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Future shock: The sci-fi movies that predicted 2019

by Dan Cooper

Blade Run­ner, Aki­ra and The Run­ning Man are all set in our present – but how much did they get right?
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Festivals

How Iceland became Hollywood’s go-to sci-fi setting

by David Jenkins

From block­busters like Inter­stel­lar and Rogue One, as well as var­i­ous home­grown pro­duc­tions, cin­e­ma is now a vital part of the Ice­landic economy.
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In Praise Of

The surreal, stylistic brilliance of Dark City

by Danilo Castro

Alex Proyas’ homage to clas­sic tech-noirs like Blade Run­ner, Brazil and Aki­ra was released 20 years ago.
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Women In Film

Why the future is not female in science fiction cinema

by Katie Goh

Films like Blade Run­ner 2049 project male fan­tasies by plac­ing women in roles of domes­tic servitude.
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Remembering 1998’s Soldier: The original Blade Runner sequel

by Nadine Smith

Like Philip K Dick’s repli­cants, Kurt Russell’s steely-eyed space marine asks what it means to be human.
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Review

Blade Runner 2049

by David Jenkins

Denis Vil­leneuve tan­gles with Repli­cants in this bom­bas­tic though nag­ging­ly shal­low sci-fi sequel to Rid­ley Scott’s 1982 cult classic.

5
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

How Harrison Ford’s Blade Runner performance tells two different stories

by Chris Edwards

The actor’s bal­ance of robot­ic detach­ment and human impulse deep­ens the mystery.
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Why Blade Runner 2049 feels particularly relevant in 2017

by Anastasia Miari

Denis Villeneuve’s hot­ly-antic­i­pat­ed sequel arrives a time of height­ened cul­tur­al anx­i­ety in the West.
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Incoming

A Blade Runner 2049 mobile game is in the works

by Juliette Cottu

You’ll soon be able to play with Ryan Gosling on your mobile device.
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Incoming

Denis Villeneuve is directing a remake of David Lynch’s Dune

by Dan Einav

The Arrival and Blade Run­ner 2049 direc­tor is work­ing on a remake of Frank Herbert’s hard SF epic.