own little world leaving the viewer puzzled, perplexed or both. But stick with us,…
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La La Land is a beautiful film in parts, and whilst there is a lot to admire and enjoy about it – particularly in the first half – it crumbles away in far too many significant places as Chazelle stretches beyond the spectacle.
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The Nice Guys is quite possibly the best buddy cop movie since the original Lethal Weapon.
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The new footage from Blade Runner 2049 is nothing short of lively.
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As we come to an end of our “half-time” report on all things film in 2017, we take a look back at some of the sci-fi spectaculars we have seen so far, whether it’s in a galaxy far, far away, here on earth or in the distant future we have seen it all – and there’s still so much to see.
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It’s that time of the year again when film fans reflect on the year’s highs and lows at the cinema and share their own personal choices of what were the cream of the crop in 2016. So without further ado, here are my favourites of the year (*NB – My list includes films released both in the UK and US in 2016).

1: La La Land

When it came to the London Film Festival this autumn, the wave of anticipation for La La Land was immense: soaring after stunning reviews from Venice and other…
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Lionsgate has released a new featurette on the music of La La Land, featuring stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.
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A young blade runner’s discovery of a long buried secret leads him on a quest to track down former blade runner, Rick Deckard, who’s been missing for thirty years.
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Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
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Warner Bros. has released a teaser ahead of the new full Blade Runner 2049 trailer on Monday.
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Three months later and the aftermath of what happened on the night of this year’s Academy Awards is still being felt in Hollywood – Warren Beatty, who was on stage when the wrong card was given to him and subsequently read out by Faye Dunaway, was asked repeatedly on the press tour for his latest film, Rules Don’t Apply.

And now, in typical hilarious but loving spirit, Screen Junkies have released their honest trailer for La La Land and, of course, couldn’t get through it without a…
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Icon Film Distribution have released footage from the UK press conference of Shane Black’s The Nice Guys.
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